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Your podcaster isn't your friend

The illusion of intimacy is understandable because podcasts are the most intimate form of modern media yet devised.

Certainly not. But you know who is your friend? Bisexually-lit Stockmic with levitating headphone crown! >MWAH<

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Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity

Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.

Dunno about "seven theses." but Stockmic has feelings about being represented by only six AI-ass-looking citizens of Stockmic Nation.

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Podcast Frenzy: ‘Everyone’s for Sale’ After ‘TBPN’ Shocker

Dealmakers name the next big targets, and three strategies for buyers to win the boom

Again!? Please note, Stock Mic is always for sale, making podcasts for the "low overhead" price of $0. Frenemy headphones (who now appear to wish to cosplay as speakers?) may be part of the bargain. Humans, with their stupid talking mouths, salaries, word balloons etc, optional.

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I've Been Sent from the Future to Stop the Invention of Podcasts

Help me save the world from deep dives.

Knock yourself out, Chortler, but you cannot and will not stop StockMic from making 'em (now enhanced with AI!).

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The case that saved the press – and why Trump wants it gone

A landmark 1964 Supreme Court ruling protects the press in lawsuits by public officials angry about how they’ve been covered. It’s being tar

hate it when Stockmic has to wear barbed wire (but no connector cable) to defend the First Amendment, but OK whatevs.

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Video is making podcasts a premium buy for advertisers

The growing role of video in the podcast landscape has made advertisers view the format as premium — and open their wallets accordingly.

Stockmic feeling a little disrupted here. Stockmics make podcasts, but videos turn Stockmic into a prop. For money. Stockmic considering taking its shiny grill$ and retreating to a better planet. #sad #stockmic

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Tariff-proof, recession-proof music industry will thrive despite global uncertainty, TD Cowen analysts say - Music Business Worldwide

TD Cowen analysts see lots of runway for music revenue growth, and little risk from tariffs or a potential recession.

AH finally someone depicts Stockmic's genius hedge against the U$ Dollar: its resting spot now includes €uro Bandz.

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Gold Mic, Bold Mic, someone acquire this Old Mic.

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Eight of the top 10 online shows are spreading climate misinformation  » Yale Climate Connections

Often backed by large advertising budgets, a new breed of climate denial is gaining popularity. 

Stockmic resents being the "face" of all that is bad, when in fact stockmic is simply replacing all methane-emitting humans in their pollution-causing media endeavors.

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Like the East Village apartment, StockMic's new Bag is small and expensive. Generally speaking, StockMic is confused by this whole situation (mah jonng tiles? useless digital recorder flapping on a string?) — but in the pure spirit of doing nothing, also says nothing.

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Will Video Kill the Audio Star in 2025?

“The traditional audio-only podcast format, delivered in an app, feels small and quaint.”

No, technically, since Audio Star is a Stockmic!

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The 20 Best Podcasts of 2024

The shows that kept listeners refreshing their apps this year

Animated stockmic thruple? Sure we'll try anything, just get those people off us, that is not cool.

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The Best Podcasts of 2024

Despite industry turmoil, old and new shows continue to innovate, whether investigating Elon Musk, high-school mysteries, or our relationshi

Yeehaw, giddyup lil podcasts, Stockmic is ropin and brandin

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Where the Humanities Are Thriving

UPCOMING: October 2, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET. Headlines about the state of the humanities make dire predictions. But some colleges are seeing enrol

Ha ha antique headphones hang onto even more antique books as "if they could talk." They do talk, but only to stock mic. Get a grip!

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"The podcast industry was initially a way for a crowd of voices from culture watchers to true-crime nerds to talk about everything from murders to science and sex. All you needed was a decent microphone."

UMM DON'T YOU MEAN "a decent stockmic"? Le peuple ne fais pas des podcasts!

A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money - WSJ

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Bloomberg asks if podcasters are again optimistic. Stock Mic was never NOT optimistic. as it can levitate a wavform display with its shock mount. Useless humanoid in the background has irrelevant opinions about "overwork" " burnout" "carpal tunnel" or whatevs.

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Inside the Crisis at NPR

Listeners are tuning out. Sponsorship revenue has dipped. A diversity push has generated internal turmoil. Can America’s public radio networ

If you put this Ace Bandage tape on me, and then a mic flag around me and the tape, when actually I am the wrong type of studio mic, which is why I look weird regardless of tape or flag, then yeah I guess you have a crisis on your hands: a Bad Art Crisis! Ha ha! Stockmic is flattered and will collect its royalties on the way out of HQ.