This week on the Media Roundtable, we’re taking you inside Podcast Movement 2025, where the industry gathered in Dallas just as breaking news hit the scene: Sounds Profitable has merged with Podcast Movement. On this episode, host Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road ) recaps the event with team members Courtney O’Connor , Julia Palermo , and James Ingrassia —plus a special guest appearance from Bryan Barletta , the founder of Sounds Profitable and newly named President of Podcast Movement . Together, they unpack what the merger means for creators, advertisers, and the future of industry events–and everything else they took away from this year’s Podcast Movement. Bryan shares how he plans to evolve the conferences, balance creator and advertiser needs, and bring new focus to content and measurement. The team reflects on hot topics and perennial trends from the week: rising podcast consumption, the video surge, programmatic momentum, and frequency as the new buzzword. These topics are not going away–so get the scoop from those with boots on the ground. “The [podcasting] space changes every two years. It feels like a brand new industry.” —Bryan Barletta, founder of Sounds Profitable and President of Podcast Movement The recap covers: the Sounds Profitable + Podcast Movement deal, why the flagship event is moving to New York, for good; what advertisers should expect next year; and our team’s takes on the evolving conversations on video, attribution, and programmatic. Let’s get into it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
