Keeping Promises - The Short Stack
Friends,
There’s a lot for a CEO to reflect on at the end of the year to assess how successful a business has been. Revenue growth, new partnerships, new product releases and more are, of course, among the key markers of that success.
But there’s another that’s just as fundamental to me. It’s about knowing for a fact that your entire team has worked as hard as you to fulfill your company’s mission.
When I see every “Stacker,” from developer to support expert, doing everything they can for our partners – and each other – I’m just as encouraged about the potential for this business to affect meaningful change as I am by strong financials.
If you met with us on the road this year (from Podcast Movement in Denver, to the NAB show in Vegas, to Prebid in NYC), worked with us directly to devise real solutions for your audio business, or had one of us troubleshoot an issue, i know you’ve seen that dedication first hand.
In my new post, when I talk about keeping the promise of “powering the rest of the audio space” so every podcast/streaming business has the same opportunity to grow, I'm not talking only about myself. I’m talking about every single person at this company keeping that promise.
That’s success.
Have a look at the post, and for those of you in NYC for the Sounds Profitable event, see you later today (12/5)!
A happy and healthy holiday to all of you,
Jon Stephenson , CEO 
Citing economic data such as low global unemployment rates, resilient consumer spending confidence, and the creation of new businesses, Scott-Dawkins said the worldwide advertising marketplace should expand at a relatively even keel for the foreseeable future.
The NPR/Edison report finds almost half (48%) of those in the U.S. age 13+ listen to some type of spoken word audio daily, up two percentage points from last year. Listeners spend 31% of their daily audio time with spoken word.
Capitol moved streaming and podcast delivery/monetization to SoundStack in the fall of 2022. Opening up its audio inventory on an independent platform, with direct connections to multiple demand partners, Capitol ensured that more advertisers would have access to the audiences they value the most, allowing them to fill more inventory.
