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  1. From Advertising Week NYC: Achieving True Omnichannel Alignment with Colgate-Palmolive

    At Advertising Week New York, SoundStack President & COO Mike Reznick joined leaders from Lupine Creative, Barometer, and Sightly to unpack an omnichannel campaign designed to connect Colgate-Palmolive with Gen Z and explore the role audio and podcasting played in driving measurable brand impact.

  2. PodBiz: How Mid-Tier Publishers Are Winning with Programmatic

    Great podcast content doesn’t only come from the biggest publishers, and neither should monetization opportunities. SoundStack SVP of Marketplace Stacy Newhuis joins PodBiz to discuss how smaller and mid-sized publishers can unlock new opportunities through programmatic advertising while maintaining control and flexibility.

  3. Talking ad control and listener trust at The Podcast Show London

    How are podcast publishers deciding which ads make the cut — and which ones go too far? SoundStack CMO Scott Klass dug into the balancing act between monetization and listener trust with leaders from Acast, Audioboom, and DAX at The Podcast Show London 2026.

  4. Talking funding for public media at Podcast Movement / SXSW

    How are stations thinking about venturing into "regular ads" and managing listener expectations? SoundStack CMO Scott Klass talks to Axios' Kerry Flynn, Katz Digital's Scott Porretti, and most importantly Debbie Hiott, who's charged with making these decisions for Austin's KUT.

  5. SoundStack at Advertising Week: Voices Shaping the Future of Audio

    SoundStack leaders Scott Klass and Stacy Newhuis share how audio marketing and programmatic innovation are redefining brand connection at Advertising Week 2025.

  6. Better podcast delivery through HLS – key questions answered!

    Explore how HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) is transforming podcast delivery. This expert Q&A answers key questions on adaptive bitrate streaming, cost, bandwidth, video delivery, and measurement to help you create a better listener experience.

  7. Collaboration is key to healthy public radio - Part 3

    Given the commonalities of the industry, there's no reason to go it alone…there's no easy answer to engagement and turning a listener into a member, but through collaboration and the sharing of ideas and efforts, successful or not, it’s a step in the right direction.

  8. Collaboration is key to healthy public radio - Part 2

    I think there’s a whole generation of people who don’t understand what public radio is, how it’s funded, or that it’s even nonprofit. There could be a collective effort around educating younger audiences around why we exist in the first place and why it’s worth supporting.

  9. Collaboration is key to healthy public radio - Part 1

    That same independence that gives local public radio its magic also presents challenges -- more competition for the world’s attention than ever (from the biggest digital audio services, streaming TV… not to mention big commercial radio), less institutional support for small stations, and more.

  10. Stand up for your partners in 2025

    Why do independent tech platforms really matter? The above quote from Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise (made in reference to their acquisition of Innovid a few weeks ago) focuses on a core part of it – the commitment to keeping media and technology separate. It’s about fairness – removing any biases to ad transactions so every buyer and seller has an equal shot at success (and it is, of course, just as core to audio as it is to video).

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