Weekly Wrap: Two Ways to Control the Message, AI's Role in Content Marketing, and More



In Case You (Were Podcasting and) Missed It

💰 I prefer my millionaires to be approachable. How some CEOs are using podcasts as a way to control the message.

🏈 This is another way to control the message. The New England Patriots took down one of their podcast episodes because they didn't like some of the content.

🎧 Sounds Profitable correlates podcasting choices to the size of a Liquid Death can. Trust me, it makes sense.

📋 A serial killer, single women, pub trivia...all topics on Guardian's best podcasts of the week list.

🤖 Embracing our future bot overlords. TechTarget examines, in detail, how AI will affect the future of content marketing.


The Lighter Side

Sports-related podcasts have been making the news lately, in particular the Kelce brothers who recently inked a massive deal.

This is what AI thinks popular football podcasters look like. You'd think with all that money, this guy could move out of the locker room and into a studio (or maybe he spent it all on the watch).

The pennants are nice touch though.


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