Wizzard: Podcast Downloads Up 45%
Jul 7th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Featured Story, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting, Podcasting Networks, Podcasting Research 
Podcasting network Wizzard Media today announced that podcast downloads from their network were up by 45% in Q2, compared to 2008.
For the second quarter of 2009, Wizzard Media saw total network podcast download requests of 350,053,574 vs. 241,600,000 download requests in the second quarter of 2008
The company also reported:
- The audience consuming podcasts from shows on the Wizzard Media Network grew 41% (5.3 million).
- Wizzard Media Network advertising impressions served through its proprietary Alchemy advertising engine grew from 3.9 million in the second quarter of 2008 to 13.7 million in the second quarter of 2009, an increase of 251%.
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This means nothing when they cannot monetize very much of that inventory. They have a lot of overhead and not much return on that investment. After all they just got received a small amount of cash to carry them forward a few more months.
They are in deep trouble and everyone knows it.