Audiohook acquires podcast monitoring platform Podscan
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Audiohook Corporation acquired Podscan, an AI-powered podcast monitoring and data platform.
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“Audiohook Corporation has acquired Podscan Inc., an AI-powered podcast monitoring and data platform, and will make the majority of Podscan’s podcast intelligence available to the industry at no cost. Podscan ingests, transcribes, and analyzes more than 70,000 podcast episodes daily, evaluating content across brand suitability, contextual categories, brand mentions, and sentiment, according to the”Source
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