“Wright claimed that this all meant the company could turn a profit on an episode with fewer than 20 listeners.”

Shell Game · Episode 2: Hear What Matters

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What was described

sold advertising across the aggregate audience of thousands of AI-generated shows

profit possible with fewer than 20 listeners per episode

Said nearby on the same subject

“Programmatic advertising… advertisers who just want to reach particular kinds of audience… buying audiences in big buckets of content.”
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“Came across an advertisement for to be an apprentice therapist at community housing and therapy… that was quite a fortuitous life-changing meeting”
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