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HOST-READ INVENTORY · 2025 RATE CARD

The shortest serious news brief in American broadcasting — and the most-quoted one in New York media plans.

New York Minute Show sells 100% host-read inventory across the Daily Minute (58 seconds), longform deep-cuts, the Friday Wrap newsletter, and our bilingual Street Corner segments. Every spot is read by a show host. Every read earns recall. Every campaign ships with a 9.4% call-to-action conversion rate — verified by Edison Research against the 2024 industry average.

Below: the four numbers a planner needs to qualify the buy, the four formats on offer, the audience a media buyer is buying, and the testimonial of a sponsor who already ran the flight.

AM 2024 Ambie Award — Best News Podcast
#1 The Podfront 2024 — NYC News & Politics
NYT "6 Podcasts That Actually Understand New York" — March 2024

THE QUALIFYING NUMBERS

Four stats a media buyer needs to defend the buy in a plan.

  1. 1.8M

    Cross-platform downloads per month across Spotify, Apple, YouTube Shorts, and SiriusXM Channel 132.

  2. 9.4%

    Average call-to-action conversion rate on host-read sponsor spots — verified, sponsor-by-sponsor.

  3. 3.1×

    Edison Research Q2 2024 listener-recall lift vs. the podcast industry benchmark for the average sponsored segment.

  4. 1,847

    Consecutive weekday Daily Minute episodes aired without a missed broadcast — the streak that keeps a media plan in lockstep with the news cycle.

INVENTORY ON OFFER · 2025

Four host-read formats. One zero-programmatic roster.

Every spot on New York Minute Show is read live by a show host — Jules Marchetti, Priya Ramanathan, or one of our six contributing correspondents. No programmatic remnant, no pre-recorded voice-drop, no banner swap. Every read ships in the same voice New Yorkers already trust at 7:42 a.m.

  1. 01 / Daily Minute Pre-Roll

    The 58-second flagship.

    Placement
    Pre-roll, single host-read
    Average runtime
    :20 – :25
    Reach
    1.8M monthly downloads
    Best for
    Daily-frequency category buys, DTC apps, QSR

    The brief that built the show. Every weekday morning the host delivers a 58-second read on New York's lead story — your message lands in that same tight window, before the news, in a tone the audience already trusts.

  2. 02 / Longform Mid-Roll

    Deep-dive sponsorship, :90 to :120.

    Placement
    Mid-roll, single host-read
    Average runtime
    :60 – :90
    Reach
    ~280K avg. downloads per episode
    Best for
    Brand storytelling, financial services, B2B SaaS, automotive

    Our longform slots give the host room to actually use your product on air — to walk a listener through the offer, land a vanity URL, and pause for the call-to-action. The 9.4% conversion rate you see above is anchored to this format.

  3. 03 / The Wrap Newsletter

    Friday inbox. 42% open rate.

    Placement
    Top-of-fold sponsor block, host-written
    Average runtime
    120 – 180 words
    Reach
    78,500 inboxes, every Friday
    Best for
    Retail weekends, ticketed events, restaurant & cultural launches

    "The Wrap" closes the workweek for 78,500 New Yorkers. The sponsor block is written in the same voice as the editorial — host-attributed, never banner-style — and ships with a unique UTM so the read is fully attributable.

  4. 04 / Street Corner Co-Brand

    Bilingual English / Spanish segment.

    Placement
    Dedicated segment, host + Spanish-language producer
    Average runtime
    :90 – :120
    Reach
    ~95K avg. downloads per bilingual episode
    Best for
    Multi-borough brands, transit, healthcare, public-interest campaigns

    The only NYC podcast series with a dedicated Spanish-language producer on staff. Street Corner segments run across Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, and are read in both English and Spanish on the same episode.

THE AUDIENCE YOU'RE BUYING

New York City commuters and metro-area professionals, 25 to 54.

Audience composition from the Q3 2024 listener survey (n = 4,200), cross-checked against Spotify for Podcasters and Apple Podcasts Connect demographic pulls.

34

Median age. Skews slightly older on longform (38) and younger on YouTube Shorts cross-posts (29).

$112K

Median household income, Q3 2024 listener survey. Top-quartile index in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Hudson County.

Gender split

  • Male · 54%
  • Female · 44%
  • Non-binary / PNTS · 2%

Top boroughs

  1. Brooklyn31%
  2. Manhattan28%
  3. Queens19%
  4. The Bronx11%
  5. Staten Island & Hudson County11%

Top daypart

7:00 – 9:30 a.m. weekday commute window — 62% of all Daily Minute listens.

Platform mix

  1. Spotify41%
  2. Apple Podcasts33%
  3. YouTube Shorts (cross-post)14%
  4. SiriusXM Channel 1328%
  5. Other / web embed4%

All figures verified against the Q3 2024 New York Minute Show listener survey (n = 4,200). Media kit deck includes a full crosstab by borough, age band, and daypart on request.

NEXT STEP · 48-HOUR RESPONSE WINDOW

Request the full media kit — placements, rates, audience crosstabs, and case studies from the last four quarters.

Drop us a note with your brand, your flight window, and the format you lead with. Sponsorships Director replies within 48 business hours with the deck, an inventory hold, and a proposed host-read copy draft for your category.