MEET John

John Wordock has a distinguished track record in podcasting, starting in 2006 while at Dow Jones & Company.

He most recently served as Executive Editor and SVP for Podcasting at Westwood One from 2019 to 2024. During his tenure, he helped build Cumulus Podcast Network into a top ten network and top free channel on Apple. Under John’s tutelage, Cumulus Media had 50 shows charting on Apple in May, 2024. That was the most in company history and included 14 local radio station podcasts.

Before that, John launched WSJ Podcasts in 2015 and served as Executive Producer at The Wall Street Journal for such chart-topping podcasts as What’s News, The Future of Everything, Your Money Briefing, Tech News Briefing, Minute Briefing, and Potomac Watch. (He was also involved in the initial discussions that gave birth to The Journal podcast.) John grew the WSJ audience more than 2000% by the end of 2018, working closely with marketing, ad sales marketing, ad sales, digital platforms and digital products.

Besides embracing podcasting in 2006, he has a long history of early adoption: digital dashboards in 2012, podcasts on Alexa devices in 2016, and podcasts on YouTube in 2021. He’s always preparing for the Next Big Thing.

What’s more, John believes Quality Wins. His content over the years has won numerous honors, including The Webby Award, the National Headliner Award, NAREE’s Best in Business Report, SPJ D.C.’s Dateline Award, and the Excellence in Financial Journalism Award.

John also gets quoted in articles about podcast trends. Recent articles include:

Barrett Media: Podcasting Experts React to The Hollywood Reporter’s Story on Podcast Challenges

Podcast News Daily: Apple Downloads Are Down From iOS Changes, But Podcast Listeners Are ‘Exploding.’ Report Says