Aug. 26, 2026

Beehiiv's Ainsley Rossitto: From Inbox to Audience

Podcasters spend countless hours creating their shows—but producing great content is only part of the job. Building an audience, maintaining a website, publishing a newsletter, tracking analytics and generating revenue can quickly become a full-time workload of its own.

Ainsley Rossitto, Head of Podcasts at beehiiv, joins the Podcast Super Friends to explain how the newsletter platform is expanding into podcasting and bringing those tools together in one place. We have been on this for a while but she reinforces why email remains one of the most valuable ways for podcasters to own their audience, deepen engagement and create new revenue opportunities beyond downloads.

Ainsley also shares what beehiiv has built for podcasters, including hosting, automated episode emails, interactive transcripts, community features and AI-powered tools. She also previews what’s ahead, including video distribution, programmatic advertising, direct campaign management and expanded podcast analytics.

Catherine O’Brien leads the conversation with Jon Gay, Johnny Podcasts and Matt Cundill. Connect with them below.

Work With the Superfriends below:

Johnny Peterson – Johnny Podcasts

Catherine O'Brien – Branch Out Programs

Jon Gay – JAG Podcast Productions

David Yas – Pod 617 – The Boston Podcast Network

Matt Cundill – The Sound Off Media Company

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Work With Any of the Superfriends below:

Johnny Peterson - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Johnny Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.johnnypodcasts.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Catherine O’Brien -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Branch Out Programs ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.branchoutprograms.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Jon Gay: Jag Podcast Productions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jagpodcastproductions.com

David Yas: Pod 617 -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Boston Podcast Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pod617.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Matt Cundill - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Sound Off Media Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundoff.network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠