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Thursday, March 28, 2024
๐The Podnews Report Card shows that Apple Podcasts is still our most favoured podcast platform; but all the scores for the major platforms have slipped since last year. We’ve published a full list of the results of the Report Card over here; and we’re sharing it with the platforms.
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๐In our Editor’s keynote at Podcast Movement Evolutions, unveiling the Report Card results, there was a special guest - Adam Curry, the co-inventor of podcasting. He spoke about RSS being “the honey badger of digital distribution - no matter what they try, they cannot kill it” - and also spoke about new features in Podcasting 2.0. The full video is available to watch here.
๐Exclusive: The Airwave podcast network is to launch its own book imprint, Airwave Books. It will feature books by Airwave’s podcast and video content creators. There’ll be more information at the Airwave booth at Podcast Movement Evolutions at noon today.
๐Correction: Yesterday, we said that the Locked On Podcast Network were represented by Libsyn Ads before they signed with Adswizz. We based this on a page on the Libsyn Ads website which sold “a full network buy” of the Locked On Network. That page was deleted after we published yesterday; and both companies say that Locked On did not work with Libsyn Ads, so we clearly got things wrong and we regret the error. We’re told they were with Spotify/Megaphone.
๐There's More To Read: HERE
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
๐The Ambies Awards took place last night. We’ve a full list of the winners, including podcast of the year Slow Burn and three wins for Weight For It. Our list includes hosting companies and links to the winning trailers.
๐Today, Steven Goldstein will moderate the View from the Top panel for the ninth time. If you’re at Evolutions, it’s at 11am in Diamond 5, as part of the Industry Track, sponsored by Podnews.
First look: In podcast advertising, there’s “host reads”, “announcer reads”, and a new tool, “talent reads” - an ad voiced by talent from an existing podcast, but who is not featured in the specific podcast where the ad is inserted.
๐New research released today by Gumball, ART19 and Signal Hill Insights shows that this “talent reads” format is an effective addition to an advertiser’s toolset.
๐There's More To Read: HERE
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
๐Podcast Movement Evolutions starts later today in Los Angeles. The first session is the orientation event for new and veteran attendees. The AMBIES awards take place at 6pm PT / 9pm ET tonight: here’s a live video feed for you to watch the ceremony wherever you are (or see your email from Podcast Movement to RSVP). We’ll have a full list of winners tomorrow morning; and some exclusive data ahead of the unveiling of the Podnews Report Card 2024 at 9am.
๐Apple Podcasts has updated its Content Guidelines. The main changes are that the company now requires use of AI to be prominently disclosed in both the audio and the metadata; and AI cannot be used to mislead. (¶1.11 and 1.12) Apple also requires creator-provided transcripts to accurately reflect and correspond to the content (¶5.1).
๐Similarly, YouTube is now requiring disclosure about the use of AI in certain circumstances. You’re specifically required to disclose if you’re using AI to “make a real person say or do something they didn’t say or do”, “alter footage of a real event or place”, or “generate a realistic scene that didn’t actually occur”. Visual (or, we presume, audio) effects, like noise reduction, are not required to be disclosed; nor “clearly unrealistic content”.
๐Podnews does not use AI in any part of our editorial process.
๐There's More to Read: HERE
Monday, March 25, 2024
๐Adobe has launched Adobe Podcast Studio in beta to selected users. The tool looks similar to Descript, and allows you to “record, edit and enhance” in your browser.
๐Amaze Media Labs has launched audiencelift, a new promotion tool for podcasts that delivers downloads of trailers to interested audiences. The company will be exhibiting at Podcast Movement Evolutions.
๐The shortlist was announced for the New York Festivals Radio Awards, which contains 102 nominations for the podcast categories.
๐Global’s DAX has added two official Taskmaster podcasts to its roster. The TV show is one of the most popular in the UK.
๐A TV documentary series is being made into a podcast. Bitconned, a Netflix show, is being adapted as a podcast by Glass Entertainment and iHeartPodcasts.
๐There's More To Read: HERE
Friday, March 22, 2024
- ๐Joe Rogan has 14.5mn followers on Spotify, reveals Ashley Carman in Bloomberg; that’s smaller than his total subscriber number on YouTube of 16.4mn. Her compilation includes the top shows on the platform, taken from a new UX feature.
๐Spotify has launched a desktop miniplayer for Premium users, which lets you watch video on Spotify while you should be working. A long-requested feature, it also controls volume, can change tracks and playlists, and is resizable.
๐In future, Cadence13 is to be known as “Audacy Podcasts” as part of a reorganisation. Podnews spotted in October that Audacy had stopped using the Cadence13 brand; that’s now official, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
๐Edison Research shared the top ten podcasts among US women. Unusually for a podcast chart, Joe Rogan is at number two! Podcasts with women hosts take five of the top ten spots.
๐What would you do for a podcast? Don Lemon reportedly wanted a free Cybertruck from Elon Musk, and to be launched into orbit by SpaceX to record “the first podcast in space”. The demands, including an $8mn salary, were passed on by UTA, the talent agency that represents him, says the New York Post; though UTA says the story’s nonsense. Lemon says his partnership with X was cancelled.
There's More To Read: HERE
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