Podcast listening in Australia bigger than the US

• The Infinite Dial Australia 2024 was released, from Edison Research and CRA. 35% of Australians listen to podcasts every week (the US number is 34%). Overall, Australia is 9% ahead of the US for online audio listening.

• Prisa’s spanish-language podcast platform Podium has suddenly removed a number of podcasts from its platform - and those podcasts aren’t saying why. “We are trying to clarify the situation,” says comedy podcast Aquí hay dragones; El Descampo says “there are problems that I hope will be resolved soon”, while Nuria Pérez from Gabinete de Curiosidades says that her podcast “has disappeared from all platforms, and that’s all I can say without crying”. A concern about use of copyright music has been mentioned by others, but Prisa isn’t saying anything.

  • Many podcasts on Podium were available freely on open RSS, but then moved to the platform as exclusives to monetise.

• How much do you get paid? Audio professionals in the US are invited to help the AIR 2024 Rate Card Campaign, by giving the organisation your current compensation data to reflect the latest trends and best practices.

• Spotify is planning a masterclass on “Leveraging video on Spotify”. We’re promised a live watch party and Q&A - it’s on Jul 25.

  • Meantime, the “interact” tab in Spotify for Podcasters might not work on Jul 8, as the Spotify team does some background updates.

• Acast is to expand into Japan with a new partnership with Otonal Inc. The partnership will open up Acast’s 125,000 podcasts to the Japanese market, including that of the BBC, Financial Times, The Guardian and History Hit.

• People in Indonesia listen to podcasts just as much as broadcast radio, according to the We Are Social and Meltwater Digital Report 2024. Page 28 suggests that the typical Indonesian (16-64) listens to 50min of broadcast radio a day - not internet radio - while they listen to 49min of podcasts a day.

• Audion has partnered with podcast publisher Webedia. Audion will combine podcast hosting and distribution and dynamic insertion of advertisements in real time, making it possible to optimize revenues from Audion’s partner publishers.

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