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  • Newspaper’s hit podcast not all it seems: And Acast's new Podcast Pulse report
  • Amazon Music adds audiobooks in Spotify fight: Casefile (80M listens) moves to Acast, and 30% of new podcasts die within two months
  • Podcast ads are “too difficult to buy”: And new FTC rules
  • Sennheiser launch three-in-one microphones: And a show gets Kickstarter funding to launch
  • Now Playing: Spotify for Creators: Spotify posted its first profitable quarter with $32mn profit and 640 million monthly users
  • RØDE launches “Wireless Micro” microphones: Pocket Casts aligns with Apple and Spotify by changing Subscribe to Follow, while The Podcast Haven launches a unified search tool
  • YouTube execs to host Q&A: Spotify prioritizes video podcasts over HiFi audio, Apple removes Russian-language podcasts in Russia, and Triton Digital launches podcast demographics service in Netherlands.
  • Trump and Harris’s podcast audience size: Acast reduces free hosting to five episodes, Spotify introduces video thumbnails, and Realm expands with Countdown Network addition.
  • Daily Mail podcasts expand to the US: Podcast revenue is up for SiriusXM
  • Podscribe: longer ads are more cost-effective: YouTube leads podcast listening in US with 31% share over Spotify's 27%; Rogers Sports & Media cuts jobs.
  • The most popular colour for successful business podcasts: And 20% of digital ads on Spotify are video ads
  • AI - new patents, and new Parkinson: And, the biggest podcast in YouTube
  • Podchaser now carries “political skew” data on podcasts: And the number of automatic NotebookLM podcasts grows
  • Apple Podcasts: most popular podcasts of 2024: Spotify playlists and podcasts are being exploited for piracy links, and Triton Digital updates Australian podcast rankings with new listener metrics.
  • Acast grows in the US: And podcasts on a plane
  • New country rankers from Podtrac: And there are now more than 100 million podcast episodes
  • New Board of Governors for the Podcast Hall of Fame: Magellan AI expands podcast promo tracking, Wondercraft and Frequency enables AI-powered ad personalization, while researchers examine podcast audience inclusivity challenges.
  • Australian Podcast Awards - the winners: Spotify released new audiobook features, Tim Ferriss criticizes interview-style podcasts
  • Train company’s podcast promotion on the right track: Spotify makes it easier to share to TikTok
  • Podpage adds a listener survey tool: Financial results from iHeart, Auddia, and the New York Times