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The majority of Americans
listen to podcasts, says new
research released by YouGov,
the
most popular thing your
listeners are doing while they
listen.
Household chores.
The cliche of falling asleep is
seventh on the list.
Hindenburg has announced a
sneak peek to demonstrate
version 2.0 of the popular H
indenburg Pro
editor on February the 13th.
No details have been shared of
the new features, but we
suspect that the image on the
page,
which uses the word
transcription, might be a clue.
The podcast show 2023 in London
has announced its first set of
speakers and tickets are
now on sale.
The event takes place on May
the 23rd to the 25th.
Ashley Flowers, Jordan Harbing
er and Harla Taha are among the
speakers announced so far.
The Infinite Dial US 2023 will
be presented as a free webinar
on March the 2nd.
The study includes data on
podcast consumption, a figure
that dropped slightly last year
.
Podcast host Osha and Targetsp
ot have just announced automatic
monetization.
For podcasts in a webinar this
morning, Targetspot works with
more than 5,000 advertisers and
coincidentally, your podcast
needs a minimum of 5,000
monthly downloads to be
considered
for those automatic pre-rolls.
Podfest Cairo 2023 has been
announced.
The event is on Saturday, March
the 4th at the American
University in the city.
It's free.
The German podcast awards are
open for entry of until April
the 16th.
Content agency This Is Dist
orted has opened a new visual
podcast studio in Leeds in the
UK.
Apple TV is promoting MLS
Season Pass, allowing you to
watch every major league soccer
match
including the playoffs.
It's the start of a 10-year
deal with Apple and available
in more than 100 countries.
Most of them call it football.
A bug in the Brave browser for
iOS which was incorrectly infl
ating podcast download numbers
has been fixed thanks to an
eagle-eyed John Spurlock.
The Audio Content Fund, a UK
government-funded grant which
paid for audio content to be
made
for radio and podcast, has been
praised as good value for money
by an independent report.
However, there's a lack of
clear commitment to future
funding from the government
which
was described by the CEO of
Radio Center as a missed
opportunity.
For Black History Month, Pod
bean has announced a free live
event with a panel of podcas
ters
talking about their experiences
.
Kurt Hansen's Reign News has
returned to daily publishing,
covering the online audio
industry.
We're delighted to see it back,
along with editor Brad Hill.
Nick Hilton, who claimed that
podcasting was dead at the end
of last year, admits in a
follow-up that the title was "
because he wanted people to
click on the article".
After landing a guest spot on a
BBC Radio 4 show to opine about
podcasts, which is more
than we've done, and being
mentioned in a Bloomberg
article, which we've managed
that
one at least, he admits that he
doesn't really think the podcas
ters are dying, adding that
he would quite like you to
subscribe to his newsletter.
Well, we're taking note of his
clever customer acquisition
scheme, but would also like to
congratulate Maria, who became
our 26,000th subscriber
yesterday in spite of boring
article
titles like "No, the number of
new podcasts are not really
plummeting".
Andrew Pirella has joined
podcast Allies as production
manager.
The company plans to move into
public radio and offer radio
show development and host
and editor training services to
public radio leaders.
And in podcast news, semi-
qualified queens with Juice Box
and Cynthia Kiss is a new
signing
for the Sona Network, Canada's
award-winning independent
podcast network.
Plastic is everywhere.
It's advanced to our world, but
damaged our environment and our
health.
Discarded is new from LEMONADA
Media this week, focusing on
society's relationship with
Plastic, as told through the
personal story of Sharon Levine
, who became an accidental
activist in this space.
The original Radio Lab EP,
Ellen Horn, has worked on a new
podcast, "Admissible Shreds
of Evidence", which launched
this week, hosted by Tessa K
ramer and co-produced by CPM,
Virginia's
public media station and IHAR
Podcasts.
It focuses on allegations of a
cover-up within the Virginia
Department of Forensic Science.
Acclaimed storytelling
organization, The Moth, is
putting out its first new
podcast, Grown,
all about the awkward time
between teen years and
adulthood it was launched
yesterday.
Canada's Jesse Crookshank is
launching her debut podcast
today called Phone a Friend.
From the New York Times, modern
love has returned for a new
season, and the pitch has also
launched
a new season, the first since
partnering with Vox Media last
year.
The show features investors
being pitched by entrepreneurs
and sees over $900,000 being
invested.
This podcast is sponsored by C
BC Podcasts, the Africa's versus
America Chronicles Black
Liberation Organization Move,
and how Philadelphia came to
drop a bomb on its own citizens
.
It's the story of when the US
went to war on an American
family, and you can find the
Africa's versus America
wherever you get your podcasts.
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