WEBVTT 00:00.740 --> 00:03.800 Odyssey's new audio subscription, the latest from 00:03.800 --> 00:09.620 podnews.net with Hindenburg Pro's Time Stretch. U.S. 00:09.620 --> 00:12.680 broadcaster Odyssey, which recently filed for bankruptcy 00:12.680 --> 00:16.220 protection, has a new business plan which includes an audio 00:16.220 --> 00:20.400 subscription service. According to iHeart-owned Inside Radio, 00:20.900 --> 00:24.400 Odyssey says it could deliver as much as $20 million in revenue 00:24.400 --> 00:28.340 by 2027. The company owns a number of podcast companies 00:28.340 --> 00:32.460 including Cadence 13 and Pineapple Street. On Monday, we 00:32.460 --> 00:36.020 covered the premium Elfsite podcast player widget which 00:36.020 --> 00:40.020 preloads audio against IAB podcast measurement guidelines. 00:40.660 --> 00:43.500 Elfsite mailed us after publication saying they had no 00:43.500 --> 00:47.440 plans to remove the preload feature. We told them why it 00:47.440 --> 00:50.940 matters for podcasters and they've now confirmed that they 00:50.940 --> 00:54.140 will after all stop the widget from preloading audio. A new 00:54.140 --> 00:58.980 release is due today. Actor James van der Beek has failed in 00:58.980 --> 01:02.460 a bid to take Sirius XM to court. He'd alleged breach of 01:02.460 --> 01:07.300 contract for a $700,000 podcast deal. Californian judge said on 01:07.300 --> 01:11.480 Friday that he'd never signed the agreement. Amazon was the 01:11.480 --> 01:14.420 number one spender on U.S. podcast ads last month, 01:14.460 --> 01:18.160 according to Magellan AI. The company spent $8.1 million. 01:18.940 --> 01:22.700 Apple was number three. There's a webinar tomorrow at 11 a.m. 01:22.740 --> 01:26.880 Eastern. Brand safety and monetization company Sounder is 01:26.880 --> 01:30.140 to launch a set of open APIs for its automatic speech recognition 01:30.140 --> 01:33.900 and transcription technology. Meanwhile, Seeker announced a 01:33.900 --> 01:37.640 new brand safety and suitability platform for advertisers. Seeker 01:37.640 --> 01:42.480 Align aims to double podcast industry ad revenue, it says, by 01:42.480 --> 01:45.760 helping premium advertising brands understand the brand's 01:45.760 --> 01:48.460 safety and suitability of hundreds of thousands of podcast 01:48.460 --> 01:52.140 episodes. Manifest Media has announced a strategic 01:52.140 --> 01:56.340 partnership with Realm. Podcast addict's latest update has been 01:56.340 --> 02:00.120 denied by the Google Play Store. The podcast and radio app is 02:00.120 --> 02:05.180 used 60,000 times every day by its users to set alarms to wake 02:05.180 --> 02:09.040 up to their favorite podcast. But Google is now prohibiting 02:09.040 --> 02:14.220 this functionality. Is podcasting 2.0 clear enough? In 02:14.220 --> 02:17.940 the latest episode of The Feed, the official Libsyn podcast Rob 02:17.940 --> 02:21.140 and LC highlight some of the problems with the new features, 02:21.660 --> 02:25.980 including what they call poor app support. Podcasting 2.0 is 02:25.980 --> 02:29.880 not one thing. It is many, many different items, none of which 02:29.880 --> 02:34.180 are supported by Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Actually, less than 02:34.180 --> 02:37.660 1% of all downloads to aggregator apps come from apps 02:37.660 --> 02:41.580 that support any of the podcast 2.0 specs. This is something you 02:41.580 --> 02:45.280 do not hear the podcast 2.0 proponents mention. There's 02:45.280 --> 02:48.200 virtually no support on the listener side per aggregator 02:48.200 --> 02:51.540 apps, which is where it's supposed to matter most. They 02:51.540 --> 02:54.760 also say it's difficult to explain, especially to those new 02:54.760 --> 02:58.680 to podcasting in general. We've a short transcript of their 02:58.680 --> 03:02.280 comments. And Albi, which powers the majority of value for 03:03.280 --> 03:08.120 podcasting 2.0, was down for seven hours yesterday, after a 03:08.120 --> 03:10.820 patch update from their infrastructure partner went 03:10.820 --> 03:15.280 wrong. In People News, Nicole Beemstabower has been hired as 03:15.280 --> 03:18.980 executive producer of Bloomberg's Big Take DC. She 03:18.980 --> 03:23.020 joins from Gimlet Media, where she was managing director. And 03:23.020 --> 03:26.960 in Podcast News, Wiserworld has just joined Airwave, designed 03:26.960 --> 03:29.900 for busy people who forgot or never learned it in the first 03:29.900 --> 03:33.560 place and need a quick refresh. Wiserworld takes world history 03:33.560 --> 03:37.580 and makes it approachable and concise. It's hosted by Aliropa. 03:38.280 --> 03:41.660 Simple English News Daily, a seven-minute daily podcast 03:41.660 --> 03:44.980 containing news from at least four continents, has reached 5 03:44.980 --> 03:47.700 million downloads. According to the podcast's press release, 03:47.980 --> 03:51.620 almost all that growth has come from Spotify, while Apple 03:51.620 --> 03:55.820 Podcasts has shown almost none. The most popular country for the 03:55.820 --> 04:00.080 podcast is Japan. What was that like hosted by Scott Johnson and 04:00.080 --> 04:04.080 Glassbox Media has reached 10 million downloads. The podcast 04:04.080 --> 04:07.520 is conversations with people who have experienced the extremely 04:07.520 --> 04:11.680 unusual. This week's episode is with Harley, who was in the 04:11.680 --> 04:15.600 Colorado Movie Theater when a deranged gunman started firing. 04:16.220 --> 04:19.440 If you have a crazy story to tell, you can find Scott at 04:19.440 --> 04:24.040 PodFest Expo this week. And the weekly Mac is new from Caleroga 04:24.040 --> 04:27.000 Shark Media, but don't let the name fool you. The only thing to 04:27.000 --> 04:30.220 do with Apple Little Cover are those Apple pies with the 04:30.220 --> 04:33.760 insanely hot filling you'll get from your favorite fast food 04:33.760 --> 04:37.880 store. For tales from the drive -thru, exciting menu updates and 04:37.880 --> 04:40.820 the discovery that in parts of Europe, burger restaurants also 04:40.820 --> 04:45.620 sell beer. If you're into your fast food, this podcast is 04:45.620 --> 04:49.540 sizzling. Trailers for Selected Shows are in our new podcast 04:49.540 --> 04:52.000 trailers podcast. 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