WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.520 A new way for curated podcast discovery - the latest from podnews.net with OpenRAP from 00:00:06.520 --> 00:00:11.760 RedCircle, boosting your podcast revenue. 00:00:11.760 --> 00:00:16.820 Podcast curation platform Hark Audio has announced The Conversation, an easy way for listeners 00:00:16.820 --> 00:00:20.960 to discover podcast conversations happening around trending topics. 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:25.800 The first conversation to be added is one around the US elections, with clips from a 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:29.520 wide range of shows focusing on the campaign trail. 00:00:29.520 --> 00:00:32.080 Some you'll know and some you won't. 00:00:32.080 --> 00:00:36.720 Apple Podcasts is adding a better way to get around shows with chapters in the upcoming 00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:38.440 iOS 18. 00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:43.240 When you scrub through the timeline, you'll be able to see the chapter names, reports 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:44.520 MacRumors. 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:49.440 Appearance of a feature in beta doesn't though mean it'll make it to the final build. 00:00:49.440 --> 00:00:55.640 Nordic podcast hosting company Podspace now supports Apple Podcasts subscriptions, a tool 00:00:55.640 --> 00:01:02.320 initially known as delegated delivery, creators can now manage all content directly via Podspace's 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.280 own publishing tool. 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:09.600 Edison Research says that 79% of weekly podcast listeners in the US have listened to podcasts 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:14.400 that have video, with 72% actively watching the screen. 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:18.760 Jam, a short-form audio app and website, is to close. 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.620 "We're still convinced that there's a future for the short audio format," said 00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:26.200 founders Pete and Chris. It'll close on July 15th. 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:31.400 Libsyn Ads has signed an exclusive ad partnership with Mark Haynes Productions for an audio 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.080 drama "Hindsight: the day before". 00:01:34.080 --> 00:01:37.680 Veritonic has added benchmarks to its brand lift measurement tool. 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:42.340 The feature adds helpful context when showing how campaigns are performing. 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:48.120 And Zombie News now: and four days after its international closure, Zombie Google Podcasts 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.780 continues to refuse to die. 00:01:50.780 --> 00:01:55.040 In fact, it's worse than that, the bodies of the recently deceased are returning to 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.220 life and attacking the living. 00:01:57.220 --> 00:01:59.440 "Let's put something else on"... 00:01:59.440 --> 00:02:04.880 Because over the last 24 hours, astonishingly, Google Podcasts website has been turned back 00:02:04.880 --> 00:02:08.360 on again, and now happily plays podcasts once more. 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:13.360 The app is still available to install in Google Play, but has now been removed from the Apple 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:14.360 App Store. 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.880 It continues to function on both platforms. 00:02:17.880 --> 00:02:22.580 In people news, Lizzie Young has been confirmed as the new CEO of Commercial Radio and Audio 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:23.580 in Australia. 00:02:23.580 --> 00:02:28.940 The organisation runs the Australian podcast ranker and works with radio broadcasters. 00:02:28.940 --> 00:02:34.200 Billy Hartman has joined Workflow Automation and ad management company Frequency to expand 00:02:34.200 --> 00:02:36.140 its business development efforts. 00:02:36.140 --> 00:02:42.400 And Oziel Enriquez recently joined Salem Web Media as the new podcast marketing coordinator, 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:48.480 where he will be working with Life Audio, one of the top Christian audio podcast networks. 00:02:48.480 --> 00:02:53.720 And in podcast news, the Bouquet Toss, a wedding planning podcast, has joined Love Stories 00:02:53.720 --> 00:02:55.000 TV. 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:59.160 After five successful seasons as an audio show, it's now a video podcast available 00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:04.520 on YouTube, Spotify and Love Stories TV's streaming TV channel. 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:09.120 From the UAE, Crossing the Desert is the first reality show podcast that immerses listeners 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:13.220 in the exhilarating journey of launching a business in Dubai. 00:03:13.220 --> 00:03:18.360 Recorded on location in the UAE, the show brings the highs and lows, the triumphs and 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:24.300 setbacks and the indomitable willpower of an entrepreneur on a mission. 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:30.200 In five random questions which launches today, Danny Brown asks a guest five questions thrown 00:03:30.200 --> 00:03:33.000 out by a random question generator. 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:37.640 He says the guests don't know what I'm going to ask and neither do I, so each episode 00:03:37.640 --> 00:03:39.140 could go anywhere. 00:03:39.140 --> 00:03:41.120 The first two episodes are out now. 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:42.920 And two guys, five rings. 00:03:42.920 --> 00:03:48.840 Matt Bowen and the Olympics is new from iHeartMedia and NBC Universal, hosted by Saturday Night 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:52.340 Live's Bowen Yang and actor and comedian Matt Rogers. 00:03:52.340 --> 00:03:57.900 The team breaks down the top storylines, discuss the athletes to watch and their results, obsess 00:03:57.900 --> 00:04:03.340 over Paris culture and find out what really goes on in the Olympic village. 00:04:03.340 --> 00:04:08.540 That's part of an iHeartMedia and NBCU collaboration for the Olympics. 00:04:08.540 --> 00:04:14.000 This podcast is sponsored by Red Circles platform for automated host red ads, OpenRAP. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.040 Access more revenue without switching hosting providers. 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:20.760 Learn more about OpenRAP with the link in our show notes. 00:04:20.760 --> 00:04:23.120 And that's the latest from our newsletter. 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:26.400 To read all the stories and subscribe, we're at podnews.net. 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:28.980 (upbeat music)