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First happy holidays to you.
For many it's a last day in the office before two quiet weeks,
but for many more still it's
podcasting as usual over the break, so we'll be publishing as
normal across the holiday
period.
We've got you podcasting.
A special Harklist has been published, a look at the state of
podcasting in 2024 with clips
from a number of different shows, it's hosted by me.
With clips from Buzzcast, Vergecast, our own Podnews Weekly
Review and many more, there's
a link to listen to it in our show notes and our newsletter at
podnews.net, or better,
you can download the Hark app to listen and explore more new
shows to listen to.
The Podnews Weekly Review this week interviews among others
Jessica Cordova-Kramer, the CEO
of Lemonada Media.
She talks about how the company has maintained high ad rates and
how they're doing video
too.
There's a full 30 minute interview in the Podnews Extra feed as
well, in our show notes
and our newsletter at podnews.net.
The Texas Creator Awards have been announced, nominations are
open until the end of January.
The iHeart app has been upgraded with lots of new features,
which is a brave choice the
week before a Christmas close down.
That Goalhanger ad we covered earlier in the week has got lots
of attention.
One UK correspondent with a good memory has remembered a similar
ad for BBC Sounds from
October 2018.
We think the Goalhanger one is slightly more obvious if you ask
us.
And the AI audio platform Auddia is to sell up to 20 million
shares at a tenth of a penny
per share to raise more funds for the company, which makes an
app that strips commercials
out of podcasts and radio streams.
It slips below a dollar a share in September and might come out
of NASDAQ as a consequence.
It said last month that it might run out of money altogether
early next year.
And in podcast news, Time Suck with Dan Cummins seems to be
advertising itself using fancy
stickers in Brooklyn in New York.
The show enthusiastically deep dives into everything from cults
to killers to conspiracies,
sharing the best of what is uncovered with everyone else.
Podnews regional reporter Arielle Nissenblatt said, "It stopped
me in my tracks."
We have a photograph of it in our show notes and our newsletter
at podnews.net.
We've made up that title by the way: she is clearly not that,
but who knows, it might
be a thing.
In September, Acquired had fancy billboards in San Francisco
Airport.
That show covers the stories that built the world's greatest
companies.
"Whoa, Acquired has billboards in the airport," said PodNews
regional reporter Justin Jackson,
also not his real title.
In August, the iHeart podcast Two Good Sports was super excited
about appearing in billboards
across Melbourne.
That show is on pause while one of the hosts looks after a new
addition to the family.
But thank you, Podnews regional reporter Corey Layton, also not
his real job.
And in June, Calm History was recommended on NBC5 Chicago,
according to the host of
the show and Podnews regional reporter Harris, who only does one
of those things in reality.
If you see some nice podcast promotion, send it to us, updates@podnews.net.
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