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We have an exclusive today for you about China.
Apple Podcasts has made changes to the way it makes podcasts
available in China.
Working with podcasters inside the country,
Podnews has learnt that Apple is now able to remove specific
episodes from shows
and that those episodes are hidden from users even if a user
tries the RSS feed in the Apple Podcasts app instead.
As two examples, Lex Fridman has 22 recent shows removed.
The Joe Rogan Experience is missing eight recent shows.
We've written an availability checker for Apple Podcasts to
understand what is available where.
You'll find a link in our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net.
Elsewhere, Evolutions 2025 has announced a set of new speakers
for the event in Chicago on March 31st to April 3rd.
Reflecting videos part in the podcast space, Evolutions will
have a video village presented by YouTube.
You can use the code podnews to save on selected passes.
Podcast studio Filt has announced a reorganisation, including
consolidation with a Finnish company
and the launch of Filt Nordics across Sweden, Denmark, Norway
and Finland.
Both companies are backed by PodX Group.
Audio is different from video, says Eric Silver, the head of
development at Multitude Productions.
He filmed the process of recording a portion of a podcast with
Amanda McLaughlin and wrote up his thoughts.
YouTube threw a party for creators and podcasters in Washington,
D.C. over inauguration weekend.
The main image of the attendees, just saying: 16 men and 4 women.
String Bean Radio is a website that lets you follow podcast
guest appearances.
It's caught Lex Fridman on 104 shows so far and Marco Arment on
88.
Podcast host RSS.com launched a set of tweaks and updates,
including a web player with iOS Dynamic Island support and
improved pod role support as well.
John McDermott discovers that the journal produced by Spotify
and the Wall Street Journal has 21 people on staff.
You'd have thought one of them might be able to make a trailer.
And SoundCloud is doing something weird with redirected podcasts
that were formerly hosted on the platform,
adding a legal redirect statement if you visit the feed on
something other than a recognised podcast app.
And in podcast news, popular movie podcast Unspooled has signed
with the Realm Podcast Network.
The show was with Earwolf and achieves over 12 million monthly
downloads.
New this week from LAist studios, LA Made, the other moonshot
tells the story of three black aerospace engineers
who worked on the Apollo mission in LA in the 1960s, despite
barely being allowed in the room.
It's hosted by Joanne Higgins, whose grandfather was among the
group.
And with over a month to go till the start of the 2025 F1 season,
inside the F1 checkered flag feed is F1 back at base.
A new show from the BBC taking listeners behind the scenes of
McLaren and Aston Martin's Formula One teams.
The show also includes exclusive interviews and an inside look
at the secret factories building the cars.
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