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We start with an exclusive today, Apple Podcasts reigns the
number one app in the US for podcast
downloads for the biggest shows, according to new data from PodTrack.
In a presentation
this morning at Evolutions in Chicago, I'll reveal data showing
that even with YouTube
views, Apple is still the largest podcast app out there for the
250 biggest shows.
Evolutions by Podcast Movement kicked off yesterday with a
keynote from Tom Webster who spoke about
the need to convert occasional listeners to more frequent
consumers. Organizations say
the event has 1,600 attendees. Magellan AI is not rebranding.
Yesterday on April 1st,
they announced a rebrand to Podgellan AI, but it was an April
Fool's joke. Of course,
we wouldn't use the word pod in our company name, Magellan AI
CEO and co-founder Cameron Hendricks
said, adding who would do that? Well, Magellan AI is this month's
sponsor of Pod News.
Podcast hosting platform Disktopia announced a partnership with
Earbuds Podcast Collective
to deliver podcast recommendations to Disktopia users. Odyssey
announced the Odyssey Creator Lab.
It's an enhancement of Podcorn, which the company acquired in
2021, and will offer free limitless
hosting and monetization services for emerging podcasters. The
Webby Awards are open for public
voting today after the nominations were published. Award-winning
podcast Dan Taberski is up for yet
another award after his hit show Hysterical was named Apple
Podcasts Podcast of the Year.
The awards also recognize the organization with the most overall
nominations and wins across the
podcast categories. Organizations in contention include Audible,
SiriusXM, Wondery and iHeartMedia.
And a new audio creative agency has been born in Australia.
Original Audio calls itself Australia's AI-driven
creative agency, with deals including frequency and audio stack.
And thank you to CastBox,
one of the world's most popular podcast apps, for becoming a
silver supporter today. Like other supporters,
they pay for Pod News to keep it free for everyone to read. You
can join CastBox as a Pod News supporter
at podnews.net slash support. And in podcast news, what does it
mean to build and maintain a legacy,
either in business or for your loved ones? What tools and
resources are available to help? You can
join the discussion on Let's Talk Legacy, along with exciting
guests and real listeners, to tackle the
answers to those questions and learn how to grow today for a
better tomorrow. In season four of Sane and
simple podcasting, they're addressing the overwhelm in the room.
With YouTube for podcasting getting so
much attention, the podcast felt it was time to streamline
workflows to make you spend more time
on the connections that you make from the podcast by making your
workflow and promotion sensible for
your time, budget and sanity. And in Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch
Today, pod news editor James Critton,
talks about the BBC's podcasts outside the UK and the decision
to remove the BBC Sounds app. And this
podcast is sponsored by Magellan AI. April Fool's is over, so is
relying on guesswork. Magellan AI
attribution delivers accurate, reliable data for clearer podcast
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campaigns today. You'll find a link in the show notes. And that's
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