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Rachel Abrams: From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams and this is The Daily.
James Cridland: One of the most popular podcasts in the world, The Daily, is to
get two new co-hosts, Natalie
Kitchroff and Rachel Abrams will join Michael Barbaro as co-hosts
as Sabrina Tavernise returns
to a reporting role. Rachel hosts today's episode. Natalie and
Rachel are the perfect
journalists to take us into this new chapter, said Michael Barbaro,
although to be fair,
he probably said, Natalie... and Rachel... are the... perfect
journalists to take us into this new
chapter. Today is DNA Day and also the launch day for Gene Pool
Media, a new podcast network
dedicated to healthcare and genetics. The new network brings
together some of the most influential
voices in science to reshape how scientific stories are shared.
BBC Studios has announced
a partnership with The Podcast Exchange in Canada. TPX will be
its exclusive third-party
advertising reseller for BBC podcasts in the country. If you're
coming to the podcast show
in London, new this year, if you're coming from outside the UK
or Ireland and you don't
have a British passport, you now need an electronic travel
authorisation, an ETA to enter the country.
It's just £16 directly from the UK government. We link to that
page today. And a reminder
that you can save on selected passes using code PODNEWS10. In
the Podnews Weekly Review this week,
we speak with Stefano Fallaha from Podio on podcasting in the
Arab states and Gautam Raj Anand from
Hubhopper on Indian podcasting after YouTube. Magellan AI
reports that T-Mobile was the biggest
spender in US podcast advertising last month, spending $5.9
million on ads with their top genre
being sport. The full chart also links to a free webinar on
Tuesday. YouGov published data for podcast
listeners across different countries. The data suggests
significant numbers in Asia, mixed results in Europe,
and slightly below average numbers in the US. Castos has added
one-click podcast distribution
for all eight major podcast directories, they say. And Triton
Digital released a programmatic
advertising update for Australia. It says that impressions have
increased year-on-year by 160%.
It also says that podcast listeners have grown 26% in Australia,
but live streaming listeners have only
increased 1.3%. And in podcast news, the Sound Off podcast this
week has a special guest of Jordan
Blair from Buzzsprout. She talks about her own podcast and about
Buzzcast and how she got into
podcasting in the first place. Win Stupid Prizes is the comedy
and pop culture podcast which asks the
questions that nobody thought were worth asking and gives out
some unique prizes along the way.
In today's 50th episode special, you'll hear a specially curated
quiz hearkening back to some of the show's
best moments as well as some truly ridiculous new questions.
Canadians are nice until they're not
sorry about the murder. The hit mystery comedy returns for
season two today. Every day in a nice little
Canadian town, a Zamboni driver must solve a grisly murder to
clear his Quebecois name and the ice for the
nightly hockey game. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts,
they say. And from London's glittering
West End, the Big Smoke Variety Show is a new podcast inspired
by vintage late night talk shows
with an added theatrical twist. Each episode features a mix of
comedy, conversation and community
and guests include a yoga teacher, a rapper, an opera director
and even the star of the BBC's great
British sewing bee Patrick Grant, as well as performance
segments, storytelling and ways to get
involved. The show is fortnightly. And this podcast is sponsored
by Magellan AI. Join networks like Wondery
using Magellan AI to highlight opportunities for optimizing
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with Magellan AI. There's a link in the show notes and that's
the latest from our newsletter. To read all the
stories and subscribe for free, we're at podnews.net. Now here's
a trailer for a new podcast from a friend
of the show. Promo: Welcome to Creators from True Fans, a brand new
weekly podcast. I'm independent podcaster
Claire Waite-Brown. And I'm Sam Sethi, the CEO of True Fans. Now
Claire, Creators, it's something that you
and I've decided to do together. What is Creators? Who is it
aimed at? And what were we talking about?
Well, as you know, Sam, True Fans is great for helping creators
with discovery, with interactivity
and with monetization. And that is something that we wanted to
highlight with this new show. So it's a
weekly show and each week we will highlight a True Fans feature.
We will have a look at what's going on
more widely in the podcast world or in the podosphere. We will
also showcase an independent podcast creator
and an independent music artist. What comes after that, Sam?
Well, then we want to look at who's supporting or leaving
comments for True Fans. So we'll look at
the super comments that have been left for each episode and talk
about those. And if someone is
also a supporter of the show, then we will highlight them as
well. We're also keen to hear
from independent creators who would like to be featured on the
show. You can get in touch with us
by leaving a comment or super comment in True Fans and Sam and I
will review and choose shows to
highlight on the live episodes. When does it come out, Claire?
First episode will be out on
Monday, 28th of April. So remember, subscribe to Creators
wherever you get your podcasts,
but maybe Best in True Fans.