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Spotify released its Quarter 1.25 financial update, making more
than $1.3 billion profit in the quarter.
The company saw a year-on-year growth of 10% monthly active
users to $678 million.
In the prepared comments to investors, Daniel Ek raised
concerns about increased economic uncertainty in the world
and bragged that the company can now add new features to their
apps six times faster.
Wondery has signed a first-look deal with Lindsay Graham and his
company Airship.
It's the first time Wondery has done a first-look deal directly
with talent.
The two collaborate on American History Tellers and American Scandal.
Goalhanger is celebrating hitting 1 billion streams of its
content.
The company says it's the biggest independent podcast producer
outside the US.
Players of EA Sports FC will now be able to listen to podcasts
and music from Spotify while they play.
The pilot is testing in Australia and Saudi Arabia.
The complication of music licensing is such that the press
release notes that certain music is currently not available in
this experience.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour is making her way to podcasting via
the UK's Global, the owner of a number of commercial radio
stations in the UK and the popular News Agents podcast.
Meanwhile, CNN itself has launched the account from CNN today, a
new home for powerful narrative-driven audio storytelling.
The Gilded Audio podcast Snafu with Ed Helms is now a book as of
today.
Snafu, the definitive guide, is available wherever you get your
books.
The team says, think of it like a podcast but without sound.
In fact, it's mostly text with a few images and you can hold it
in your hands while you settle into the couch.
Sounds a lot like a book to us.
Veritonic has enhanced its creative measurement solution, adding
enhancements for collaboration and streamlined setup.
The last day to enter JAR Audio's Emerging Women in Podcasting
Pilot Competition is May the 1st.
And iHeart Media, iHeart Radio and iHeart Podcasts have slightly
new logos with a new typeface.
The way to tell is to look at the eye of iHeart.
The old version has a curved top.
The new version is square.
The company has updated its listen to this podcast on iHeart
Radio buttons, which you might want to go and download.
Now, mushroom news.
7NEWS anchor: Good evening.
There's been a bombshell development on the first day of the
highly anticipated mushroom murder trial.
James Cridland: Back in 2023, Erin Patterson went out to collect mushrooms from
the forest and fed them to relatives in a meal.
The only thing was, some of those mushrooms were death cap
mushrooms.
Her lunch guests fell ill and three died.
A tragedy and a terrible accident, said her lawyer in the first
day of her trial in Australia today.
But she faces three murder charges and an attempted murder
charge, which she denies.
The case continues.
Well, that sounds like a good idea for a podcast.
Yes, quite a few people have had that idea, it turns out.
From News Corp Australia, the country's largest newspaper
publisher, The Mushroom Cook, is covering the trial using the
newspaper's journalists.
The Mushroom Trial, Say Grace, is from Nine Networks, co-hosted
by Nine reporter Penelope Liersch and The Age, crime and justice
reporter Erin Pearson.
The Trial of Erin Patterson is from the Daily Mail as part of
the Crime Desk.
The Mail isn't published in print in Australia, but has a
successful website.
Mushroom Case Daily is from the public service broadcast of the
ABC, presented by Christian Silver.
And the Mushroom Murder Trial appears to be an independent
podcast from a company called Bolton Street.
Let the best one win.
And in podcast news, in In and Around podcasting this week,
Danny Brown is joined by Podnews' editor, James Cridland.
That's me, to talk about the Pod News report card and Edison
Research's Infinite Dial.
And we get the flattering ram out.
In Unstoppable Ultra Runner, you'll learn how to train your mind
like you train your body.
Coach and veteran ultra runner, Susan Donnelly, shares real-world
mental strategies to help you stay strong when races get tough,
so you can outlast fear, silence self-doubt, and finish what you
started.
In the new episode of Mics to Millions, Sam welcomes back Pod
News' editor, James Cridland.
That's me again, to discuss his efficient, sustainable approach
to producing Pod News,
with a focus on workflow, automation, creativity, and monetization.
Apparently, I also emphasize building a system that supports
long-term consistency without burnout
by automating repetitive tasks and aligning work with natural
energy patterns.
Get me!
And in season two of her true crime series, The God Hook,
journalist Carol Costello investigates the complex case of the
Ohio Craigslist killings
and unearths the untold story of the crimes that preceded the
murders and the victims who've never received justice.
The show includes previously unknown details of Richard Beasley's
alleged crimes and how he used the God Hook to lure his victims
and bend them to his will.
And this podcast is sponsored by Magellan AI.
If you're headed to the podcast show in London, you should meet
with Magellan AI.
There's a link in the show notes.
We'll be doing that, and we'd like to thank them for their
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