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PodHeroes, the world's first podcast expert marketplace, has
launched.
The tool aims to help creators access expert guidance throughout
their podcasting journey
and offers knowledgeable mentors who've built their own
successful shows.
The podcast show London has revealed the programme for the
stages and speakers.
I will be doing the opening keynote at 9.15 on day one.
You can buy tickets now. Code PODNEWS10. Saves on selected
passes.
More financial reports were released.
SiriusXM's financials showed revenue for Pandora and Off
Platform, which is where podcasts live,
was $487 million. That's down 2% year on year.
Cumulus Media's financial report said that like for like,
podcast revenue increased by 39%.
If you ignore the Daily Wire, which moved away from Cumulus at
the end of 2024.
Overall, though, the unit was down 13%.
And Apple's latest financial report was released.
The financial call mentioned podcasts once.
Apple Services, the division that Apple Podcasts is part of, saw
an all-time revenue record of $26.6 billion.
Digital marketing agency Orange 142 has released a digital audio
best practices guide for marketers.
We'll link to that today.
In November 2021, Spotify acquired Findaway, an audiobook
distributor.
That company will close in August.
Spotify distribution will be done by Spotify for authors,
while a new company called In Audio will take over its non-Spotify
distribution business.
Headliner has integrated its podcast promo product with a number
of attribution services,
including co-host Magellan AI, PodTrack, and Megaphone's
internal chartable product,
to bring tracking and transparency to podcast advertising, they
say.
Transistor has joined the list of companies which regularly
publish monthly podcast app statistics.
Transistor's stats say that Apple Podcasts is number one for
downloads at 40%.
It's a similar number to Buzzsprout's monthly stats at 37%.
Libsyn stats released in a podcast but reported on Livewire.io
show a higher number at 47%.
Blueberry stats are even higher at 52%.
And the PodNews Weekly review has 31% downloads from Apple.
And Triton Digital's Omni Studio has got it going on with a new
benchmark report.
The larger-than-life data shows the differences between a hit
podcast in Australia, the US, and the UK,
anywhere for you.
And if you're curious to get down with the data,
then we link to a post which is the one to take a look at.
And no, we don't recognize half of those Backstreet Boys tracks
either.
We think that that was a bit of a waste of time, to be honest.
And in People News, Alex Gatenby and Maddy Hickish have joined
documentary production company Blanchard House.
As producers, the company is set to release five new shows this
year in partnership with major distribution platforms.
And Chris Corcoran, the founding partner and former chief
content officer at Cadence 13,
has launched In the Arena Studios, a multimedia podcast content
studio.
I'm so excited to collaborate with incredible talent on these
franchise brands
and to build a studio that has a real emotional and influential
connection to its audience, he said.
And in podcast news, based on Around the World in 80 Years, a
book by Julie Woods and Ron Esplin,
The World in 360 Minutes will take you across the globe in 36 10-minute
podcasts.
The hosts explore what they see when they travel.
Julie, who's blind through her four senses, and Ron, who's an
artist with his paintbrush.
They start in the Panama Canal in the 1940s.
The history of radio crackles to life with Audio Maverick, a
nine-part documentary about one of the most visionary figures in
radio,
who I think is called Hyman Brown, or Hyman Brown, probably Hyman
Brown.
And I should probably know, shouldn't I?
A new podcast today, Worth It, is new from the Minnesota Star
Tribune and Lemonada Media,
an every Friday podcast that delivers news you can use, reviews,
tips, laughs, and unexpected local insight
as a go-to source for what to know, where to go, and what to
skip.
Minnesota is apparently the land of 10,000 possibilities,
and co-host Nicole Norfleet says,
We're here to tell you which ones are worth it.
And start your day smarter with fun facts daily.
Every episode explores a different topic,
giving you a quick and easy way to enjoy learning something new
every weekday.
You can expect positive, uplifting, and fascinating trivia about
art,
biographies, geography, history, pop culture, science, and
anything else that might pique your curiosity.
It's new on Airwave, and we thank them for their support this
month.
And this podcast is sponsored by Red Circle.
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