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Edison Research will unveil the Infinite Dial UK 2025 at the
podcast show in London.
It's been announced there'll also be a free webinar on May the
29th.
The study is made to be comparable with Infinite Dial data in
other countries,
including the US, Australia and New Zealand.
Apple has unveiled new accessibility features coming later in
the year.
For podcasting, we gain transcripts in March 2024.
But live captions for other apps will be available with more
languages.
Live Listen adds captions on a connected Apple Watch.
The personal voice, voice cloning system becomes more natural
and quicker to train as well.
An interesting data point as part of some work by Westwood One,
85% of Americans commute to work.
But ad buyers are not like the rest of us.
The advertising industry only commutes into work 4.2 times a
week,
rather than the average hard-working American who commutes 4.7
times a week.
Friday is lowest for everyone.
Joshua Weinstein, the co-founder of Sonoro, has been interviewed
by media writer Simon Owens.
The Latino podcast network generates over 100 million monthly
downloads.
And while we're talking about Sonoro, Inc. has an article called,
This surprising strategy helps Toyota reach Latino consumers.
You'll never guess what the surprising strategy is, although
given we're linking to it,
you've probably guessed already.
The sixth podfest, Cairo, took place last week with an evening
of panels,
curated listening sessions and networking.
Audion has launched Pathway, a product to help publishers to
automatically monetize audio inventory
through Audion's premium programmatic marketplace.
TED has partnered with Magellan AI to measure listener
engagement,
to help with promo swaps and feed drops.
Financial newspaper The Economist is making its podcasts more
personal.
According to an interview,
We learn that some of The Economist's show archives are coming
out of the paywall for the first time,
like Boss Class.
The Atlantic is to sell Apple Podcasts' premium subscriptions,
says Axios,
and it'll give access to existing Atlantic subscribers.
We're promised a new show called The Atlantic Out Loud,
which is apparently supposed to turn up today,
although we can't see it yet.
Acast suffered a phishing incident on May the 9th.
Acting responsibly, the company informed customers in less than
three hours
and put mitigation in place.
No data was accessed.
A conference in London is planned at the end of June,
promoting education through podcasting.
ePod includes producer and presenter,
and author and emeritus professor of political communication
Stephen Coleman from the University of Leeds.
And Amazon's Audible is to make AI-voiced audiobooks.
Amazon's profit last year was $59 billion,
which is the equivalent of human voiceover fees for 39 million
audiobooks.
In People News, AJ Feliciano has left the roost
after almost eight years at the video-first company.
He promises a new venture later this year.
And do you want to work for Australia's biggest podcaster by
Total Downloads?
The ABC is looking for a manager of podcasts,
and you'll oversee the ABC Audio Studios,
their specialist podcast production unit.
We'll link to that today from our newsletter at podnews.net.
And in podcast news,
This Day in History is your daily check-in
on the top historical event for this day in past years.
A year ago,
Pod News was reporting on Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Webby win.
In 2021, we were talking about Canada's infinite dial.
And in 2020, talking about Luminary,
apparently losing $3.5 million a month.
However, This Day in History focuses on real history, though.
In podcast perspectives this week,
an interview with Forever Dog CEO and co-founder Joe Cilio.
We hear about the Comedy Podcast Network's start nearly a decade
ago,
and why he believes that YouTube should and can be integrated
into podcast audience growth.
And the Kids Podcast Podcast with Lindsay and Ira is your
insider guide to making kids audio that makes an impact.
It's hosted by Lindsay Patterson, a leading creator in kids
podcasts,
and Ira Singerman, a kids and family entertainment business
veteran.
And each episode explores why kids' podcasts matter,
how to craft shows that truly connect with young audiences,
why there's never been a better time to get involved.
And this podcast is sponsored by Red Circle.
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