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What five podcasts have impacted you the most?
Left of Media is creating the Essential Listening Poll,
a list of the 100 most influential podcasts of all time,
to be published in August at Podcast Movement in Dallas.
And as a Podnews reader, you're invited to submit your five
shows.
Even until the end of this month, you'll find the link in our
show notes
and our newsletter at podnews.net, as well as what our five
would be.
Cara Swisher and the business behind Pivot is the subject of a
profile in the New York Times.
We learn that Swisher and business partner Scott Galloway turned
down a $40 million guaranteed offer
and instead signed a 70% revenue deal with Vox Media that could
return $70 million for them to split.
Spotify has been criticised for listing spam podcasts that
operate as links to websites for illegal drugs.
Previous industries who've targeted free podcast hosts like
Spotify also include book piracy and sex workers.
Spotify say they've removed them.
Soundstack has expanded its content delivery network with two
new data centres,
one in Sydney, Australia and one in London.
Low latency, fast ad decisioning and scalable ad stitching are
essential for podcasting and streaming success,
according to the company.
Ahead of the podcast show London this week,
the Sound Boutique has released a set of 16 ready-to-license
music packs for podcasters.
Each pack comes with edits and full audio stems.
Podcasts are growing fast in the Arab world, especially in Saudi
Arabia,
according to a session at the Podcast Pro Summit.
We'll link to more details of that today, along with the founder
of Vice, Shane Smith,
returning with a new season of his podcast, Shane Smith Has
Questions,
along with other shows as part of the Vice News Collective.
Vice will self-produce this season.
The last season was produced by Bill Mayer's Club Random Studios.
And the Asia Podcast Awards are now open for entry.
It's the third year of the awards.
The winners will be announced at Radio Days Asia in Jakarta, in
Malaysia.
In people news, Molly D'Amelie has been appointed as Chief Operating
Officer of Sunday's PR,
the transatlantic public relations agency.
Molly was previously Marketing and PR Director at ACAST.
She joins another former ACAST-er, CEO and founder, Sarah
Jackson.
In tips and tricks today, Podcast Discovery shares how to get
the most from the podcast show,
which launches tomorrow.
You'll find that linked from our newsletter today.
Our own additional advice, in case you're wondering, for the
best value if you're from North America,
don't hang with other people from North America
and don't go to any sessions with people from North America
either, seriously,
because you can see them whenever you like.
So instead, learn from people you haven't heard of, rather than
that guy from iHeart and NPR again.
The best thing is, you can steal their ideas, and nobody will
know.
Our other advice is to turn up early tomorrow to make sure that
you see my opening keynote at 9.15am,
because I don't want to be speaking to an empty room.
And in podcast news, the Tennis Podcast is to join the Athletic
Podcast Network,
part of the New York Times, the UK show which is regularly
number one for tennis shows and Apple's charts.
was with ACAST.
Where There's a Will, There's a Wake is back for a new season
today with a new host.
Mel Gedroyk is the new mortician-in-chief for the show,
where celebrity guests bring their deaths to life as they plan
their final day from dawn to dusk
and into the afterlife.
It's from Sony Music.
And this podcast is sponsored by Red Circle.
London calling.
We'll be at the podcast show.
Say, Red Circle, bring yourself, they'll bring the tea.
You can book a meeting.
You'll find a link in the show notes.
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