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Apple is now requiring specific artwork for shows it promotes in
its app.
Its feature request form says that submissions without showcase
hero art
will not be considered for showcase featuring in the US.
They mean show hero art, as we'll link to today in our show
notes
and our newsletter at podnews.net.
The form is also specifically asking about trailers,
so we can guess what's next there too.
If you're not looking for Apple Podcasts promotion,
don't worry, nothing else has changed.
And if you have a trailer, you can also use our own new podcast
website
to promote your show there.
And on Pod News, it's at newpodcasts.net.
The Podcast Marketing Academy released its 2025 Podcasting
Marketing Trends Report.
The survey contains a lot of quality data
about what works and what doesn't in terms of podcasting.
For example, 55% of shows saw a smaller listenership this year
than last year.
Though 18% of shows doubled their listenership,
the length of a podcast grew slightly,
with the median episode 5% longer than last year,
at 36 minutes, 42 seconds.
The APAs from Audio UK are open for entry as the Audio
Production Awards return for the 15th year.
The awards celebrate audio from podcasts to radio,
audiobooks to sound design,
production to presenting,
and Audible returns as sponsor,
even till mid-September, to enter.
In Australia, Network 10's forthcoming 10 News Plus TV programme
will be available on Spotify.
It's the first commercial free-to-air news programme to launch
as a,
quotes, video podcast.
Their words, on the platform.
The rest is politics and the rest is politics US saw 1.1 million
video views
and 685,000 audio streams in a single day
in reaction to the US bombing of Iran, says Goalhanger.
Podscribe released three updates to its platform
designed to enhance transparency,
add delivery tracking,
and give new campaign management tools
for advertisers, agencies, and publishers.
Bananas, toilet paper, paper towels,
podcasts, Walmart in Franklin,
in Nashville, in Tennessee,
really has it all,
with the opening of six production studios
for podcasts, vodcasts,
or even mixing in Dolby Atmos.
It's unclear whether you get savings
with a Sam's Club membership card, though.
The Stony Brook Podcast Incubator
is now accepting applications
for its 25-26 cohort.
Founded in 2018,
the two-semester programme provides
hands-on editorial, technical, and professional training
for audio creators at all levels.
You can expect guest speakers, too,
like Ira Glass, Lauren Purcell,
and Valerie Geller.
Media buying platform AdLib has integrated
with Audio Hook's Premium Inventry.
The partnership unlocks performance-priced audio advertising.
SoundCloud has extended its exclusive agreement
with AdsWiz in 14 European markets.
The companies have worked together since 2021.
eight Premier League soccer clubs have now joined Sports Social.
The Sports Podcast Network has announced,
with Knott's Forest, Aston Villa, and Leicester joining this
season.
And we've been getting the history of British radio all wrong,
says a podcast.
The British Broadcasting Century celebrates a century of its own
with its 100th episode,
and discovers that the history books are wrong.
Some of the firsts in British broadcasting weren't from men
or from London after all.
In people news, Amanda Unwin has been made Sydney Director of
Audio Sales
for Nine Radio, which includes nine podcasts.
And at Cannes Lions last week,
the New York Times podcast The Daily was given
the Gold Creator Milestone Award
for hitting 500 million all-time streams on Spotify.
The Daily's the fifth English-language podcast to reach that
level.
And in podcast news,
when was the last time you felt good about the internet?
From cyberbullying to the racism and misogyny on social media
and the violent videos,
it might not have been for a while.
Long Shadows' new season Breaking the Internet
takes listeners on a decades-spanning exploration
of how the internet,
a tool that once promised to bring people together,
has instead torn the world apart.
It's new today.
And Let's Walk with Halle is brand new today
from Icelandic entrepreneur,
designer and accessibility advocate,
Halle Thorleafsson.
Halle takes his motorised wheelchair for a walk
with a guest to record a conversation
that's not constricted by four walls.
His first guest today is Andy Richter
in a conversation that's as funny,
honest and unexpected as you'd hope.
And this podcast is sponsored by Podscribe.
Newly launched is their June 2025 Industry Rankings,
where you can see the top podcasts,
the top publishers and the top advertisers
in the industry's top ranker.
Explore the full rankings to spot the leaders
and biggest movers.
There's a link in the show notes for that.
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