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In Germany, for the first time, podcasting is now bigger than
radio for 18 to 29-year-olds.
And once the preserve of men, it's women who now listen more
often to podcasts,
with monthly listening more than tripling since 2019.
The findings are in the Podcast 2025 report, produced by Seven.One
Audio.
If you're a podnews reader, you can download the full report in
English.
We link to that from our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net.
Podcast criticism is important, and it's needed.
So says Imran Ahmed from Great Pods, writing for Podnews,
sharing why podcast critique is helpful and useful, and giving
tips on how to do it.
Two of podcasting's fastest-growing audiences are Health and
Fitness and Self-Improvement.
And tomorrow, there's a free webinar about the power of purpose-driven
podcasting,
which will share more about those audiences and why they're
perfect for advertisers.
It's from SiriusXM Media and Sounds Profitable.
Meanwhile, SiriusXM Media and Edison Research present the Gen Z
Audio Report
in a free webinar today at 2 o'clock Eastern Time.
We link to where to register for that, too.
Orphonic has added a new feature that removes coughs, throat
clearing, sneezing,
and similar sounds, just in time for hay fever season or flu
season, depending on where you live.
Triton Digital's Sharon Taylor has waded into the audio versus
video debate.
Her article, which we link to today from our show notes and our
newsletter at podnews.net,
suggests that we need to be careful not to break the audio
experience in our rush to video.
Show Hero or Showcase Hero, Apple Podcasts, has changed the name
of this size of artwork since yesterday
when we highlighted the new requirement for editorial features.
It's now listed as Showcase Hero everywhere.
Thank you for listening, Cupertino.
Speaking of which, the Podcasting 2.0 team are working on formalizing
a way to make those new image formats
available via OpenRSS for every podcast app.
There's a draft write-up, which we'll link to today, and your
feedback is welcome.
SiriusXM Media has signed with Narrative to use the company's AI
voice replicas for audio ads.
The All In podcast launched their own tequila brand on Saturday
night.
Bottles cost $1,200 each, which clearly wasn't enough because
they've now sold out.
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In the world of TV, Nielsen says that streaming is now bigger in
the US than both broadcast TV and cable TV.
YouTube accounts for 12.5% of all streaming,
which for us in podcasting is the only platform that contains
podcasts alongside other programming.
A number of podcasters were at VidCon last week, thanks to
Spotify.
AI-driven audio enhancement company Hance has announced a
partnership with Intel
to enable audio enhancement, like noise removal or stem
separation, directly on your laptop.
We'll link to a quick demo today.
The IAB has launched a measurement framework for video games,
promising clarity, consistency and confidence for measuring
gaming advertising campaigns.
Sounds familiar.
RTE's popular true crime series, Finding Samantha, is to be made
into a TV series.
The stranger than fiction story of Australian con artist
Samantha Atza Pardee
has been optioned by Keeper Pictures.
And podcasts from luxury brands aren't doing so well in China,
according to a report in Qing Daily.
Your podcast probably isn't in China at all, though.
We'll link to how podcasts work in the country and a tool to
work out whether your podcast's there.
In people news, Margot David and Emiliano Grassi have been hired
by Audion.
Margot as sales manager in France and Emiliano as sales director
for Italy.
And in podcast news from the founder of Time magazine, the Henry
Luce Foundation has got into podcasting with Luce Change.
We see what they did there.
The foundation has just increased their grants this year by $25
million because of perceived threats to democracy.
But, as this new podcast highlights, democracy is not just about
elections.
It's about what happens in between.
Internet changemakers from the Internet Society alumni network
goes behind the curtain to uncover what it takes to grow and
secure the Internet.
Launched this week, the first guest is Vinton G. Cerf, commonly
known as the father of the Internet.
The show looks at his groundbreaking contributions to the
creation of the TCPIP protocol and the early days of Internet
development.
And what are you creating today?
Whether you're creating your day, creating a specific project or
creating the life you want in Originate Now,
Jessica Higgins Chapman, an entertainment professional with over
500 TV credits, will help you transform how you create.
She provides practical tools, strategies and frameworks.
To get you creating more and creating each day with intention.
And this podcast is sponsored by Podscribe.
Now, newly launched is their June 2025 industry rankings.
And you can see the top podcasters, publishers and advertisers
in the industry's ultimate ranker.
Explore the full rankings to spot the leaders and biggest movers.
There's a link in the show notes to help you do that.
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