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The inductees of the 2026 Podcast Hall of Fame have been
announced,
recognising what the organisers call visionary creators, innovators
and advocates
whose work has shaped the modern podcasting landscape.
The Hall of Fame ceremony is at Podfest on January the 16th.
The evening will be hosted by John Lee Dumas, founder and host
of Entrepreneurs on Fire.
This year's inductees are Mark Asquith, the founder of Captivate,
Arielle Nissenblatt, the founder of the Earbuds Podcast Collective,
Dan Carlin, the creator of Hardcore History,
James Cridland, that's me, the editor of Pod News,
Pat Flynn, the founder of Smart Passive Income,
Julie Samuels, the president and CEO of TechNYC and senior staff
podcast,
Troll Attorney of EFF, Veronica Belmont from CNET's Buzz Out
Loud and plenty more,
Sarah Van Mosel from, well, New York Public Media,
Acast, Stitcher, iHeart, SiriusXM, you name it,
Paul Colligan, the president of the podcast partnership,
Kerry Hoffman, the CEO of PRX,
and Dan Miller, the host of 48 Days to the Work You Love,
In Memoriam, to be presented by Dave Ramsey.
Speaking of which, PodFest's pricing goes up on Friday,
but as a PodNews newsletter subscriber,
you can save a further 10%.
You'll find a link in the show notes today.
Libsyn has published its new pricing on its website.
Its Bear Essentials plan has been removed.
YouTube's Neil Mohan has been named Times 2025 CEO of the Year.
Last month, Stephen Bartlett announced that he'd been running
consistent on-screen fact-checking
for Diary of a CEO since June.
A medical PhD graduate is adding real-time notes to episode
transcripts
in a way that's said to improve editorial accuracy.
The announcement wasn't serviced to the press.
It may be a response to a story from the BBC World Service last
year
about claims of harmful health information on his show.
So what does it look like?
Well, a recent show making claims about magnesium and heart
disease
has items marked DOAC community notes that appear on screen.
With additional or clarifying information, we have a screen grab
of one of those.
Additionally, the show has one small link on YouTube marked
Independent Research, among 15 other links at the bottom.
This document contains quotes from the episode with research,
which appears to source evidence for claims made, including 282
links,
of least seven of which are papers where the guest was a joint
editor.
In the audio version of the same episode, the on-screen fact-checking
isn't visible
and clarifying information isn't given,
and the link to the fact-checking document is not present in the
show notes at all.
Red Circle has partnered with Audion to expand podcast
advertising
and revenue opportunities in Europe and the US.
A new research from Sounds Profitable,
The Creators 2025, was released to all yesterday.
We'll cover that in full tomorrow, because, well, it deserves it.
And in podcast news, Football Fever is now officially on,
and in today's episode of KidCast Daily,
you'll jump into a fast, fun soccer trivia challenge
that makes you feel like you're right on the field.
You'll hear surprising facts about famous players,
unbelievable moments and quick-fire questions
that make you shout out answers before the clock runs out.
It's the kind of episode, we're told,
that makes your morning school run fly by.
On Odd One Out from Calaroga Shark Media,
you're given four items,
and you have to decide which one is the odd one out.
You can enjoy three fast rounds of that daily.
You'll be surprised how quickly your brain freezes under
pressure.
And with Airwave, What Should I Read Next
is the show for every reader who's ever finished a book
and faced the problem of not knowing what to read next.
For us, it's the new Richard Osman book,
just as soon as we've finished This Way Up by the Map Men.
Men, men.
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