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Senior executives from the biggest companies in podcasting have
given their highlights of 2025
and their predictions for the year to come in a special episode
of the Podnews Weekly Review,
which has been published today.
Ben Cave from Apple Podcasts underscores that podcasts are open
by design
and teases us that the platform will continue to innovate with
new features.
Buzzsprout's Jordan Blair highlights that we'll see an absolute
brick wall of AI fatigue.
Shea Simpson from Amazon says that video will continue to evolve.
And Ellie from Pocket Casts wants to see more podcasters
adopting new Podcasting 2.0 features.
And slightly worryingly, Megan Lazovic from Edison Research
threatens that the Infinite Dial presentation next year might be
a musical.
We hope she's joking. Please tell us she's joking.
The full set of guests are available wherever you get your
podcasts.
Netflix has signed a deal with Barstool Sports for three shows.
The streamer will get exclusive access to the video from Pardon
My Take,
the Ryan Rossillo podcast, and Spitting Chicklets.
The audio show continues everywhere.
As with all of these deals, this effectively removes access to
video versions of these shows
to everywhere outside the US because Netflix's podcasts will
initially only be available within the US,
and the company only vaguely promises additional markets to
follow.
Only 27% of Netflix subscribers are in the country.
Magellan AI's November 2025 rankings have been released.
BetterHelp was the top podcast spender spending $5.9 million,
which is just beating washable sofas at number two.
And both Aura Frames and the Coca-Cola Company appear high on
the top movers and shakers list.
Podfest will be the biggest it's ever been next month.
The event has announced Podnews newsletter readers get a
discount on selected passes.
You'll find a link in the newsletter today.
Uproxx has cancelled its podcast IndieCast.
The show is five years old.
It's part of an overall downsizing of my role with the company,
Stephen Hyden has posted.
The company has, however, offered access to the name and the RSS
feed.
Live One has renewed its audio advertising partnership with DAX
US.
Triton Digital released rankers for the US and for Canada.
The eighth Canadian podcast awards winners were announced.
And Radio World magazine has examined the fake AI podcast boom.
Columnist Jerry Del Colliano says they flood the market with
content that makes listening cheaper and attention thinner.
And in podcast news, the Webby award-winning The Box of Oddities
delves into the strange and mysterious aspects of our world,
exploring topics ranging from bizarre medical conditions to unsolved
mysteries
and from paranormal phenomena to strange cultural practices from
around the world.
Today's episode features listener emails that'll make you think.
The show's with Airwave, and we thank them for their support
this month.
And Happy To Be Here launches today.
It's an interview podcast for the recovering perfectionist and
the perpetually curious.
The show's created by book nerd Greta Johnson, former host and
co-creator of WBEZ's Nerdette.
And this podcast is sponsored by Magellan AI.
If you want the latest on spend shifts and how the industry is
growing, the Quarter 3 Quarterly Benchmark Report has it all.
We've a link for you to grab that report from Magellan AI in our
show notes.
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