WEBVTT 00:00:00.540 --> 00:00:04.240 From PodFest in Orlando, Florida, the latest from podnews.net 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:05.720 with Lean and Loaf. 00:00:05.720 --> 00:00:10.530 Dave Ramsey led tributes to Dan Miller, the host of the 48 Days 00:00:10.530 --> 00:00:12.600 to the Work You Love podcast 00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:16.480 at the Podcast Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday evening. 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.120 The popular podcaster was given the recognition posthumously, 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:22.840 accepted by his family who attended the event. 00:00:22.840 --> 00:00:24.760 He died in January 2024. 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:28.720 The awards also remembered Hall of Famer Todd Cochran, 00:00:28.720 --> 00:00:30.200 who passed away last September. 00:00:30.200 --> 00:00:34.600 New inductees to the Hall of Fame included former attorney at EFF, 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:38.930 Julie Samuels, who successfully fought a legal battle against a 00:00:38.930 --> 00:00:39.800 patent troll, 00:00:39.800 --> 00:00:42.200 Captivate founder Mark Asquith, 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:44.380 Podcast Partnerships Paul Colligan, 00:00:44.380 --> 00:00:46.680 PRX's Kerry Hoffman, 00:00:46.680 --> 00:00:48.040 Ariel Nissenblatt, 00:00:48.040 --> 00:00:49.600 and our editor James Cridland. 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:50.020 That's me. 00:00:50.020 --> 00:00:52.800 A video of the event hosted by John Lee Dumas 00:00:52.800 --> 00:00:55.420 will appear on the Podcast Hall of Fame website shortly. 00:00:56.060 --> 00:01:00.660 UK podcast company Goalhanger has announced it's more than 250,000 00:01:00.660 --> 00:01:01.800 paid subscribers. 00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:06.720 Each paid subscriber pays on average £6 a month or £60 a year. 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:07.680 That's up to $80, 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.610 suggesting that the company earns around $20 million a year from 00:01:11.610 --> 00:01:12.920 paid subscribers. 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:16.600 Do people turn to podcasts for breaking news? 00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:18.040 Why, yes, they do. 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.040 Podcast 411's Rob Walsh, speaking at Podfest, 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.100 discovered that durations for the top 200 US episodes in Apple 00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:27.640 Podcasts dipped notably on the 3rd of January, 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:31.430 with the median duration dropping from 58 minutes to just 51 00:01:31.430 --> 00:01:32.160 minutes. 00:01:32.360 --> 00:01:32.740 The reason? 00:01:32.740 --> 00:01:35.120 The capture of Nicolas Maduro. 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:38.760 Many more shows that day were news shows as audiences caught up 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:39.760 with the news. 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:44.260 Podcast monetisation company Adlarge acquired Inlet Media, a 00:01:44.260 --> 00:01:45.600 technology platform. 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:49.160 There's a new website for Godcaster, the podcast and live radio 00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:49.680 tool. 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.240 Here's what else you need to know today from The New York Times. 00:01:53.240 --> 00:01:55.900 The Daily is now publishing on Sunday. 00:01:56.500 --> 00:02:00.340 Canadian True Crime is publishing its 200th episode today. 00:02:00.340 --> 00:02:03.020 The show is the biggest independent show in Canada, 00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:07.480 and Acast has shared predictions for podcasting in 2026, 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:10.490 the birth year of the narrative influencer, according to the 00:02:10.490 --> 00:02:11.180 company. 00:02:11.180 --> 00:02:15.200 It's a Monday, so time for some tech stuff with rss.com. 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:18.620 Conversations over a bar table at Podfest are always useful, 00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:23.060 and in this case, over a set of glasses of finest Floridian tap 00:02:23.060 --> 00:02:23.640 water, 00:02:23.980 --> 00:02:27.480 a set of podcast folk once more bemoaned the lack of listener 00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:29.100 comments in podcast apps 00:02:29.100 --> 00:02:32.390 and came to a rough agreement of a way forward using the 00:02:32.390 --> 00:02:34.300 existing RSS comments tag, 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:37.690 which would link to a JSON file of comments for the episode or 00:02:37.690 --> 00:02:39.300 for the show as a whole. 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:42.080 It would allow comment moderation if required, 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:44.720 support a variety of different discussion platforms, 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:46.500 and be really easy to code. 00:02:46.500 --> 00:02:50.380 I suppose it's up to me to write that up, so watch this space. 00:02:51.140 --> 00:02:54.730 And here's a fun fact, it's valid for podcasts to include PDF 00:02:54.730 --> 00:02:57.520 files as enclosures instead of audio files. 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.010 Apple Podcasts says so on their website, despite not actually 00:03:01.010 --> 00:03:02.620 supporting PDFs anymore. 00:03:02.620 --> 00:03:06.540 We link to an example of a podcast that includes PDFs, 00:03:06.540 --> 00:03:12.000 and we can find 1,718 shows with PDFs in the podcast index. 00:03:12.140 --> 00:03:15.850 But we can't find any podcast apps that support PDFs, though, so 00:03:15.850 --> 00:03:17.300 we probably wouldn't recommend it. 00:03:17.300 --> 00:03:21.510 And we'd probably like to ask Apple to remove support for PDF on 00:03:21.510 --> 00:03:22.500 that page. 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:26.940 But we've added PDF support to our podcast episode viewer, so 00:03:26.940 --> 00:03:28.500 there's a thing. 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:33.440 And in podcast news, new with Airwave is the Daily Blast with 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:34.540 Greg Sargent. 00:03:34.540 --> 00:03:37.760 Every weekday, the New Republic's Greg Sargent brings you a 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:41.010 fresh way of thinking about the biggest political stories of the 00:03:41.010 --> 00:03:41.540 moment. 00:03:41.540 --> 00:03:44.680 The Savoy Originals has returned for a new season. 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:48.280 It's hosted by Alex Zane, recorded in The Savoy in London. 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:52.290 The show celebrates Britain's compelling cultural figures at the 00:03:52.290 --> 00:03:53.800 peak of their powers. 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.680 The first guest is Tom Fletcher, the musical mastermind behind 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:00.860 the critically acclaimed new stage production Paddington The 00:04:00.860 --> 00:04:01.480 Musical. 00:04:01.480 --> 00:04:05.720 And this podcast is sponsored by Lean and Loaf. 00:04:05.720 --> 00:04:10.480 Use this one weird trick to never edit a video podcast again. 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:14.120 Hire the number one video editing team in the industry. 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:15.340 That's Lean and Loaf. 00:04:15.340 --> 00:04:17.860 You'll find more details in our show notes. 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:19.820 And that's the latest from our newsletter. 00:04:19.820 --> 00:04:24.020 To read all the stories and subscribe for free, we're at podnews.net.