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 From our free daily newsletter, the latest from podnews.net with

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 Lean and Loaf.

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 The Podcast Show London 2026 has announced its advisory board,

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 including Steve Ackerman, Ruth Fitzsimons, Arif Noorani, Vicky Etchells

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 and me.

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 The event, which takes place in late May, also outlined its

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 submission process for speakers and sessions.

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 The first release discount passes close on January the 30th,

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 so if you want to save up to 100 quid, that's US$135 on tickets,

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 then you'll want to book now, podnews subscribers save even more.

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 Podcast app Truefans has closed a funding round, valuing the

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 company at £10 million, that's US$13.5 million.

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 The total amount raised wasn't disclosed.

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 The funding will accelerate product development, including a new

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 hosting service, updated mobile apps,

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 and, says founder Sam Sethi, new voice AI agents called Kevin

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 and Kelly.

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 Sethi's also the co-host of the Pod News Weekly Review.

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 Odyssey has removed a number of third-party podcasts from its

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 radio and podcast app,

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 including the Pod News Weekly Review.

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 An Odyssey spokesperson told Pod News,

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 We've reviewed a number of lower-engagement third-party podcasts

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 from the app,

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 which accounted for a very small percentage of overall listening.

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 Cheers. Thanks.

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 Anyway, the Odyssey app remains the home for a robust slate of

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 podcasts, it says, although not ours.

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 The company, which exited a bankruptcy process last year,

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 added all its podcasts and radio stations to the iHeart app by

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 its main competitor, iHeart Media, in July.

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 Podcast app and host Fountain has launched Fountain for Artists,

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 a specific music hosting service using RSS.

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 Music artists earn revenue every time a song is played using

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 Bitcoin.

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 The tool uses the same functionality as Podcasting 2.0's Streaming

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 Sats.

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 The FCC has told broadcasters that if a candidate appears on a

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 talk programme,

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 they may require equal time for other candidates, according to

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 media lawyer David Oxenford.

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 The ruling appears to target shows like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen

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 Colbert.

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 It could also cover talk podcasts if they're aired on an FCC-licensed

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 broadcaster,

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 whether that's television or radio.

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 The FCC doesn't, though, regulate podcast output, nor services

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 like Netflix.

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 Stephen Colbert responded to FCC chair Brian Carr by saying,

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 I'm flattered that you think appearing on my show has the power

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 to affect politics in any way.

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 If the government had turned out the way I had chosen,

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 you wouldn't have the power to make this announcement.

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 Remote recording company StreamYard, which was bought by Bending

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 Spoons at April 2024,

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 has increased pricing for one customer with four team members

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 from $89 a month to $417 a month

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 after the company made more amendments to its pricing model.

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 It first put pricing up in September 2024 after removing pricing

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 altogether from its website for two months.

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 Bending Spoons also owns Vimeo, which saw a large portion of the

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 company, including the whole video team, laid off last week.

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 It has a history of raising prices and cutting staff.

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 Eventbrite is the latest company to be acquired.

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 Bending Spoons already owns Meetup.

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 And the BBC's You're Dead to Me podcast has announced a live

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 tour across Great Britain in March and April.

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 And in podcast news, Talk Property to Me is celebrating its 100th

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 episode.

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 The show discusses the Australian property market from property

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 hotspots around the country

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 to discussions about changes in legislation and how buyers can

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 get in on the market.

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 Bobby Bones presents The Bobbycast is new on Netflix in the US,

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 alongside audio everywhere.

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 The singer-songwriter Kenny Chesney is the first guest.

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 He is the one and only, I know, different Chesney.

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 It's from iHeart.

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 And in Allos, La Chapeau, normally in French, but in English

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 this time round,

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 Philippe Chapeau interviews our editor, James Cridland.

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