WEBVTT 00:00:00.380 --> 00:00:03.950 From our free daily newsletter, the latest from podnews.net, 00:00:03.950 --> 00:00:05.040 with co-host. 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:11.720 A new feature from Android podcast app, PodcastAddict, has been 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:16.230 adding X-rated chapter images to podcasts without creator 00:00:16.230 --> 00:00:17.060 consent. 00:00:17.060 --> 00:00:20.860 The Digitalia podcast discussed a successful court appeal by an 00:00:20.860 --> 00:00:24.120 adult website against age verification laws in Italy, 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:28.690 and called that chapter 'Pornhub Wins', but PodcastAddict has a 00:00:28.690 --> 00:00:32.240 feature enabling automatic chapter images, 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:35.880 which a listener had turned on, and that displayed an X-rated 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:37.380 image for that chapter, 00:00:37.380 --> 00:00:41.350 which, using Android Auto, was also visible in his car for the 00:00:41.350 --> 00:00:42.880 whole family to see. 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:46.490 The listener complained to the podcaster, Franco Solerio, who is 00:00:46.490 --> 00:00:48.340 also developer of Castomatic, 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:51.810 who suggested that injecting arbitrary content with no way in 00:00:51.810 --> 00:00:55.230 the UI to tell it's not from the podcast producer is quite bad 00:00:55.230 --> 00:00:56.080 behaviour. 00:00:56.080 --> 00:00:59.870 If a podcaster wanted to associate images to their own chapters, 00:00:59.870 --> 00:01:01.540 they would specify them. 00:01:01.540 --> 00:01:05.890 Well, Podcast Addict's developer, Xavier Guillemin, told PodNews 00:01:05.890 --> 00:01:07.800 that the feature was opt-in, 00:01:07.800 --> 00:01:11.440 adding that he was very surprised at this kind of image, as the 00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:13.080 safe search should be on. 00:01:13.380 --> 00:01:17.300 It's a top 10 podcast app, according to OP3, and PodcastAddict 00:01:17.300 --> 00:01:19.740 says it's making alterations to the feature, 00:01:19.740 --> 00:01:22.200 quote, to produce safer results. 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:25.400 Although we believe that the unwritten contract between podcast 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:26.500 publishers and apps 00:01:26.500 --> 00:01:30.330 means that podcast apps shouldn't be altering accompanying 00:01:30.330 --> 00:01:32.800 metadata without creator control. 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:36.820 Elsewhere, Rode has announced new firmware for Wireless Go and 00:01:36.820 --> 00:01:38.720 Wireless Pro microphones, 00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:41.960 which allow them to pair directly with iPhones via Bluetooth. 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.510 The business model behind video on Apple Podcasts is being 00:01:45.510 --> 00:01:46.920 explored by Adam Bowie. 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:47.960 We linked to that today. 00:01:47.960 --> 00:01:51.040 Meanwhile, we noticed that if we watch an episode with a video, 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.220 we appear to always get the video's audio track. 00:01:54.220 --> 00:01:57.360 We've asked Apple for clarification on what plays when. 00:01:57.360 --> 00:01:59.760 In a new article just published, 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:02.520 Good Tape highlights the history of On Air Fest, 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:06.080 which takes place again next week in Brooklyn in New York. 00:02:06.080 --> 00:02:09.740 In the UK, RAJAR published its Midas Winter Study. 00:02:09.940 --> 00:02:13.490 It claims 26% of Brits listen to podcasts every week, which is a 00:02:13.490 --> 00:02:14.140 record high. 00:02:14.140 --> 00:02:18.810 Podcasts account for 7% of all audio listening, but 11% of 15 to 00:02:18.810 --> 00:02:19.700 24s. 00:02:19.700 --> 00:02:23.530 Total listening to podcasts per week in the country is 111 00:02:23.530 --> 00:02:24.680 million hours. 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:26.740 The US is seven times that. 00:02:27.340 --> 00:02:30.260 Which podcaster interrupts their guest the most? 00:02:30.260 --> 00:02:35.190 Podranker has taken 20 big interview podcasts and ranked them to 00:02:35.190 --> 00:02:38.360 work out which hosts jump in without letting their guest fit. 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:42.860 Audible is to add a further 15 voice legends to its narrator 00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:44.040 hall of fame. 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.720 The ceremony will take place in early April in New York City. 00:02:47.720 --> 00:02:52.030 Audion, a digital audio advertising company, has launched an AI 00:02:52.030 --> 00:02:54.420 agent to help the company structure, 00:02:54.420 --> 00:02:58.270 coordinate and scale media recommendations consistently across 00:02:58.270 --> 00:02:59.580 all of its markets. 00:02:59.580 --> 00:03:03.980 And some influencers are producing sponsored content without 00:03:03.980 --> 00:03:06.840 actually having an agreement with the brand that they claim are 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:07.460 sponsoring. 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:11.740 The practice is called specfluencing by some, and it's aimed to 00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:15.860 make their channels appear more impressive than they really are. 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:18.940 Faking it till they make it, in other words. 00:03:18.940 --> 00:03:22.500 And that story was sponsored by Valhalla, Aston Martin's 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:25.400 brilliant-looking new EV, the Valhalla. 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:26.460 It looks great. 00:03:27.620 --> 00:03:31.030 And in podcast news, what to make of the Apple Podcasts video 00:03:31.030 --> 00:03:33.160 announcement with Rob Greenlee. 00:03:33.160 --> 00:03:36.610 The new media show has me to unpack exactly what was announced 00:03:36.610 --> 00:03:38.460 and what it means for us all. 00:03:38.460 --> 00:03:41.260 It's being recorded live stream on social media. 00:03:41.260 --> 00:03:45.580 It's being recorded live streamed on social media at 6pm Eastern 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:48.580 today, if you've questions you'd like answered. 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:52.500 February is Black History Month, and Imagine Audio has launched 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:54.340 the A building with iHeart. 00:03:54.460 --> 00:03:57.570 It's a powerful new documentary podcast that revisits one of the 00:03:57.570 --> 00:04:01.020 most extraordinary and rarely told moments in American civil 00:04:01.020 --> 00:04:02.900 rights and higher education history. 00:04:02.900 --> 00:04:08.180 The 1969 student uprising at Morehouse College, where a group of 00:04:08.180 --> 00:04:10.970 students barricaded themselves inside the administration 00:04:10.970 --> 00:04:11.620 building. 00:04:11.620 --> 00:04:14.320 One of the hostages, Martin Luther King. 00:04:14.320 --> 00:04:17.240 One of the students, Samuel L. Jackson. 00:04:18.080 --> 00:04:21.130 And for Black History Month, Raven follows the story of an 00:04:21.130 --> 00:04:25.040 unforgettable man with an unforgettable name, Raven Chanticleer. 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.680 For 30 years, Raven dreamed of opening his own wax museum 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:30.980 devoted to black history in Harlem. 00:04:30.980 --> 00:04:33.520 In 1989, he finally did. 00:04:33.520 --> 00:04:37.890 But when he died in 2002, his family gutted the museum and sold 00:04:37.890 --> 00:04:41.130 the property, destroying his life's work and outraging the 00:04:41.130 --> 00:04:41.920 community. 00:04:42.380 --> 00:04:45.440 But did the wax figures all get melted down? 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:49.990 And with the 2026 World Cup arriving on home soil this summer, 00:04:49.990 --> 00:04:53.780 an American game returns today with a new season designed to 00:04:53.780 --> 00:04:57.580 help American fans understand and celebrate the country's 00:04:57.580 --> 00:05:00.940 surprisingly deep soccer roots, it says here. 00:05:00.940 --> 00:05:04.380 Long before David Beckham, who's British, was a superstar, 00:05:04.380 --> 00:05:07.820 before Italy had a professional league, even before the first 00:05:07.820 --> 00:05:11.470 ball arrived in Brazil, which is in South America, immigrant 00:05:11.470 --> 00:05:15.050 communities, factory towns and scrappy club teams were building 00:05:15.050 --> 00:05:18.440 a soccer culture across the US, which they got from the UK. 00:05:18.440 --> 00:05:22.000 And this podcast is sponsored by Co-Host. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.980 Stop guessing what holds listener attention. 00:05:24.980 --> 00:05:28.760 Co-host's consumption metrics reveal where listeners stay 00:05:28.760 --> 00:05:32.770 engaged, where they leave and which episodes actually deliver 00:05:32.770 --> 00:05:33.460 value. 00:05:33.460 --> 00:05:35.200 Learn more about Co-Host. 00:05:35.200 --> 00:05:36.800 There's a link in our show notes. 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:39.120 And that's the latest from our newsletter. 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:42.820 To read all the stories and subscribe for free, we're at podnews.net.