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

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 Riverside.

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 We start with an exclusive today, the free podcast hosting

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 platform from Audacy, Audacy Creator Lab,

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 has now added an integration with YouTube, allowing creators to

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 publish video directly to their YouTube accounts.

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 Podcasting today is no longer audio or video, it's both, said

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 Head of Podcasts, Leah Ries-Dennis.

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 The new feature simplifies workflow for podcast creators.

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 The company describes it as a first step in video distribution.

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 Podtrack released its multi-channel podcast ranking for January.

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 Of the top 200, 69% of the shows do best in audio.

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 36% of shows are more consumed using clips than the whole

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 episode.

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 The data is global.

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 Stephen Bartlett's diary of a CEO has risen to number three.

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 Rogan is at number two and the Midas Touch is at number one,

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 mostly driven by videos and clips.

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 The American Writing Awards announced its podcast winners.

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 Podcast of the year went to abandon the All American Ruins

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 podcast.

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 Do we make podcasts that are essentially television or do we

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 pursue and deepen our relationship with sound and its imaginative

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 possibilities?

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 Those are the words of Siobhan McHugh, speaking at the Radio and

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 Audio Studies Symposium last month in a talk called Viva, the

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 narrative podcast, the case against video.

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 Well, you can read the full speech in PodNews.

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 We'll link to that today from our newsletter.

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 Or you can watch the full keynote.

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 We'll link to that too.

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 In Australia, the IAB reported an increase of internet

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 advertising in 2025 of 11.5%.

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 Digital audio as a whole underperformed the market, growing 8.2%

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 to US$239 million.

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 Though the IAB notes that podcast growth outpaced streaming

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 audio as a whole.

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 Spend on video grew by 19.8%.

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 Meanwhile, in the UK, commercial radio trade organisation Radio

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 Centre reported spend on digital ad formats has almost doubled

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 since 2018 to US$120 million.

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 And that in 2025, UK commercial radio achieved its highest ever

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 advertising revenue figures.

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 Those revenue figures don't include the country's full podcast

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 industry.

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 Cameron Stacks Recognised, which writes about podcast awards,

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 takes a critical look at the ambis, calling it a regression from

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 previous years.

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 Though he seems to be criticising the production of the night

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 rather than the awards themselves.

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 He was also at the Podcast Hall of Fame earlier this year.

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 And UK podcast company Goalhanger claims more than 3 million

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 views for emergency episodes covering the US and Israeli strikes

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 on Iran.

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 The company says it received 1.7 million YouTube views and 1.3

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 million podcast streams and downloads.

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 And that people choose their shows because of their, quote,

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 editorial standards.

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 Inviting comparisons with other programme makers, Goalhanger's

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 release, quote, average viewer numbers for individual TV news

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 programmes.

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 Well, in our opinion, views aren't people, averages aren't big

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 news days, and opinion isn't news reporting.

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 Pod News asked Goalhanger how many journalists work for the

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 company, which describes itself in the release as a news podcast

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 company.

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 We were told each show has three producers.

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 Well, if we must compare, the BBC alone has 5,500 journalists,

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 including 50 foreign news bureau and quite a few producers too.

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 It's a Monday, so time for some tech stuff.

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 And podcast hosting company RSS.com has launched a public API

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 available to those with network plans.

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 It allows complete access to the RSS.com platform using the API.

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 And as part of the announcement, RSS announced integration with

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 Orphonic, audio editor Hindenburg Pro, and marketing tool Podflow

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 Studio.

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 Blueberry has recertified for version 2.2 of the IAB podcast

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 measurement guidelines.

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 Also joining the list of compliant companies is a French public

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 radio broadcaster, Radio France.

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 Spreaker achieved a significant jump in share of new podcast

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 episodes in January.

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 According to Livewire, almost everyone else saw a decrease in

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 numbers.

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 The data filters out AI-voiced podcasts, making monthly

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 comparisons difficult.

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 And both Buzzsprout and Transistor reported an increase in

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 downloads from Apple Podcasts in January.

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 For Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts is on a two-year high.

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 Both companies' Spotify figures will be negatively affected when

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 a creator produces video,

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 when Spotify only uses the audio track from the video.

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 And in podcast news, Blowback is a podcast about the American

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 empire.

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 The current season looks at the story of Angola, Cuba, and apartheid

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 South Africa's Cold War showdown.

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 It's with Airwave, and we thank them for their support this

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 month.

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 What happens when a live-action role-playing world turns into a

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 deadly murder?

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 The Binge Crimes Fatal Fantasy is launched today.

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 Crime writer M. William Phelps unravels how ordinary young

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 adults are drawn into the lethal plot,

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 and the alarming measures some will take to get what they want.

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 And America's most trusted travel guidebooks have a podcast.

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 The Frommer's Travel Show is hosted by Pauline Frommer,

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 and you can join her for the lowdown on what's happening in your

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 world of travel today,

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 from money-saving and enjoyment-enhancing trends,

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 to the books and TV shows that bring travel into your daily life.

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 And this podcast is sponsored by Riverside.

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