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

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 Acast released its Q2/26 financial report.

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 The company reported 28% sales growth, significantly up 34% in

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 North America and 25% in Europe.

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 The company made a profit of $3.3 million.

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 Total consumption is up 2%.

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 Total average revenue per listen or view is up 26%.

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 The AMP Task Force paper is released later today with the

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 definition of a podcast as well as consumption metrics.

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 We'll cover these tomorrow as well as reactions.

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 If you're publishing something in response or would like

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 something published, editor of podnews.net is my email address.

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 Spots Now launched curated bundles, a new way for advertisers to

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 buy premium podcast inventory in ready-made sets.

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 Built around specific audiences.

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 It's free for advertisers and free for networks to list their

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 shows.

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 British podcast producer Noiser has seen a year-on-year increase

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 of 39% in UK listens, the company says.

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 But what's really growing for the company is audiobooks as

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 podcasts, including Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice and

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 Charles Dickens.

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 Those adaptations drove 50 million listens over the last year.

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 The British Podcast Awards has released the shortlist for the

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 awards.

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 They'll take place on October the 1st.

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 Do you own a Focusrite audio interface?

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 The company has released Focusrite Control 2 in beta and it's

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 compatible with a wider range of interfaces, making it easier to

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 record, root audio and check levels.

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 And podcast host Ausha has recertified for IAB Podcast Measurement

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 Guidelines version 2.2.

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 In sad news today, John C. Dvorak has died, a tech writer and

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 journalist.

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 He was a TV and radio host with CNET and NPR before appearing in

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 podcasts like Cranky Geeks, Tech 5, This Week in Tech and No Agenda.

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 He was 80 and he still gets no spam.

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 And Richard Herring, the long-term host of RHLSTP, has

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 revealed that he's been diagnosed with a rare type of blood

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 cancer.

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 The cancer is incurable but treatable and will not kill me, he

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 says.

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 He'll be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe.

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 And in podcast news, with Airwave, Big Picture Science looks at

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 modern science research through smart and funny storytelling.

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 Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley host the show, which this week

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 talks to scientists in the Arctic Ocean about the continent's

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 warmer temperatures.

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 And what that means to the rest of us, it's with Airwave and we

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 thank them for their support this month.

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 Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre podcast, or RHLSTP,

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 recently re-ran an episode with Count Binface, a UK

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 parliamentary candidate who's currently fighting against the

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 scandal-ridden far-right politician Nigel Farage.

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 And could your podcast be losing listeners before they ever

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 press play?

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 This week, Courtney Elmer joins Buzzcast to reveal the five

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 podcast gatekeepers that shape a listener's first impression and

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 what small changes could make a big difference for your own show.

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