WEBVTT 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:04.310 From our free daily newsletter, the latest from podnews.net with 00:00:04.310 --> 00:00:05.340 Magellan AI. 00:00:07.100 --> 00:00:10.320 How much could video increase your show? 00:00:10.660 --> 00:00:15.160 Adding video saw an estimated increase of around 25% in weekly 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.420 sessions on Apple Podcasts, 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:21.290 says Acast, announcing today that any Acast creator can now 00:00:21.290 --> 00:00:23.680 publish video to Apple Podcasts. 00:00:23.900 --> 00:00:26.580 The feature had previously been invitation only. 00:00:26.580 --> 00:00:30.440 All creators have potential to earn from video as well through Acast's 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:31.440 marketplace. 00:00:32.140 --> 00:00:36.260 The video plan starts at $39.99 a month on an annual plan. 00:00:36.660 --> 00:00:40.540 And if you're already on the Acast creator network, ooh, get you 00:00:40.540 --> 00:00:42.600 and just ask your partner manager. 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:46.840 Buzzsprout has expanded its video hosting to now support Apple 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.340 Podcasts, YouTube and Spotify. 00:00:49.720 --> 00:00:52.060 One of the biggest podcast hosts in the world. 00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:55.950 The company's users can now deliver 1080p video to all three 00:00:55.950 --> 00:00:56.820 platforms. 00:00:57.260 --> 00:01:01.580 The audio and video plan starts at $25 a month on an annual plan. 00:01:02.260 --> 00:01:05.830 Yesterday, we reported on new skip-ahead functionality from 00:01:05.830 --> 00:01:06.600 Spotify, 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:11.370 which can be used to skip ads, intros or promos in podcasts with 00:01:11.370 --> 00:01:12.900 just one button. 00:01:13.300 --> 00:01:17.150 Being tested by selected premium users in the US, it now appears 00:01:17.150 --> 00:01:21.080 that this is also available for some premium users in the UK, 00:01:21.540 --> 00:01:24.140 the world's second biggest podcast market. 00:01:24.940 --> 00:01:26.820 How flash is your office? 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:30.400 Ah, but has it got a rocket in the middle of it? 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:34.040 While Dari of a CEO, Stephen Bartlett, has spent more time in 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:35.160 the US recently, 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:38.740 he's committed to his London offices by recently completing a 00:01:38.740 --> 00:01:40.300 full renovation of them. 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.000 We've plenty of pictures, including of the rocket. 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:46.420 It's close to the podcast show venue, so we assume there'll be a 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:48.660 flat white for us if we pop in next May. 00:01:49.260 --> 00:01:53.050 The recently opened Obama Presidential Centre has a state-of-the-art 00:01:53.050 --> 00:01:55.240 media suite and a recording studio. 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:58.720 The first podcaster to be invited was Anna Xavier, 00:01:58.720 --> 00:02:02.270 who met President Obama to discuss his hopes for how it'll be 00:02:02.270 --> 00:02:04.660 used by the surrounding community. 00:02:05.940 --> 00:02:09.070 Kiltoni has launched a membership platform on Supercast for 00:02:09.070 --> 00:02:12.280 premium and ad-free access to its shows. 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:15.340 Meanwhile, comedy show My Mama Told Me has partnered with Wave 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:18.440 Sports and Entertainment for ad sales and distribution. 00:02:19.380 --> 00:02:22.600 The Sony Music Entertainment podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth 00:02:22.600 --> 00:02:22.880 Day 00:02:22.880 --> 00:02:26.770 has interviewed the UK's newest Prime Minister, currently Andy 00:02:26.770 --> 00:02:27.540 Burnham. 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:31.120 Recorded in the newly established No. 10 North in Manchester, 00:02:31.380 --> 00:02:34.880 the Prime Minister brought three failures with him to discuss. 00:02:35.940 --> 00:02:38.460 Podscribe released its podcast rankers for July. 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:41.280 The top podcast by Audio Reach is Crime Junkie. 00:02:41.740 --> 00:02:45.120 Diary of a CEO is topped by downloads and views per episode. 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:48.750 The Midas Touch podcast is topped by total monthly downloads and 00:02:48.750 --> 00:02:49.360 views. 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:52.960 The company also publishes top publishers and top advertisers. 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.740 Podcast Movement has shared its first 40 sessions for Podcast 00:02:56.740 --> 00:02:58.300 Movement New York City. 00:02:58.300 --> 00:03:02.090 As voted on by the public, the committee has also voted and the 00:03:02.090 --> 00:03:05.700 final 40 are currently being confirmed as speakers. 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:09.560 The event is September the 17th to the 18th. 00:03:10.220 --> 00:03:13.150 Ford and Lincoln drivers will be able to listen to location-based 00:03:13.150 --> 00:03:15.600 audio stories about where they're driving, 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:17.960 thanks to a new app from Orteo. 00:03:18.440 --> 00:03:22.180 The experience includes more than 12,000 stories and notes that 00:03:22.180 --> 00:03:24.100 it's similar to a podcast experience. 00:03:24.540 --> 00:03:27.400 The podcast location feature could enable that too. 00:03:28.340 --> 00:03:30.460 In In and Around Podcasting this week, 00:03:30.540 --> 00:03:35.240 Rob Walsh and Elsie Escobar give their view about the AMP Accords, 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:39.520 a recently announced suggestion for a consumption data standard. 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:42.860 The biggest issue, in my opinion, privacy. 00:03:43.980 --> 00:03:47.960 Whether or not the AMP Accords happen, it is all down to the 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:51.580 privacy lawyers at the biggest aggregator apps, 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.280 and more specifically at Apple and Spotify. 00:03:54.760 --> 00:03:55.640 Rob says, 00:03:55.880 --> 00:03:58.320 Why would you spend the money on the privacy lawyers if Apple 00:03:58.320 --> 00:04:01.480 and Spotify's privacy lawyers haven't come out and said, 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:02.480 yes, we're behind this? 00:04:02.480 --> 00:04:06.360 He also has advice for those talking down the download as our 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.060 unit of measurement. 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:09.900 Don't crap on the download. 00:04:10.880 --> 00:04:14.060 The download is really all that we have today and tomorrow and 00:04:14.060 --> 00:04:16.280 for the foreseeable future. 00:04:16.860 --> 00:04:20.490 And crapping on the download without something in place and 00:04:20.490 --> 00:04:24.280 agreed upon and tested to replace it is not virtue signaling. 00:04:24.540 --> 00:04:26.280 It's not showing support for AMP. 00:04:26.440 --> 00:04:29.650 What it is is stupid and short-sighted and it will put more 00:04:29.650 --> 00:04:31.380 media buyers on the sideline, 00:04:31.820 --> 00:04:34.320 or worse yet, get them to leave the stadium completely. 00:04:34.580 --> 00:04:36.400 We think that's good advice. 00:04:37.540 --> 00:04:41.360 Kill the Fill is macOS software that promises tedious edits done 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:42.420 in seconds, 00:04:42.580 --> 00:04:46.530 removing ums, errs, you knows, and any other words that you put 00:04:46.530 --> 00:04:47.520 into a list. 00:04:47.940 --> 00:04:52.320 The tool works 100% offline, can export edits to Final Cut or as 00:04:52.320 --> 00:04:52.920 an EDL, 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:55.540 and can also export transcript files. 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:59.420 And as AI voice cloning is happening more and more, 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:04.860 Royale is an AI tool that monitors the open internet for people 00:05:04.860 --> 00:05:07.300 using your face, voice, and name. 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:11.130 The tool claims to let you license your likeness as well as act 00:05:11.130 --> 00:05:14.220 quickly against people who are using it without permission. 00:05:14.740 --> 00:05:17.350 You'll find it linked from our show notes and our newsletter at 00:05:17.350 --> 00:05:18.380 podnews.net. 00:05:19.020 --> 00:05:22.840 In People News, Claire Davey has joined Fresh Air as Senior 00:05:22.840 --> 00:05:24.400 Partnerships Manager. 00:05:24.900 --> 00:05:29.080 Brett Schreiber joined Fox Advertising at Fox News Media. 00:05:29.200 --> 00:05:31.000 He was at AdResults Media. 00:05:31.940 --> 00:05:36.210 And in podcast news, Elsie Escobar is celebrating 20 years of 00:05:36.210 --> 00:05:37.280 podcasting. 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:41.140 The first episode of Elsie's Yoga Class was published at the end 00:05:41.140 --> 00:05:42.780 of July 2006. 00:05:43.320 --> 00:05:48.010 Joe Budden is to host a true crime show, Crime in America with 00:05:48.010 --> 00:05:50.720 Joe Budden, will start next Tuesday, 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.740 promising to bring together entertainment, journalism, and true 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:54.700 crime storytelling 00:05:54.700 --> 00:05:59.360 in an innovative format built around stories unfolding in real 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:00.040 time. 00:06:00.580 --> 00:06:03.940 And Route 66 is 100 years old this year. 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:07.970 And Route 66, America's Greatest Road Trip, is a new podcast 00:06:07.970 --> 00:06:09.700 from Telegraph Media Group 00:06:09.700 --> 00:06:13.360 that explores the historic highway, meeting well-known faces 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:15.160 whose lives were shaped by the journey 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:19.140 and the local characters who keep its spirit thriving today. 00:06:19.820 --> 00:06:22.640 And this podcast is sponsored by Magellan AI. 00:06:23.380 --> 00:06:28.240 Earmax Media grew podcast conversion rates 12 times over two 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:28.820 years 00:06:28.820 --> 00:06:32.280 by tracking which shows and formats converted. 00:06:32.840 --> 00:06:35.080 You can read their playbook today. 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:38.660 You'll find a link to Magellan AI in the show notes. 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:40.860 And that's the latest from our newsletter. 00:06:41.020 --> 00:06:45.140 To read all the stories and subscribe for free, we're at podnews.net.