WEBVTT 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:04.240 From our free daily newsletter, the latest from podnews.net with 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:05.260 Magellan AI. 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:10.760 We met at Podcast Movement years ago. We became really good 00:00:10.760 --> 00:00:12.300 friends. We've been working together ever since. 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:15.320 We look forward to Podcast Movement. Like, we count down the 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:16.980 days. It is our summer camp. 00:00:17.060 --> 00:00:20.620 Podcast Movement announced two keynotes. Tom Webster will give a 00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:23.280 preview of the podcast landscape 2026, 00:00:23.540 --> 00:00:26.850 while, well, you've just heard them, Tink Media's Lauren Purcell 00:00:26.850 --> 00:00:32.260 and Ariel Nissenblatt will explain WTF is a podcast in 2026. 00:00:32.680 --> 00:00:35.780 Tickets are still available. Podcast Movement has also announced 00:00:35.780 --> 00:00:39.220 it's to celebrate sponsors and attendees with a billboard in 00:00:39.220 --> 00:00:40.140 Times Square 00:00:40.140 --> 00:00:44.420 and podcast newsletter check-ups with Beehive through the event. 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.900 And Ariel Nissenblatt, who's a licensed New York City tour guide 00:00:48.900 --> 00:00:52.660 as well, is running a podcast walking tour on the Wednesday, 00:00:52.660 --> 00:00:56.170 a tour of New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood through 00:00:56.170 --> 00:01:00.200 the lens of podcasting, storytelling, and New York City history. 00:01:00.800 --> 00:01:03.920 Your true crime podcast keeps listeners on the edge of their 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:04.560 seats. 00:01:05.320 --> 00:01:06.980 But here's the real mystery. 00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:09.640 Why isn't it making more money? 00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:12.240 Odyssey Creator Lab is here to solve that. 00:01:12.440 --> 00:01:13.320 Or are they? 00:01:13.720 --> 00:01:17.540 Odyssey is to close its podcast hosting and monetization service, 00:01:17.540 --> 00:01:20.280 Odyssey Creator Lab, on November the 1st. 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:25.180 Launched as Podcorn in 2019, which was acquired by Odyssey for $22.5 00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:26.820 million in 2021, 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:30.770 the new Creator Lab was announced at Podcast Movement Evolutions 00:01:30.770 --> 00:01:32.080 in April last year, 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:35.880 making some podcasting companies angry at its marketing tactics. 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:38.720 It announced YouTube integration this March. 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:43.480 There appear to be, though, just 426 shows hosted on Odyssey 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:45.920 Creator Lab in the podcast index. 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.700 You could also take part in the Creator Lab marketplace wherever 00:01:49.700 --> 00:01:50.880 you were hosted. 00:01:51.460 --> 00:01:54.460 The company's website doesn't mention that it's closing yet, and 00:01:54.460 --> 00:01:57.520 they're still marketing on podcasts, as you've just heard. 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.610 Podscribe reports that Odyssey Creator Lab has advertised on 52 00:02:02.610 --> 00:02:04.200 shows since Monday. 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:08.830 A new website builder called Podspun has released a significant 00:02:08.830 --> 00:02:09.660 update. 00:02:09.860 --> 00:02:13.410 The tool creates a website from your podcast, but also your 00:02:13.410 --> 00:02:15.960 social media as well to keep it fresh. 00:02:16.420 --> 00:02:19.740 The websites are also built to be visible in AI search as well 00:02:19.740 --> 00:02:21.080 as traditional SEO. 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:25.040 YouTube announced that YouTube shopping creators can now tag 00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:29.180 Amazon products in the YouTube shopping affiliate program. 00:02:29.180 --> 00:02:33.860 It's available for eligible U.S. creators only, and only visible 00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:37.720 in select countries and regions, and on select surfaces. 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:42.280 In Japan, podcast ad network Robot Start has completed a funding 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.680 round, bringing its total funding up to $5 million. 00:02:46.380 --> 00:02:49.870 The company has more than 400 podcasters and also works with 00:02:49.870 --> 00:02:51.800 Japanese radio stations. 00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:55.100 It claims to partner with more than 100 different advertising 00:02:55.100 --> 00:02:55.780 agencies. 00:02:56.200 --> 00:03:00.490 In the UK, football podcast Jamie Vardy is having a party has 00:03:00.490 --> 00:03:04.300 signed for live rights for six Bundesliga matches, 00:03:04.760 --> 00:03:08.860 including the season opening fixture between Bayern Munich and VFB 00:03:08.860 --> 00:03:09.880 Stuttgart. 00:03:09.880 --> 00:03:13.140 The matches will be carried on YouTube globally, excluding 00:03:13.140 --> 00:03:17.500 Germany, Austria and Switzerland, on Vardy's YouTube channel. 00:03:18.060 --> 00:03:21.470 And podcast one has signed the rights to dropping names and 00:03:21.470 --> 00:03:22.700 other things. 00:03:23.860 --> 00:03:28.220 And in podcast news, past due, 100 years of Central Library is 00:03:28.220 --> 00:03:30.940 new from the Los Angeles Public Library. 00:03:31.100 --> 00:03:34.150 The podcast got a feature on CBS News, which we're linked to 00:03:34.150 --> 00:03:34.720 today. 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:38.230 And the podcast trailer podcast, Trailer Park, is releasing a 00:03:38.230 --> 00:03:41.840 three-part miniseries exploring what makes podcast trailers 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:42.700 effective. 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:47.460 It's based on a 2026 Coleman Insights research study, co-designed 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:50.540 by host Ariel Nissenblatt and researcher Jay Nacklis. 00:03:50.540 --> 00:03:54.660 The series combines data with perspectives from Pantheon Podcasts 00:03:54.660 --> 00:03:58.100 and Nova Entertainment to reveal what encourages listeners to 00:03:58.100 --> 00:03:59.040 keep listening, 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:03.000 where trailers lose them, and how creators can apply the 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:05.220 findings to their own shows. 00:04:05.700 --> 00:04:08.580 And this podcast is sponsored by Magellan AI. 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:14.190 CBC swapped generic trailers for episode-specific promos and 00:04:14.190 --> 00:04:17.960 nearly tripled conversion, measured by Magellan AI. 00:04:18.500 --> 00:04:19.480 See how they did it. 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.320 You'll find a link in our show notes and our newsletter. 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:25.210 And that's the latest from our newsletter to read all the 00:04:25.210 --> 00:04:27.080 stories and subscribe for free. 00:04:27.200 --> 00:04:28.420 We're at podnews.net.