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- Mar 30: Remember when Google News was trying to bankrupt us with tens of thousands of downloads a day from random Android devices? While we killed that service after Google's poor communication, others who have persevered with it have finally seen a cut in this spurious traffic (by up to 85%) in the last few weeks.
- Mar 23: The BBC is to get a new Director General (the name the corporation gives for its CEO). Matt Brittin is tipped to get the job; he was the head of Google for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for more than ten years.
- Mar 9: Apple Podcasts was launched as an app on iPhone in June 2012. It wasn’t the first podcast app - and there was one that was launched three years earlier: with some features that we take for granted today. That app was Google Listen, the first podcast app experiment by Google. In a new article today as part of our history collection, we unveil the v2 design that was never launched, its inevitable pivot to video, and the astonishing engagement figures that the app got - even if that didn’t save it from the Google graveyard.
- Feb 17: David Greene, the former host of Up First and now host of KCRW's Left, Right & Center, suggests that he sounds "just like" the AI-generated male voice used in NotebookLM, and has filed a lawsuit against Google claiming they stole his voice. Google says it's nonsense - it's a professional actor, they say. Our daily podcast today has audio of both, to let you decide.
- Feb 13:
Thank you to Lindsay Bowen, a lawyer for podcasters, for becoming our latest personal supporter. He's worked for some of the biggest names in podcasting, and says "I really enjoy hearing what people in the industry are up to," which is probably why he's supporting us since that's our job. It's people like Lindsay who are paying for Podnews for everyone, so we can keep Podnews free. You can become a supporter here. We also discover that Bowen was once a professional basketball player for New York Liberty - he kept that quiet. We trust that Google hasn't got confused with another Lindsay Bowen.
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