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- Jul 10: A podcast studio probably isn't what you expect in a luxury resort in the Bahamas. Podnews sent Arielle Nissenblatt to take a look at Baha Mar in the Bahamas, which has worked with iHeartRadio to produce a professional podcast studio - and as she reports for us, it's an encouraging sign that podcasting is part of the guest experience at resorts like this one.
- Jun 17: The data shows that YouTube is the most-used podcast platform in the country; with Apple Podcasts the #1 RSS-based podcast app - 49% of all new episode downloads went to Apple. The iHeartRadio app (operated by Bell Media in the country) accounts for 3%. The report includes demographics for each player - with Apple Podcasts users, predictably, being twice as likely to earn over $100,000 than YouTube users.
- Jun 12: iHeartRadio, Amazon Music and Acast's Podchaser also had this kind of spam in their directory, says the committee's report. Jellypod, an AI-generated podcast tool, is highlighted as one of the tools used to publish this content. We've covered efforts to remove spam shows like this in the past (like this, back in 2022, and the Podcast Index's work more recently). In our opinion, this isn't a Spotify problem - it's an industry-wide issue, that we should be working together to combat. It shouldn't be hard to automatically share potentially problematic feeds across the industry: and to highlight podcast hosting companies who fail to adequately moderate their users' content.
- Jun 4: US mobile operator TextNow has announced that they have added the iHeartRadio app to its "Free Flex" experience. TextNow gives you a free mobile plan with select apps zero-rated, including music and radio from the iHeartRadio app: however, podcasts in the app are not available zero-rated.
- Jun 3: Podcasts from iHeartRadio have been added to LG Radio+ on LG Smart TVs, as well as iHeart's radio stations. LG Radio+ will also be available on LG xboom speakers.
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