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- Apr 29: The POSSIBLE conference is taking place in Miami. Here's a glimpse in video form. Among the speakers were Black Effect's Charlamagne the God, being interviewed by iHeart CEO Bob Pittman for a live recording of Math & Magic. The two started the conversation with rapid-fire personal questions, with Charlamagne revealing Jay-Z is his favorite artist of all time, before moving into a wide-ranging discussion on how influence is built in a media landscape shaped by constant content, platform fragmentation, and AI-generated everything. The audience also heard from Liz Plank, the host of Boy Problems, about Gen Z masculinity.
- Apr 28: The Black Effect Podcast Festival took place over the weekend in Atlanta GA, USA. The event featured live podcast recordings, panel discussions spanning the business of podcasting, a pitch your podcast booth, the Black Marketplace and more. The day contained a number of similar themes, says a piece in the Saporta Report - be yourself, stay consistent, create with purpose, and explore the growing ways that artificial intelligence can support that work.
- Apr 27: How can you get your podcast promoted by Spotify? Today, Podnews speaks with Lizzy Hale, Spotify's Head of Podcast Editorial. The company has dozens of people based all over the world, watching for shows to highlight, and guiding Spotify's recommendation systems to reflect cultural moments. In an interview, Lizzy tells us how they aim to "give more creators a real shot at being discovered".
- Apr 24: Spanish-language podcast app iVoox has unveiled its first ever TV ad, which will run on Mediaset TV channels across Spain. We've added English-language captions to the ad, which you can see here. We don't remember covering a TV ad for a podcast app ever - (though TuneIn and Audible have done a few). Very welcome.
- Apr 23: The Tribeca Festival has selected a sci-fi podcast, The Dolos Project, for its audio line-up. Podnews has first sight of the new video trailer, which begins in the aftermath of Earth’s nuclear annihilation. From a remote space station, co-pilots David and Sarah, alongside their AI companion SAI, may be the last remnants of humanity. The show is from Marcus and Megan Bagala, who have worked for top shows for DC (DC High Volume: Batman), Marvel, Star Trek: Khan, Gimlet, Spotify, and Wondery.
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