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January 25, 2024:
    Good luck to those going to Podfest, which kicks off today. It’s a great event - enjoy!
January 24, 2024:
    What Was That Like, hosted by Scott Johnson and Glassbox Media, has reached 10 million downloads. The podcast is conversations with people who have experienced the extremely unusual. This week's episode is with Hali, who was in the Colorado movie theater when a deranged gunman started firing. If you have a crazy story to tell, you can find Scott at Podfest Expo this week.
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July 14, 2023:
    A new set of inductees for The Podcast Hall of Fame will be announced at Podfest in Orlando, Jan 25-28 next year.
May 31, 2023:
May 22, 2023:
    Podfest will be Jan 25-28th, 2024 in Orlando FL, USA at the Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive.
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March 13, 2023:
    Podfest Global is to take place between Mar 27-30, and claims it'll be the largest virtual podcasting event ever. The event is dedicated to monetisation and audience growth, and tickets start at $49 - but if you use the code PODNEWS then you'll get complimentary access. Nice!
March 7, 2023:
    PodFest Cairo took place over the weekend. SOWT Media’s CEO Ramsey G. Tesdell spoke about the importance of podcast artwork and branding as well as the growth for Arabic language audio content. Some sessions are available to watch again online.
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December 29, 2022:
    Chris Krimitsos from Podfest Expo joins Todd and Rob in this week's New Media Show with a look ahead at the event in Florida this January.
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November 21, 2022:
    Audio Drama Hub's Podfest in High Wycombe, Bucks, UK took place over the weekend. See pictures and highlights on their social media.
October 25, 2022:
October 24, 2022:
    A group of podcast companies, RSS Buzzsprout Transistor Libsyn and Acast, are working on a project to promote open standards for podcasting. "The Podcast Standards Project" hopes to launch its website before January's Podfest.
October 14, 2022:
August 5, 2022:
    A company called Ninet5 Technologies is fraudulently claiming to sell email lists of attendees of Podfest, Podcast Movement, Radiodays Europe and other conferences. Initial emails are sent from domains without websites like AbsoluteFair, Eviqevents, Inotegritty, CorbitalOrganisers and many others; and we can confirm that the data is not supplied by the event organisers. Approached for comment by Podnews, Mike Jordan, the VP of Sales, would not tell us how they got the data, and did not respond to follow-up questions. Their website looks impressive, but is demonstrably false and incomplete in many places. Other websites also suggest that Ninet5 Technologies are scammers; and the company, registered in Wyoming, didn't pay its tax, and was dissolved in 2020.
May 31, 2022:
    At Podfest, the PodPros Podcast Awards were launched, celebrating podcasters who've reached 100, 200 or 300 episodes. (Is there one for reaching episode 1,307?)
May 27, 2022:
    Podfest, one of the world's largest podcast conferences, opened in Orlando FL, USA. (Send us your pictures!)
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December 2, 2021:
    As we went to press, Africa Podfest and Baraza Media Lab were reporting on podcasting research in the continent. We should have details tomorrow. (Astonishingly - in some African countries you need a podcaster licence - costing as much as $200!)
November 15, 2021:
    The Khaleej Times reports from the Dubai PodFest which was held on Sunday at the Dubai Press Club. Over 200 podcasters attended, and the Arab world was said to have great potential for growth. The club also announced an agreement with Spotify, though no more detail was given.
November 10, 2021:
November 9, 2021:
    PodFest China was held recently, and we've a full report, and pictures from the day in Shanghai. It was announced that NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide will be published in a Chinese version, and podcast host and app Ximalaya revealed that it hosts 23,300 podcasts, with more than 5,000 added so far this year.
November 1, 2021:
    Virtual Session 2 at PodFest Origins starts today; at 11.00am Eastern today, James Cridland, Podnews's Editor, speaks about the opportunities for podcasters outside the US.
October 27, 2021:
    Podfest Origins starts tomorrow. Our Editor is speaking; promo code Speaker30 will save you 30% off tickets.
September 22, 2021:
    Podcasting in Africa is growing all over the continent, and Africa Podfest is launching a Discovery Tour around African podcasting hubs. The virtual tour kicks off with Zambia on September 29th: it's free, with another three countries to come later in the year.
September 9, 2021:
    Speaker submissions are now open for PodFest Origins. If you'll be in Tampa, apply here; if you'd like to be a virtual event speaker, apply here.
September 8, 2021:
    PodFest Origins, the next PodFest event, will take place as an in-person event on Nov 4-5 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa FL; and as a virtual event between Oct 28-Nov 3.
August 25, 2021:
    Podfest Expo asked "how likely are you to attend an event hosted in Florida", and 38.3% of people surveyed said no. They're working on a "large virtual event with a small in-person component", in early November.
March 26, 2021:
    Free magazine - The Podcast Sessions is a glossy, digital magazine about podcasting in Africa. We link to their February edition, with Africa Podfest's Melissa Mbuga and Josephine Karianjahi as joint cover stars.
March 16, 2021:
    Breaking: PodFest Expo has been postponed. The in-person event was planned for June 10-13 in Florida. New dates will be announced.
March 10, 2021:
March 5, 2021:
    Our Editor is taking place in a podcast-rich Twitter Spaces session tonight (NY time). Here's where to get the details; we'd recommend following both @podnews and @jamescridland for notifications. Tip: if on Android, opt into the beta by visiting Google Play and searching for Twitter: we've got access to it too.
March 1, 2021:
February 26, 2021:
    James Cridland, Podnews's Editor, is speaking today at PodFest Global about international podcast opportunities. Use the promo code "podnews" to get a complimentary ticket worth $49.
February 22, 2021:
    The Podfest Global Summit's pre-event week starts today. Our Editor is speaking on Friday about the opportunities from global podcasting. Code 'podnews' should get you an entry level pass, worth $49, free.
February 15, 2021:
January 11, 2021:
    For Africa Podcast Day on 12 February, the organisers are inviting African podcasters to curate their own community events which they will stream throughout the day in the hours outside the Africa Podfest virtual gathering. Community event submissions can be made here.
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October 22, 2020:
    As Podcast Movement Virtual continues, details of PodFest China 2020 have been added to our events website. The in-person event is in Shanghai on October 31. Their 200+ tickets sold out in 8 minutes, they say.
September 29, 2020:
    Congratulations to the Podfest Global Summit, who set a Guinness World Record in August for the "largest attendance for a virtual podcasting conference in one week". We're told Guinness wanted at least 5,000 attendees to set the record. They achieved... 5,003! Phew!
August 19, 2020:
August 14, 2020:
    Congratulations to the Podfest Global Summit, who claims that they "just hit the number that sets the Guinness World Record for Largest Virtual Podcasting Event in a Week".
August 7, 2020:
August 5, 2020:
    Our Editor is speaking at the Podfest Global Summit later today (2pm Eastern). A special recording for The New Media Show, he'll be joined by Norman Chella of Podlovers Asia, Mark Asquith of Rebel Base Media, and hosts Rob Greenlee and Todd Cochrane.
July 16, 2020:
    Spotify's lack of podcasts in Russia will probably be a talking point at СЛЫШ, the first podcast festival in Russia. It's a free virtual event on Aug 1-2, and is added to our list of podcast events.
June 25, 2020:
May 12, 2020:
    Half of podcast consumers in China listen every day, according to the first survey of podcasting in the country from PodFest China. The most popular app is Apple Podcasts, according to the data, with Ximalaya FM and NetEase also being in the top 3; while a chat app, WeChat, is at #4. Most people listen to podcasts on public transport.
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February 27, 2020:
    Headed to Podfest? Buzzsprout is throwing a kick-off party Thursday before Podfest. They'll be taking over Splitsville in Disney Springs from 4-8 PM for bowling, billiards, food, and drinks. Tickets are limited, but we've got 50 tickets for Podnews readers.
February 18, 2020:
    Also in Egypt, PodFest Cairo has been announced. The event, on Mar 7, is the first podcast festival in the country. Entry is 150 LE (US $10); sessions are in Arabic and English.
February 11, 2020:
    Tomorrow is Africa Podcast Day, a day to celebrate and commemorate African podcasts—and the people who make them. You'll see some activity on the #AfricaPodcastDay hashtag. Next month, Africa's first podcast festival Africa Podfest will be in Nairobi, Kenya.
January 31, 2020:
    Entertainment lawyer Gordon Firemark has announced a Podcaster's Legal and Business Bootcamp, a half-day workshop to help get podcasters' legal and business affairs in order. It'll happen alongside Podfest, on Mar 6 in Orlando FL, USA.
January 27, 2020:
January 7, 2020:
    Podfest has announced Conal Byrne (iHeart Podcast Network) and Holly Frey (Stuff You Missed In History Class) as keynote speakers at their event in Orlando FL, Mar 6-8. Tickets go up in price on Friday.
November 28, 2019:
November 26, 2019:
    An event: the Africa Podfest "Unconference on Podcasting 2" in Nairobi, Kenya, will be held on December 10. It's free, and part of the lead-up to Africa Podfest next March.
October 30, 2019:
    Event: PodFest China will take place in Shanghai, China on November 9th. Featuring both Chinese and American podcasters, the not-for-profit event attracted 200 podcasters in January for their first conference.
October 24, 2019:
    Chris Krimitsos (Podfest) has released a book. Start Ugly is "a timeless tale about innovation and change", told through the parable of Gregory Sharp, a lumber business owner. "People who bought this book also bought an ATR2100 dynamic microphone", Amazon tells us.
October 18, 2019:
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September 3, 2019:
    Coming in March 2020, Africa Podfest is Africa's first podcast festival. It'll be held in Nairobi, Kenya: and they're looking for sponsors: info@kali.media will find the organizers Paula Rogo and Melissa Mbugua.
September 2, 2019:
    The Outlier Podcast Festival has announced five keynote speakers: Josh Hallmark, Misha Euceph, Todd Cochrane, Reema Khrais and John Asante. It's in Los Angeles CA, Sep 13-14. They're also hosting a pitching competition - the winner will receive a podcast startup package.
May 2, 2019:
    indiepodfest 2019, a festival for indie podcast makers and fans in Melbourne VIC, Australia has launched a crowdfunding push. The festival is looking for AU$19,500 (US$13,600) to hold an event in July.
March 11, 2019:
    John Lee Dumas was the first keynote speaker at Podfest. Slides from his talk, The top 4 tactics for creating, launching, growing and monetising your podcast, are available online. "JLD", as he calls himself, was also the target of the humorous "roast" at the end of the event, which took place in Orlando FL, USA and attracted podcasters from across the US and Canada. Other speakers included Libsyn's Rob Walch, Evo Terra, and Chartable's Dave Zohrob. It was sponsored by Himalaya.
March 1, 2019:
    Podnews is in the US next week - in New York on Monday and Tuesday, and then at Podfest Orlando. If you have a moment, we'd love to catch up. Especially, after this week, if there's beer involved.
February 6, 2019:
February 4, 2019:
    Event: Indiepodfest, Melbourne VIC, Australia, in July. If you're interested in attending, there's a short survey for you over here.
January 31, 2019:
    Want to be at Podfest Expo in Orlando in early March, but can't cover the travel costs? Himalaya, the presenting sponsor of the event, have put a fund together to cover at least 50 podcasters' flights to PodFest. Tell Himalaya with the name of your show, where you're coming from, and why you want to be there to travel@himalaya.com by next Friday, 8th February - and mention you saw this in Podnews. (We'll be there too).
January 24, 2019:
January 18, 2019:
    Podfest in Orlando FL, USA - March 7-9 - is one of the big podcasting events of the year. Podnews is in Malaysia on March 7th, but trying our hardest to be there for the other two days. Whisper: 15% discount code? You'll want to use NEWYEAR19
January 16, 2019:
    Podnews will be at the NAB Show in Las Vegas NV, USA, in April; and at Canadian Music Week in Toronto ON, Canada, in May. We're also really trying hard to be at Podfest in Orlando FL, USA in March.
January 15, 2019:
    Event: this Saturday, PodFest China takes place in Shanghai, China. It promises "your favourite China podcasters; podcast industry insiders; networking and a live recording of a new storytelling podcast".
November 5, 2018:
    Event: the Vancouver Podcast Festival is at the end of this week (Nov 8-10). Here, for example, is just one of the sessions, including speakers from Podnews supporters Spreaker/Voxnest, Himalaya, and The Podcast Exchange.
October 12, 2018:
September 5, 2018:
    PodFest 2019, March 7-9 in Orlando FL, USA, boasts a brand new website.
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