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May 7, 2024:
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Edison Research will unveil The Podcast Consumer, the company’s data on who listens to podcasts, in a free webinar on May 16.
November 1, 2023:
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NPR and Edison Research will unveil The Spoken Word Audio Report on Nov 9 at 2pm ET.
July 27, 2023:
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YAP Media CEO Hala Taha is hosting a free webinar about cross-channel podcast campaigns on Aug 2. "Podcasts are no longer an audio-only format, and effective podcast campaigns lean into the strengths of each podcast influencer's platforms across audio, social media, livestream and youtube. Learn how cross-channel podcast campaigns drive better results and how to effectively design, price and track your next campaign."
June 8, 2023:
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The Infinite Dial 2023 Australia will be presented on Jun 27. The data, from Edison Research, contains the gold standard number for how many people listen to podcasts in the country.
December 28, 2022:
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Wondering how the TV networks seem to get better images on Zoom calls? VOA's Steve Herman posts the image that BBC World News sends back to him - a black and white still caption telling him to look at the camera.
October 14, 2022:
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Decoder with Nilay Patel had Mark Zuckerberg on this week as a guest. The boss of Meta talked about the new Quest Pro headset and said: "There’s some reason why you want to do the podcast in person. There’s a connection that you have in person. There’s a reason why you didn’t want to do this over Zoom."
September 26, 2022:
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The Zoom R12 MultiTrak porta-studio has been released.
August 26, 2022:
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Most podcast producers use Zoom for guest interviews, according to new research from Interview Valet, announced at Podcast Movement. 74% of guest interviews have a video component; and 5% of shows charge the guest to appear.
August 3, 2022:
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Edison Research will unveil The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2022 in a free webinar on Aug 16. It'll be presented by Edison Research's Gabriel Soto and Elsie Escobar from Libsyn and She Podcasts.
June 28, 2022:
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A reminder that Sounds Profitable's research on the people that make podcasts The Creators is presented in a live (free) webinar at 1pm ET today. As a sponsor, we've seen the results: some data is surprisingly good news, other data is surprisingly not.
June 23, 2022:
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Sounds Profitable's The Creators - research into the people who make podcasts - was released early to sponsors yesterday. The public presentation is in a webinar on June 28. As a sponsor, we can tell you that there are some surprising discoveries.
June 17, 2022:
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The Infinite Dial Canada will be unveiled on June 30. The research includes comparable data on podcast listening in the country.
June 15, 2022:
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In the weekly newsletter with Podsights, Sounds Profitable has announced "the first credible study of the profile of podcast creators in America". The research will be yearly, to track trends and changes in the creator space. The Creators, by Sounds Profitable and Edison Research, will be unveiled on Jun 28: you can register for the free webinar.
June 3, 2022:
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Pre-promoting the release of The Smart Audio Report 2022 on June 16 (free registration), Edison Research has shared the below graph, showing there's still plenty of room for podcast listening to grow on smart speakers.
April 26, 2022:
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Bryan Moffett is taking part in RAIN's Podcast Business Lunch tomorrow at 12pm Eastern. What's he doing with his additional Network Growth role at NPR - and how come podcasts is at the centre of it all?
April 13, 2022:
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How does Wise, a fintech company (which we use at Podnews for international payments), use podcast advertising? Cassandra LaPrairie is interviewed by NPR's Scott Davis at a RAIN Podcast Business Lunch today at 12pm Eastern.
April 5, 2022:
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Manoush Zomorodi is the subject of a RAIN Podcast Business Lunch tomorrow at 12pm Eastern.
March 30, 2022:
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Ivone Schramm from Triton Digital joins RAIN for a Podcast Business Lunch today, on how programmatic works, how it is priced, and its trends. It's at 12pm Eastern.
February 16, 2022:
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After the company released the Black Podcast Listener Report last year, Edison Research is holding a networking session to get your feedback for the next report. It's on Mon Feb 28.
February 14, 2022:
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Saturday was Africa Podcast Day. The event was celebrated across the continent, including South Africa's SABC. Meanwhile, Edison Research has announced that the Infinite Dial South Africa will be unveiled on Feb 24.
February 4, 2022:
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Edison Research and Ad Results Media are to debut their Super Listeners report in a webinar on Feb 16. It focuses on people who listen to five or more hours of podcasts weekly.
November 18, 2021:
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Limited Capacity is the first-ever audio fiction anthology series from CBC Podcasts. Full of dark humour, where deeply human stories are twisted through imperfect technologies (Zoom, YouTube), and bizarre, new relationships are shaped by the weird, wired world we inhabit.
October 25, 2021:
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Arnie Niekamp and others from Hello From The Magic Tavern did an AMA in Reddit. No tour planned, yet (it's a bit early); and Zoom recordings are harder, more tiring and more complicated, they say.
October 7, 2021:
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Watch out, Zoom - Clubhouse has added private Clubhouse links, allowing you to share links to private rooms.
September 13, 2021:
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Dave Jackson has released a new episode of Leading the Bleeding, an edit of a Zoom meeting last week. He's also made a video, Enabling Your Podcast To Receive Bitcoin, describing how he set the show up for value4value - a way to earn cryptocurrency from your listeners.
September 2, 2021:
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Podcast consultant Dave Jackson has a Zoom meeting tonight (9.00pm Eastern) about podcasting and Bitcoin. We'll be taking part.
July 8, 2021:
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The BBC has been recording comedy shows, with audiences, using Zoom. Here's how they work
July 2, 2021:
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Zoom has purchased an AI company building real-time translation. While real-time captions are a thing on some devices, they're not there everywhere, and they certainly don't translate podcasts in different languages.
May 12, 2021:
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If you want to learn more about Clubhouse users in America, Edison Research have a webinar next week.
May 5, 2021:
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It's Canada's turn for Edison Research's Infinite Dial 2021, which will be announced on May 13 at 2pm Toronto time. Last year, the research said 37% of Canadians (18+) listened to podcasts monthly. The research is designed for direct comparison between Canada and other countries.
March 8, 2021:
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The forthcoming Edison Research and Triton Digital "Infinite Dial" will tell us that "the amount of ad-skipping (in podcasts) is high", pre-warns Tom Webster in his newsletter. He points out that podcasts are the only audio medium that even has skippable ads.
March 3, 2021:
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Today, the RAIN Podcast Business Summit takes place from 10.00am to 1.30pm New York time. It's free to take part on Zoom; tickets are here. Our Editor, James Cridland, will speak with National Public Media's Bryan Moffett about the latest happenings within the podcast landscape. Conal Byrne, Eric Eddings, Anne Frisbie and Christian Facey are among the speakers.
February 8, 2021:
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In the BBC's Friday Night Comedy podcast, a lockdown panel show with a difference: and a live audience on Zoom. It's worth a listen to see how Zoom can work to provide feedback.
February 3, 2021:
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The Infinite Dial 2021, Edison Research's data about media consumption, is now accepting registrations for their webinar. It's the most-quoted data for podcast consumption in the US.
December 29, 2020:
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Best Practices For Recording Podcast Interviews on Zoom (WOC Podcasters)
December 15, 2020:
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Don't leave the batteries forever in your Zoom H6 or it'll look like that.
November 12, 2020:
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Is the Zoom PodTrak P4 any good? Mark Asquith gives his a review. He uses the word "fantastic" a lot.
November 2, 2020:
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How to get Separate Audio Files for Each Participant on a Zoom Call (Justin Phillips)
October 29, 2020:
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Who's using what tools to do podcast interviews? Data from InterviewValet suggests that SquadCast is growing fast; but Zoom is the #1 thing.
September 25, 2020:
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Almost two years after the release of the RØDECaster Pro, Zoom has announced their competitor product, the PodTrak P8, which will be available from November for US$499. Here's a fancy video from the company.
August 31, 2020:
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Should you record your podcast using Zoom? (Rachel Corbett)
August 19, 2020:
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Coming in mid October, the Zoom PodTrak P4 Portable Multitrack Podcast Recorder - priced at just $199, it appears to have similar functionality to the Rødecaster, if not the same sleek looks.
August 6, 2020:
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The Podcast Academy are holding an August Social a week today - via Zoom, naturally. Meanwhile, new research into Share of Audio Listening in Australia will be unveiled on August 26. (More Podevents)
July 10, 2020:
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Nothing to do with podcasting, but Apple's Keynote has had an update: with a new feature to "play slide show in window", which those of us who do a lot of presenting via Zoom will like.
July 9, 2020:
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The Podcast Academy has nearly 200 members (including your Editor). They're planning another webinar on Friday Jul 10 with an update.
July 7, 2020:
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The Zoom H8 is a new portable ‘app-driven’ audio recorder, which will ship in August.
June 25, 2020:
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Zoom is to offer end-to-end encryption to all its users after work by the EFF.
June 19, 2020:
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Another set of podcasting data is on the way: Edison Research is unveiling the Latino Podcast Listener Report on June 30 (which covers US listeners only). Register here for the webinar in English or en español.
June 16, 2020:
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Edison Research is hosting an AMA for digital audio on Thursday lunchtime, NY time: answering your questions about smart speakers, podcasts, streaming, online radio listening, and more. Here's where to sign up.
June 8, 2020:
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Podcasts have real value in an era of screen fatigue, says Shira Atkins of Wonder Media Network.
June 5, 2020:
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Zoom, which almost everyone uses for video conferencing these days,released their first-quarter's figures: revenue has increased to $328m from $122m a year ago.
June 4, 2020:
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Later today, at 1pm Toronto time, you can enjoy the unveiling of The Infinite Dial 2020 Canada in a free webinar - which will include podcast consumption figures for the country. (Yes, we published this yesterday. But it's actually true today.)
June 3, 2020:
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Later today, at 1pm Toronto time, you can enjoy the unveiling of The Infinite Dial 2020 Canada in a free webinar - which will include podcast consumption figures for the country.
May 22, 2020:
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Zoom released Zoom 5.0 last month, but from May 30, only Zoom clients on v5 will work as they turn on encryption. That will break some third-party tools. (Jitsi Meet is open, free and records everything to your own Dropbox, incidentally).
May 13, 2020:
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Edison Research is presenting a webinar "Podcasting: Connection and Community During Quarantine" - it will focus on how listening, and listeners, have been changing during the coronavirus pandemic. It's free, May 21 at 1pm Eastern.
April 29, 2020:
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Free podcast host Anchor has unveiled a new service to turn your online video chats into a podcast. The service appears to work on most video platforms including Zoom, Skype, Facetime, Google Meet and others. (Most digital audio editors also accept files from these services).
April 28, 2020:
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A month ago, Zoom had 200m daily users. It now has 300m. It's been used for a while by podcasters for guest interviews.
April 23, 2020:
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Edison Research and NPR are releasing their Smart Audio Report, which looks at the usage of smart speakers, a little earlier this year, in a free webinar on Apr 30.
April 20, 2020:
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Transcription service otter·ai has altered its free plan. The import feature is now available for paying customers only: Basic Plan users get three trials of imports per account. The Basic Plan continues to offer free recording and Zoom-syncing, to a maximum of 40 minutes per transcription.
April 10, 2020:
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The Improv Chronicle focuses on how improv is having to reinventing itself because of the stupid virus - running online workshops and performing shows on Zoom, Twitch and Facebook Live.
April 2, 2020:
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Clever marketing: Double Elvis, who produce Disgraceland and Citizen Critic among others, have made some podcast-themed Zoom backgrounds for those video calls from home.
March 19, 2020:
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The CEO of Zoom, Eric Yuan, has just sold about $15.4m of shares in his company, which offers video conferencing and is used by podcasters.
January 15, 2020:
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Resonate Recordings shares the full details about how to use Zoom, a popular app for interviewing people remotely.
July 11, 2019:
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If you're running Zoom on your Mac, a vulnerability means you should update the software today (open Zoom and choose "Check for Updates" from the menu); unless you want people being able to dial in and watch you "working".
December 12, 2018:
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The European Radio Show 2019 (Paris, France 24-26 Jan) will have a special podcast exhibitors area. Zoom, Samson and the Paris Podcast Festival appear to be exhibitors.
November 16, 2018:
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Doing a presentation about podcasting any time soon? Here, have eighteen quotes about podcasting for it. Oh, and here's one more, about the ideal length of a podcast.
November 20, 2017:
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Pandora jumped over 4% in Thursday trading because they've said they might include more non-music content, aka podcasts.