Podcast Graveyard - a show about dead podcasts

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• Darkness falls across the land,
  the midnight hour is close at hand.
  Pitch black consoles, mikes and stands
  suck colour from the podcast land.
  Your studio would look quite all-right,
  if only RØDE made things in white.
  But now they do - for your inspection:
  RØDE has launched the white collection.

• Back in December 2021, the National Association for the Deaf and Disability Rights Advocates sued SiriusXM for “failing to provide podcast transcripts for deaf users”; a request SiriusXM’s lawyers called “misplaced and completely unreasonable” in August 2022. The case is due to reach a deadline on Dec 8; last week, Disability Rights Advocates wrote to the judge suggesting that SiriusXM may be working on “accessibility aids on the podcast content available on their platforms”.

• The Futurum Group has acquired the Business Podcast Network, which carries 200 shows. No terms were given; Futurum has acquired five other companies over the past year or so, including other podcast networks. BPN’s founder and CEO, Cory Johnson, will be Futurum’s Chief Market Strategist, and will continue to host The Drill Down.

• Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast has signed an ad partnership deal with Big IP Media to cover four popular reality-TV podcasts … PodcastOne signed multiyear extensions for On Display with Melissa Gorga, Gals on the Go and LADYGANG (which it renewed in March) … ARN’s iHeart Podcast Network Australia announced a multi-year sales partnership with 7NEWS, Australia’s most-watched television network for news and public affairs. ARN has launched a takeover bid for its rival SCA/LiSTNR.

• Coalesce is an open-source podcast editor, which lets you edit using text. “Coalesce is open-source and free to run on your own computer forever.” It’s currently in alpha, and requires users to be comfortable with Docker commands in the terminal.

• In Australia, Shout Collective has launched, promising to match podcasts to brands. The company’s founder Liam Daly, formerly of Acast and News Corp, says he is working at a more personalised level with a select group of podcasters, focusing on integration across a podcast’s platforms including YouTube and social media.

• Last week, Podnews carried a story titled “nearly half of US kids listen to podcasts every week”. The press release, from talent agency UTA, incorrectly stated that their survey was produced by only asking 1,000 parents "whose children listen to and/or watch podcasts at least once a month", leading some to question the headline. The company has clarified that this data-point came from a nationally representative survey of 5,000 parents with kids aged three to 12. We’ve worked with the agency to correct the press release.

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Moves and hires

• Ellie Puckett has been named as CEO of Resonate Recordings. Co-founder and former CEO Jacob Bozarth is to focus on the AI editing tool Resound.

Podcast News

Podcast Graveyard is new today, fittingly looking at dead podcasts. Host James Bishop unearths the untold tales of shows that are no longer with us. A spine-chilling adventure into the shows that met their demise - and how to avoid that unhappy fate happening to you.

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