Andy Bowers is co-founder of new podcast company
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A new podcast production company for US Latinos, Pitaya Entertainment has been launched. It has six shows currently, and the press release describes the company’s executives as a “dream team”, including Andy Bowers, formerly of Slate and Megaphone, alongside record company executives and producers.
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Amazon Music is looking for a Podcast Manager for Spain, and another in Italy.
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Spotify has announced a live-streamed event, Spotify Stream On, on Monday Feb 22. It’s not clear what it is; but Daniel Ek’s comments recently may give a clue: “We are very bullish on the opportunity to provide meaningful ways for podcasters (to) monetize through the platform efforts. And I hope to be able to talk a little bit more about what our plans are in the near future on that.”
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If switching to Buzzsprout, the company now lets you import your podcast stats. Meanwhile, Castos has rolled out multiple user support.
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In France, NRJ Global is to sell advertising on shows hosted with Audiomeans, a French podcast host.
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