What happens if you promote Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts equally
December 10, 2018 · 2.2 minutes to read
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If you promote Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts equally, it turns out you get equal usage, according to our own figures.
Nick Quah reports that Gimlet Media is to work with the Wall Street Journal to produce a daily news podcast.
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Not entirely podcast-related, but certainly audio-related. RecordThem is a (UK) service that sends a professional interviewer to a family member to record their life story.
Spotify is collaborating with Ellen Degeneres, a US TV host, to produce a curated playlist of podcasts and music.
Pinecast, a podcast host, clearly cares about the user experience for its customers, and has recently published a blog about the UX modules they use behind the scenes. Of note: their front end is all open source.
Opinion
Gustav Lindberg writes about what you should, and shouldn't, delegate for your podcast.
As a general rule of thumb, you should not do things that will hinder you from doing your primary focus as a podcaster — creating superb content!
Tim Romero shares what he learnt as Japan's first professional podcaster.
If podcasting is going to continue to grow, it’s going to be the independent voices rather than the media companies that drive that growth.
Podcasts
| The Irish Times is thrilled with the BBC Earth podcast - proof, they say, that podcasts can be as rich as TV documentaries. (BBC / Acast) |
| Reply All goes to Mount Pleasant WI, USA, to tell a story about small-town politics and big business. (Gimlet Media) |
Listicles
- The best podcasts of 2018 (The Irish Times)
- Five great podcasts from 2018 (The New York Times)
- Best podcast episodes of 2018 (according to this producer who listens to LOTS of podcasts) (KUOW)
- 10 Fiction Podcasts You Should Totally Get Sucked Into (The Manual)
- Five brain-activating podcasts (Rob Hochschild)
- Top 10 Podcasts for iOS developers (Skills Matter)
- Top 7 classical music podcasts to add to your playlist (Classic FM)
- As podcasts get newsier, here are eight new ones worth listening to (Toronto Star)
- 10 Best Business Podcasts (Business Daily)
- Wil Williams is making lists too.