Apple Podcasts Subscriptions are here

• Apple Podcasts Subscriptions are launched to all today, with the release of iOS 14.6, Watch OS 7.5 and MacOS 11.4 has also been released.

  • Another new podcast subscription channel, Blinkist, has launched. Shortcasts is a channel with short, 15 minute versions of popular podcasts. The company has already made paid-for audio content available on the App Store.

• It’s hard to scale podcast advertising: but VAST might be the answer. Sounds Profitable, our ad-tech newsletter, goes into the tool that vastly simplifies (sorry) ad sales. Go subscribe

  
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• Working from home has led to an 'enormous shift’ in US audio consumption, according to Edison Research.

• Scroobius Pip’s Distraction Pieces Podcast has extended his deal with Acast. The show has won a number of awards.

• This podcast webinar is a scam: but it’s actually trying to help you avoid one. Scam is a group of multimedia creators in France; and they are taking part in this webinar, which is free, discussing your legal rights as a podcast author. It’s in French.

• You can now watch Joe Rogan while wrestling: Spotify now lets you watch video podcasts while playing games on your Xbox.

• A union has filed an unfair labour practice claim against WNYC’s owner New York Public Radio, alleging that the company is using surveillance, ignoring employment contracts, and engaging in threatening behaviour.

• Spotify tell us that Brits are turning to late-night podcasting. “Women aged 25-44 showed the biggest increases in late night podcast streaming with a rise of 32% over the past few months, with religion and spirituality content consumption also seeing a bump of 33% in the overnight hours during the third (UK) lockdown.” Spotify suggest that Brits are “putting off their sleep with some late night podcast listening”; we’d suggest they might be using them to fall asleep.

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• YouTube is changing its terms and conditions - and has added something. We list all the weird and wonderful terms to look out for.

• Want your episode notes to look great on Apple Podcasts? Here’s what we’ve found works in the newest app.

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Above, we mention Sounds Profitable's latest article about VAST. On this podcast, listen to one working: the “latest news from Podnews” section at the top is courtesy of a VAST tag on Podnews’s server.