Audible eliminates a large number of podcasting roles

• Audible have unexpectedly eliminated a large number of roles, including “nearly the entire group responsible for Audible’s shorter-form podcast-style programming”, Nick Quah says in HotPod. (We covered Eric Nuzum’s exit yesterday). It’s unclear what that means for Audible’s podcasts, like The Butterfly Effect and Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel.

• Tom Webster writes a manifesto for growth in NeimanLab: a set of quality thoughts and data about the industry, based on his talk at Podcast Movement.

• Triton Digital have inked a deal with TruOptik that allows publishers to “leverage a custom audio marketplace that can facilitate targeting in about 75 million U.S. households”.

• Today is the 10 year anniversary of the Horse Radio Network. Glenn says that they just passed 7,000 episodes, have interviewed over 9,000 guests, currently have 18 shows with 32 hosts and have had the support of over 50 sponsors. “We’re pretty proud of what we have done in a relatively small niche of horses,” he adds. Congratulations (and thank you for the long-term support of Podnews).

  
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• Spotted recently: the NYT’s Still Processing podcast gets top billing in the NYT app.

• New podcasts:

  • Sell everything, quit your jobs, and just travel: this is the premise for The Jetsetting Family Travel Podcast, from Castbox / The Podglomerate. It’s hosted with Cast Plus.
  • I love you, but I hate your politics is a podcast showing listeners “how to disagree civilly and flourish in their relationships, despite political differences”, from Macmillan.
  • Grovers Mill comes out in September, and follows a recent disappearance in New Jersey.
  
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• In London, an event talking podcasting, with the BBC’s new podcast boss and others. It’s on September 25.

• Plex have taken their podcasts feature out of beta.

• Revenue is up 50% at Stitcher; Freakonomics is getting over 12 million downloads every month.

  
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• As the Ale House Turns, a new podcast about beer, is highlighted by the Chicago Tribune.

• Podcasting shows the value of an open internet, writes John Bergmayer, highlighting the difference between podcasting and, say, YouTube.

• Listicle: 7 fantasy podcasts beyong the fantasy zone

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