Vid2Pod turns YouTube videos into podcasts

• Blubrry has launched Vid2Pod, a service to turn YouTube videos into open RSS audio podcasts. Post a new video on YouTube, and Vid2Pod automatically publishes an audio version for Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other services. (Here’s a demo video of the tool in action).

  • Because Blubrry offers monetisation tools with programmatic advertising, this enables YouTubers to monetise their content immediately, rather than wait to hit YouTube’s monetisation targets. They can also use Value4Value tools and other podcasting services.

• Audion, a European adtech company, has launched in Belgium. The company, which recently raised €6mn, is based in France and also operates in Italy and the UK. Elie Kauffmann takes on the role of Sales Lead Belgium.

• A new podcast discovery tool for advertisers, Busylike, has been launched. It allows brands to discover over 2,000 shows to collaborate and advertise with.

• Veritonic announced an integration with Adjust, which allows Veritonic’s audio attribution solution to receive in-app conversion actions on mobile devices including installs, purchases, and subscriptions.

• Sam Wolfson at The Guardian writes: Bill Gates, Dua Lipa, Meghan, Hillary: how interview podcasts became a must-have for celebrities

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• Spotify for Podcasters is sending a five-minute survey to selected creators. We’ll also be sharing with them the results of the Podnews Report Card, which will be unveiled next week at Podcast Movement Evolutions.

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Tips and tricks - with Memberful

• How to Use ChatGPT to Write Video Scripts (Podcastle)

• How to listen to more podcasts (Lifehacker) - “maybe there are more moments you could be piping podcasts into your ears but aren’t”

Moves and hires

• The host of the Detectives Don’t Sleep podcast and voiceover for Star Wars and Gremlins, Mark Dodson, has died. He was 64. “A voice can make or break a show, and in this case, Mark had the perfect voice,” said Noiser’s CEO Pascal Hughes.

Podcast News - with Airwave

From the Airwave podcast network: NerdWallet’s Smart Money Podcast answers your financial questions to help you make smarter decisions with your money. They’ve recently covered crypto, group travel and how billionaires build their wealth.

The Front Page from the New Zealand Herald is celebrating its second year, and has appointed Chelsea Daniels as host and producer of the show.

How did a not-very-good footballer make it to playing for Southampton against Leeds in a Premier League match - only for him to be substituted after he was embarrassing on the soccer field? 53 Minutes is new today from Global, telling the story of football’s biggest mystery - with comedians Josh Widdicombe and Dara O’Briain. It’s produced by Listen.

The actor Lance Reddick died a year ago this week, and his last project, Macaw, an original audio drama, is now available. Macaw is about a mid-career guy in a rut, who goes on a self-help cruise themed to the teachings of an over-amped guru Ernie “Macked Up” Bigman (played by Lance) and has a revelatory, mind-bending experience. This sci-fi comedy drama is now available in full; a forthcoming director’s release will appear on YouTube.

Stars and Stars with Isa is new today from Futuro Studios and SiriusXM’s Stitcher Studios; Isa Nakazawa is joined by some of the most talented stars of our time to examine what the planets and stars above reveal about the way the guests walk the world, experience love, and determine their life’s purpose. It’s the first launch from SiriusXM’s Listen Next initiative to develop diverse audio talent and promote inclusivity in podcasting.

The EFF’s podcast, How to Fix the Internet, is in the middle of season 5. The show tells people about real tech solutions that can make the internet better, and steers clear of the script that there is nothing we can do about big tech to make things better. It’s made by Pacific Content; Podnews’s Editor is an EFF member.

If anyone knows about the changing climate, it’s the people in New Orleans. Made by WWNO and WRKF, Sea Change dives into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond. The new season starts today, looking at whether a global gas expansion based on the Gulf Coast threatens to upend the world’s climate goals and how money from the fossil fuel industry could influence university research.