Canadian Podcast Awards open

• Awards: The Canadian Podcast Awards are open for entry. The awards started in 2018, and now have 31 categories.

  • A new podcast awards has launched in the UK. The Political Podcast Awards is open for entry now, and will take place on Jan 29. It’s (curiously) sponsored by Google, which closed its podcast app earlier this year.
  • In Australia, iHeart and Magellan AI have launched “a new industry award” which recognises the ad agency which has spent the most money in podcasting ads.

• Podtrac has announced a “predictive promo planner” - to provide insights for publishers who place ads in other podcasts to promote their shows. It’ll identify the podcasts which work best for each show.

• Captivate has relaxed limits on its private podcasts feature. Now, every podcaster can have up to 100 private podcasts and up to 50,000 private subscribers.

• How big is the global podcast market? Justin Jackson has started a piece of collaborative work to correctly calculate this, and would welcome feedback.

• Next Broadcast Media and AudioStack have announced a partnership to launch the first AI-driven audio production capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa. The tools will enable contextually relevant audio spots to engage audiences.

• Edison Research and SiriusXM Media have announced a webinar for the third instalment from the Sports Audio Report.

• Hubhopper has announced integration with Headliner’s Eddy, allowing easier editing for its podcast hosting customers.

• 46% of Germans (18-65) regularly listen to audiobooks, radio plays or podcasts, says new data from Audible. The crime and thriller genre is #1 in audiobooks; 32% of Germans choose content to help them fall asleep.

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Moves and hires

• Norma Jean Belenky has left Podbean, as part of a number of changes at the company. She was Head of Events for the company, and had worked with them for almost four and a half years.

Tips and tricks - with Memberful

• How do YouTube stats work for podcasters?

Podcast News

Food is responsible for 15% of all fossil fuel emissions. And that percentage is growing. In the Feed, um, feed - a new series is launched today. Fuel to Fork explores how we got here – it all started with Peruvian bat poo – and imagine a future without fossil fuels, with farmers, leading scientists, food industry experts and legendary campaigners.

In the Podnews Weekly Review, which will be published later today, we hear from Oscar Merry from Fountain about a new release of the podcast app; and a round-up of the week’s news.