Deirdre Tshien’s Capsho launches v2.0

• Capsho has launched v2.0 of the company’s platform, which allows podcasters to turn their podcast episode’s audio or video recordings into marketing content designed to help amplify and promote their message. The service also writes your show notes for you, and even researches your guests.

• Ashley Carman reports on a tense staff meeting at NPR, which laid off 84 people last week.

• Acast has made five people redundant from one of its tech teams. Stacey Goers was one of those affected. “It is always very sad to have to say goodbye to talented colleagues and we wish them the best of luck,” a spokesperson told us.

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  • Warner Music Group is to lay off 270 staff, or 4% of the total company: it’s unclear whether their podcast division will be impacted; interactive TV company Roku is to cut 200 jobs, or 6% of the company, doubling the layoffs announced in November.

• Libsyn has mailed its hosting customers announcing Apple Podcasts subscriptions, YouTube stats and an episode tracking tool, as well as stats exports.

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• “She fell in love with a podcast host and flew across the world to meet her”, CNN reports: the podcast came out in 2006, and the couple are still together.

• Podshape has launched SleepScape, a premium subscription podcast that gives you two hours of sounds from places across Australia. “The world’s first ambient sound sleep aid podcast”, it is recorded in 360-degree audio, and is available exclusively on Apple Podcasts.

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• Logo updates Libsyn is in the process of making its logo all teal colour; JioSaavn also has an updated logo, which the company has emailed to podcasters (and is an excellent page highlighting how to pronounce and type the brand too). Perhaps now’s a good time to mention that we’re spelt “Podnews” when written, and we don’t have a capital N.

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Tips and tricks - with Phantom Producer

• Catalina Culmes at AdsWizz has written an article about inventory forecasting for podcasters, and why it’s important.

• Can you use commercial music in your podcast? Even a little bit?

Podcast News - with Left Over

This week’s Podnews Weekly Review includes an interview with Justin Jackson and Charles Wilchin, two people from the recently announced Podcast Standards Project, to learn more about what it offers.

Critical Role has purchased the Midst sci-fi podcast from Third Person, a company run by the three co-founders of the podcast. They will continue to work on the show; terms weren’t disclosed.

Truth Be Told with Tonya Mosley has joined APM Studios. It was produced by KQED.

Something In Media is a new podcast where sucessful people in television, film, radio, podcasting, and social media tell their story about how they got to where they are. It launches tomorrow, featuring the likes of Jamie Morton from My Dad Wrote a Porno, TV’s Michelle Ackerely, James Longman - executive producer on the Late Late Show with James Cordon, Jess Rudkin from BBC Bristol, Dave Vitty - formerly of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, and more.