Captivate announces monetisation, remote recording

• Growth-oriented podcast host Captivate has announced a significant set of new product launches later this year. Products include a saleable feed drop platform; Captivate Ads, an ad marketplace that scales with your podcast (including access to the DAX marketplace); and Captivate Studio, its own remote recording tool, able to record up to seven participants which is integrated into Captivate’s existing guest booking and interview management toolset.

• John Wordock hosted a panel on The Secrets of YouTube Success - with panelists including a representative from YouTube itself. He’s posted a full writeup of the session on his blog.

• Odeeo and Wondercraft announced a partnership - Wondercraft will power instant, multilingual in-game audio advertising for Odeeo, cutting creative timelines from weeks to minutes, the company says.

• Defector takes a look at Left of Dial’s 100 Best Podcasts of All Time. Writer (and podcaster) Alex Sujong Laughlin uses the list, which she likes, to criticise what she calls the “capitalist goonery” of recent events - before concluding that “none of (the) top three shows exist because their creators were trying to make a version of something already successful. They happened because their creators were game to try something new.”

• Podcasters in the Wild - we’ve video and some of your photographs from Podcast Movement in Dallas this week.

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• RedCircle publishes: “Taylor Swift’s Podcast Mic Drop: 3 Reasons It Should Change the Way Advertisers Think”

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