CBS Radio signs with Omny Studio, New York City government touts podcasting industry, and tips from Adam Carolla.

Podcasting in New York is now big business. That’s not according to any one podcasting company or other - it’s according to the New York City government, who’ve just released a 33-page report (pdf), full of quotes, stats and details. Now, this is now to do it.

Adam Carolla (who holds the record for most-downloaded podcast) hosted a six-hour podcasting masterclass recently: a recap of the event was written-up for OC Weekly, an Orange County publication. Lots of nice hints and tips in here: both for making and for monetising podcasting.

In the US, CBS Radio already has more than 350 podcasts, and they’ve done a deal with Omny Studio for hosting, as part of the company’s on-demand strategy. It joins radio companies across the world using Omny Studio.

A new podcast network in Australia, called Nearly, launches: run by Courtney Carthy, a former ABC development producer. “A major form of measurement was increase in downloads compared to the previous episode. Give it a week and if it’s doing better than the previous episode that’s success”.

Also in Australia, the 2 Guys 1 Cup AFL podcast has got a sponsor: Holden, the GM subsidiary. They’ll be sponsoring the podcast right through the 2017 season. The deal was through Whooshkaa and Carat; the podcast will host with Whooshkaa.

Notable: an audio editor for OSX, Triumph. Has some specific features for podcasters.

Meetup: we’re in Melbourne this Friday afternoon. Other people are coming! Details on Monday’s podnews.