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  • Also in Australia, and also a true crime podcast, the team behind Blood on the Tracks, a series within the ABC’s Unravel, have posted details of their investigation. It was also the focus of a two-part television program and was accompanied by additional digital content.

  • Amazon

    Marketplace have launched their first Amazon Echo smart-speaker skill. Make me smart from Marketplace “helps make users smart on the economy, pop culture, tech and current events with exclusive on-demand voice content”.

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  • Podcast advertising platform AdvertiseCast have announced an ad sales partnership with Taylor Strecker’s Taste of Taylor podcast. Meanwhile, Canadian podcast network TPX has signed a deal to represent Corus Entertainment’s podcasts in Canada and the US.


    Aug 3 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
  • British Podcast Awards

    From New York NY, USA, Daddy-Less Issues is a 'hilariously dark’ podcast which tackles the difficult issue of discussing parental loss in a 'brilliantly comedic way’, and publishes a new episode on Tuesday. (Griefcast, a podcast covering a similar subject, won the British Podcast Awards earlier this year).

  • Notes from a podcasting conference in Utah.

  • Podcasting now has scale and growth according to Cathy O’Connor, CEO of Australian podcast and radio company NOVA Entertainment. She was speaking at a radio industry conference in Singapore.


    Aug 3 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
  • A case study for a branded podcast from RateIt, an Australian customer service website. “We see this as a long-term play in building both the relationship with the broader community but also how we think about our brand and what it is that we want to be about.”

  • Digital audio editor Hindenburg Journalist has had a bugfix update. “Check for updates” is your friend.

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