Crime Junkie episodes disappear after plagiarism claim

• Crime Junkie has pulled five episodes, apparently after the show was accused of plagarism. Sources have, belatedly, been added to the show-notes of other episodes. Quoted in Variety, creator and host Ashley Flowers says, in part: “We are committed to working within the burgeoning podcast industry to develop and evolve its standards on these kinds of issues.” The latest episode makes no mention of the issue.

  • Meanwhile, a post in the Crime Junkie Reddit group makes accusations of suspicious reviews that appear duplicated, perhaps bought.
  
  Aug 16 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• Podcast Movement is doubling in size next year. The team have announced that Podcast Movement 2020 will be in Dallas TX next August, while a new event, Podcast Movement Evolutions, will be in February in Los Angeles CA.

• The host of ABC Radio’s Start Here podcast, Brad Mielke, was asked questions by the Podcast Movement team. “Podcasting is a great format to explore the complicated,” he says, in a wide-ranging interview.

  
  This link is no longer available, as at Aug 16 2023

• Joe Rogan’s podcast makes $75,000 per episode, according to Michael Bisping, a UFC middleweight champion.

• PRX/PRI merged a year ago. The CEO, Kerri Hoffman, has posted a look back at the first year; and announced that there will be a new community podcast studio in Washington DC.

  
  Aug 16 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
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• Research: What are broadcasters and newspapers doing with new forms of audio? The Reuters Institute has published this fellowship paper (in which Podnews is cited), which looks at developments in the UK, Sweden, Germany and Australia. It’s written by Aura Lindeberg, Executive Producer of Audio, for Finnish broadcaster YLE.

• Spotify appears to have problems linking direct to episodes in their web player. While a link to a show works fine, a link to an episode appears to fleetingly appear, followed by an error message.

  
  Aug 16 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• Kellie Riordan from the Australian ABC Studios posted some things she learnt at Podcast Movement 2019.

• At Podcast Movement, Evo Terra spotted Podnews being recorded. On the road, we use a Shure MOTIV MV5 microphone, into Hindenburg Journalist Pro. (The Hindy link is one they advertise here occasionally, which gives a 90-day free trial). Our podcast is over here.

  
  Aug 16 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

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Matthew Sweezey writes how he created an award-winning podcast. We first covered Electronic Propaganda Society in May. (Soundcloud)

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Radio Undead is supposed to be an interview podcast interviewing the ghosts of serial killers and cult leaders, but they never quite get around to that. They recommend The Holmes Hotel as a good place to get started. (Soundcloud)