Earwolf to Lemonada

• Podcrushed and Threedom have been signed by Lemonada Media. Both shows were with SiriusXM’s Earwolf; one of the co-hosts of Threedom, Scott Aukerman, launched Earwolf in 2010. Other Earwolf shows have left the network in the past year, to Sony, AdvertiseCast, and Lemonada.

• Canadaland announced its slate for 2024. The independent, supporter driven Canadian podcast company will add four new original shows, new seasons and ongoing shows.

• Auddia, the company that announced an ad-skipping podcast app last year, has announced a reverse stock split. The company’s share price has dropped 87.5% year-on-year: the “reverse split” will combine 25 shares into one, thus increasing the share price to above the $1 required to remain listed on NASDAQ. It’s currently $0.16, falling almost 20% on the news.

• Not long now to fill out the Podnews Report Card. It’s a way for us all to feed back to the big podcast platforms about how they’re doing. It shouldn’t take you more than a few minutes, and we’d really appreciate it. Results will be shared at Evolutions by Podcast Movement.

• The 2024 International Women’s Podcast Awards are open for entry.

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• The Podcast Broker has announced the sale of a number of successful podcasts.

• Apple Totally Screwed Small Podcasts (and it was the right thing to do), says Hank from Scishow Tangents. It’s partially - but not entirely - referencing the iOS 17 changes.

• The creators of Straight To The Comments, a women-led podcast dissecting online comments and discussing pop culture, which launched in March 2023, have written to the UK’s Daily Mail asking them to stop using the same name for their recently-launched Straight To The Comments! podcast. They’re also trademarking the name.

• Podcast host Podhome has launched achievements and rewards for podcasts hosted on the platform, including money off your next month’s bill.

• ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network Australia celebrated four years of growth.

Moves and hires

• James Butcher has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer for NZME. He was the Head of Digital Audio. NZME, which uses the iHeart brand in New Zealand, has been #1 in the NZ Podcast Ranker for 30 consecutive months.

The Tech Stuff - with RSS.com

• However you look at your podcast stats, this is probably cooler. Above, Spencer Walker-Fooks has built a little e-ink display to show his latest podcast downloads (and his investments, too). It uses the OP3 API.

• Podhome has written a guide to how to do live podcasting, which is supported by a growing set of podcast apps. The company has its own streaming server.

• Setting up a Motorola Android phone over the weekend, your Editor noticed that it came pre-installed with YouTube Music, but also, to his surprise, insisted on installing the soon-to-close Google Podcasts.

Tips and tricks - with Podpage

• How Do Podcasts Make Money? Try These 20 Strategies To Monetize Your Show (Castos)

• How will Apple’s podcast transcriptions work? We’ve got the details.

Podcast News - with New Podcast Trailers - the podcast

Half-Arsed History has joined Acast, boasting six million listens. WME brokered the deal; it comes after Spotify included the show in its 2023 RADAR program. The show takes listeners on a journey through the ages, blending humour, insight and unforgettable tales from the past.

On Theme is is about Black storytelling all year long, but this month, the podcast upends notions about Black figures and narratives we thought we knew well. The show talks to Rosa Parks’s niece about her aunt’s life beyond activism and discusses Martin Luther King Jr.’s contentious advice column in Ebony magazine.

A Muslim & A Jew Go There is new in the UK, hosted by politician Sayeeda Warsi and comedian David Baddiel. They will “take on whatever controversy hits the headlines each week”. It’s new from Instinct Productions.

Dead River launches today - a powerful story of Brazil’s worst environmental tragedy that claimed 19 lives, hundreds of livelihoods, and destroyed the lifeblood of local and indigenous communities. It also focuses on the ongoing fight for justice in the UK’s largest class action lawsuit ever. It’s produced by Pulama Kaufman.