Email promotion for a new podcast; and podcasting is exciting

• An interesting promotional concept: Kaitlin Prest (The Heart/Radiotopia) is working on a new CBC podcast for release in September. She’s giving the audience a separate and stand-alone glimpse into the world of the story, via email, starting today. Podnews understands that her podcast is a love story, and these early dispatches will deepen and complicate your understanding of the protagonist.

• What excites you most about the current state of podcasting? David McGuire from Stabl asked people in the industry.

• LeVar Burton Reads, the “hit Stitcher podcast”, returns for a new season on July 24. For ads, it’s represented by Midroll.

• Chris Ashmore suggests that podcasts can be repurposed into other pieces of content to help your marketing - and to treat them as a baked pie.

• GQ magazine focuses on the rise of long-form music podcasts. The article doesn’t discuss the music licensing challenges.

• The Minnesota Public Radio News podcast 74 Seconds has won a Livingston Award for Young Journalists from the University of Michigan. Announced yesterday, this honor recognizes the best investigative reporting and narrative storytelling by professional journalists under the age of 35.

• Spotify is offering advances to managers and indie acts in exchange for licensing their music directly to the streaming service, according to Billboard.

• Listicle: 10 characteristics of a great podcast host

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