Goalhanger becomes Britain’s fastest-growing company

• Podcast producer Goalhanger has become the fastest-growing company in the UK, according to The Sunday Times 100 ranking. Employing eighty people, the company made £37.9 million (US $50.8 million) in sales in 2025, a 321% average annual growth in the last three years. The company makes the popular “The Rest Is…” series.

  • Confirmation that The Rest Is Football will be available globally on Netflix for the World Cup. Most podcasts on Netflix are just US-only.

• The Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting (AMP) has announced its “cross-platform alternative to the podcast download”. The group has defined a “play” for podcasts, as part of four exposure definitions. We’re promised more information in mid July. The definition differs from the widely-supported IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines, and from definitions from Apple Podcasts and YouTube, who are not part of the group.

• PAVE Studios is to work with A+E to turn six of its unscripted TV shows into podcasts. Shows include history shows History’s Greatest Mysteries, and Modern Marvels; and crime show The First 48. They will roll out later this year.

• Podscribe released its May 2026 Industry Rankings. iHeartMedia increased its audio reach by 31% month-on-month. Shopify remained the #1 podcast advertiser.

• The UK Wine Show is celebrating twenty years of podcasting this month. The independent show has published more than 850 episodes.

• A podcaster, Adam Solove, didn’t like any of the existing audio editors, so he has built his own. While it’s not available for us to use, some of the ideas may be useful to think about.

• The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has ruled that Google must allow publishers to opt out of their content being used to power AI features in Google Search. However, the company has nine months to implement the changes.

• Comedy podcast This Is Important has renewed its deal with iHeartPodcasts … NPR has announced that Embedded will contain We Keep Us Safe, a new series investigating the unsolved homicide of Antonio Mays Jr … Puskhin Industries, Audible, Higher Ground and The History Channel launched a new podcast with President Barack Obama and Malcolm Gladwell, focusing on the history, complexities and enduring legacy of America’s Reconstruction Era.

• Congratulations to John Wordock for winning two Communicator Awards.

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