The FCC is podcasting now; and a podcast festival for Vancouver
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The FCC, the US communications regulator, has launched its own podcast: More Than Seven Dirty Words. Self-hosted, it does not appear to be on any podcast apps yet (that comes soon, says the government agency).
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Magellan posts the top 20 brands advertising on US podcasts. There’s a new entry at #9 - Madison Reed, a hair product manufacturer.
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HBO has confirmed it’s to bring My Dad Wrote A Porno to the network “for a comedy special” in 2019.
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Audio indexing company Audioburst has announced a collaboration with Radioline, a global radio tuner app.
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The Vancouver Podcast Festival will be held November 8-10, and “features three days of panels, hands-on workshops, and live podcast presentations and tapings”.
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IBC, the large broadcasting show held annually in Amsterdam, will have a session devoted to The Power of the Podcast, with guests including Lisa Tobin from the New York Times, and Eduardo Martinez from Stream Guys.
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Cadence13 and The Action Network have partnered to create a premium sports gambling podcast network.
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What is a podcast producer? - a useful overview of the different parts of a good producer’s roles, from Resonate Recordings.
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The BBC has reached agreement with Spotify to carry their podcasts. The UK public service broadcaster does (I estimated) 50m podcasts a month, probably making them a top five podcaster in the world.
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As of press time, Kim Kardashian had over 3,300 replies telling her some good podcasts to listen to, after the “television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman, model” posted a tweet asking for some. We sure hope she has the iPhone with 256GB.
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Listicle: The 7 best ASMR podcasts
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