Happy #internationalpodcastday

• Happy International Podcast Day. Watch the day’s presentations free here.

  • Podiant are a sponsor of International Podcast Day, but instead of presenting their podcast hosting company during their hour’s presentation, they’re promoting UK podcasters and creators instead.

• Spotify says the number of shows on its platform has increased by 240% so far in 2020. Since the last International Podcast Day, the number of podcasts created on Anchor, the company’s free podcast host, has increased by more than 380%. Today, the company has launched:

  • their Spotify for Podcasters platform in a localised version for Brazil and Mexico
  • International Podcast Day Instagram filters
  • The top 5% podcast listeners in English-speaking countries will receive special notifications today saying so (if you get one, let us know!)
  • There’ll be a post here from 10am NY time with more.

• “Being pro ad-tech doesn’t mean (you’re) anti privacy” - Bryan Barletta, the editor of our ad-tech newsletter Sounds Profitable, speaks with Steven Goldstein.

  
  Aug 28 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• Libsyn’s YouTube publishing isn’t working at the moment - the company is blaming YouTube. Their Annual Meeting for stockholders will be on November 17; the company has also announced fewer stockholders will be required to make decisions at these meetings. And is this the new Libsyn5 player?

• Nick Quah reports that ART19 has laid-off nine staff members in recent weeks.

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• Yesterday we mentioned Kuku FM, a new Indian streaming audio platform. Thank you to Peter Willington who spent more time on the site than we did: here’s where to add your podcast (click the “Existing Podcaster?” link on the top right). It takes 48 hours, we’re told. We’ve added it to our big list of places to submit your podcast.

  
  This link is no longer available, as at Aug 28 2023

• JioSaavn, another streaming audio platform for South Asia, claims a 200% increase in shows in their podcast catalogue since January 2019, and over 60% of their 18-35 year-old users are listening to podcasts every week.

• Podfriend, a podcast app that uses Adam Curry’s Podcast Index, has launched a web version, which also works as a PWA on mobile.

• Has the NYT been had? Shehroze Chaudhry, the subject of New York Times podcast Caliphate has been arrested on suspicion of hoax-terrorist activity, noting that a police investigation has found no evidence of the links between him and Islamic State that he claimed in the podcast.

• Will a true-crime podcast cause a criminal trial to never take place? The subject of a popular Australian true-crime podcast, Chris Dawson, has won a delay to his court case, with the judge calling the podcast the “most egregious” example of media interference with a criminal trial process. (The podcast isn’t being named in Australian media; many episodes of it have been removed.)

• What does podcasting look like in Singapore? Danny Chrisnanto Koordi tells us.

Tips and tricks - with Podcastfestival 2020's listen back

• How to become the ultimate podcast interviewer (Jordan Harbinger)
• How I make… Grumpy Old Geeks - Jason DeFillippo goes into sound conditioning, microphones, and plenty more.

Podcast News - with cabana

From cabana: In Aaru, a land torn apart by a fear of magic, and ruled by brutal mercenaries, two young friends leave the only home they’ve ever known to find the one who could save them all. Carcerem is an original audio fantasy series from Shane Salk Productions. Listen to season 1 now.

No Time To Die: The Official James Bond Podcast is a new podcast that launched today - each of the six episodes focusses on a different aspect of the franchise, from music, gadgets, locations, stunts, costumes and cars.

If you’d like to listen to two old men shouting at each other like drunks in a bar for 90 minutes, while a slightly younger man tries to ask them questions, Spotify and CSPAN have got you covered.

Good Kids returns for season two from Lemonada Media. A diverse lineup of hosts offer a mix of perspectives on child-rearing, especially with (gestures outside) all this going on.

Bethenny Frankel’s podcast officially launched today. Just B has already reached #4 in Apple Podcasts; Frankel is an “entrepreneur and mogul”.

iHeartMedia is into kids podcasts now, starting with The Ten News, a news podcast for kids.

Appearances is new from Radiotopia and Mermaid Palace - “a one woman audio show that straddles the line between fiction and truth”.

The Sarah Silverman Podcast launches next week from Kast Media. “Featuring Silverman’s signature comedic timing, she tackles topics ranging from her personal life to societal issues, politics, and current events,” we’re told. “I decided to start a podcast because I believe it’s important to get in on these things late.” Silverman said in a statement.