Exclusive: Hindenburg PRO v2 adds transcriptions

• Exclusive: Popular audio editor Hindenburg will announce later today Hindenburg PRO v2, a new version of the editor with new features including transcription. The tool works offline and allows editors to use either the ordinary waveform or a document view to edit the audio; and transcribes English, French, Spanish, German and Danish. Access to the beta version, for existing users, will be available at this link.

  • Podnews has an exclusive review of the new version.

• Podimo is to enter the UK podcast market with more than twenty new shows. The company, which is the fastest-growing podcast subscription service in Europe, made the announcement this morning, and is working with a number of podcast studios.

• Lemonada Media is to launch a new podcast with Julia Louis-Dreyfus - aiming to learn life lessons from women over 70. “In our culture, older women are rarely seen or heard. What a shame. We are missing out on the wisdom and experiences of a huge portion of the population,” Louis-Dreyfus says.

• Podtrics, a podcast hosting company, is to close. Owner Marc Beinder gives no reason for the closure, which will happen on Feb 28. It was launched in February last year, though by October it was only making $200 in monthly recurring revenue. The Podcast Index lists just two shows hosted by the company, and our sample has just one.

• The brand new issue of Pod Bible magazine is out now, featuring interviews with cover stars Jane Garvey & Fi Glover from Off Air, and Jordan Gray from Transplaining. Johnny Vaughan picks his top 5 shows, and it also contains reviews and recommendations of podcasts you should be listening to.

• Further reading: Semafor is the latest with a take on How Spotify’s podcast bet went wrong. (If coming from nowhere and being #1 in most countries in less than four years is “going wrong”, then what does that mean for Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Samsung Free?) … Bianca Bush from Acast writes about why the brand-safe nature of podcasting is perfect for trustworthy, unfiltered conversations

Happy World Radio Day!

The Tech Stuff - with RSS.com

• RSS·com now supports the podcast:txt feature. It can help verify feeds in supporting podcast apps.

• Descript has made a number of changes to its redesign, including a “scene rail”, and improvements to the canvas.

• In Podcasting 2.0 this week, Adam Curry tried Buzzsprout’s new support feature; and Adam and Dave Jones talk about how to keep the Podcast Index API running for free for years to come.

Podcast News

In the latest episode, the BBC’s business podcast The Bottom Line asks: who is making money from podcasts, and how? Guests are Jack Davenport from Goalhanger Podcasts, Sam Shetabi from Acast, and media analyst Rebecca McGrath from Mintel.

The EntreLeadership Podcast has had a revamp after ten years, and is now to be hosted by Dave Ramsey. The show will take calls from America’s small-business owners to help guide them through the unique challenges they face as leaders in business.

It’s 10 years since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Still Newtown, from WSHU Public Radio, looks at the life of the Newtown community, offering hope and illustrating resiliency in the face of great tragedy. The series has already had over 129,000 downloads since being launched two months ago.

Marc Summers Unwraps is brand new today from the US television host. The podcast will feature candid, honest and often humorous conversations with Summers and his friends and fellow entertainment heavy hitters. The show is produced by Believe Limited

The EFF’s podcast, How to Fix the Internet, has returned for a new season. In the first episode: we can have it all – from better phones to cooler drones, from handy medical devices to fun Star Wars fan gadgets – if we’re willing to share ideas and trade short-term profit for long-term advancement.

The hit podcast from Asian-American comedian and media star, Ivy Le, is back for a second season today. In FOGO: Fear of Going Outside, she plans to go outdoors to try hunting for food. Most nature shows like this are hosted by reckless white men, not a self-confessed “avid indoorswoman”.

Democracy! The Podcast has returned for a second season, with an in-depth miniseries on the war in Ukraine. Guests include the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, and the head of President Zelenskyy’s Anti-Corruption Task Force Oleksandr Novikov. It’s produced by Simpler Media.