Podhero launches: a new support platform for podcasters

• If 50% of podcast listeners paid for ad-free shows, creators would make nearly 6x more than they are with ads: that’s according to Pete Curley and Garret Heaton (above), the founders of Podhero which officially launches today. Instead of advertising, which the company claims is unpredictable and only good for larger podcasts, if listeners put $5.99 into Podhero every month, it gets divided and shared with the shows they support (including us).

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• Blubrry has made its Professional Podcast Hosting product available via AWS Marketplace. This allows companies with a billing relationship with Amazon Web Services to easily add Blubrry podcast hosting. CEO Todd Cochrane tells Podnews that the company has plans for further integration to help developers.

• Spotify, the only major podcast host that doesn’t support HTML or formatting in show notes, have written an article about how important show notes are.

• Music licensing service SyncFloor has launched a website called SongsForPodcasters, promising easy licensing of independent music for podcast productions. Pricing starts at $25.

• Jam Street Media, an LA-based production and consulting firm, has launched a podcast network. It was founded by Matty Staudt, former vice president of podcast programming at iHeartRadio and director of content at Stitcher.

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• FOX News has added their podcasts to SiriusXM’s Pandora, they have announced. SiriusXM is also broadcasting the FOX News Rundown on one of its satellite radio channels.

• All Ears, a clippings service for spoken content, has raised US $760,000 in funding. The company claims it’s operating close to break-even, and allows companies to monitor what’s being said about them on TV, radio, podcasts and YouTube. One of their new customers is Walmart, a large US retailer.

• Baron Davis, a former NBA star, has invested in sports podcast network Blue Wire. He’ll also launch a new podcast on the platform, and become a brand ambassador for the company.

  
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• Does a 12 year-old Buick make a decent mobile podcast studio?

• International TV channel TRT World covered how podcasts are doing during the pandemic by interviewing our editor. Best question: “Tell us about Podnews”. Don’t mind if I do…

• US television advertising fell 27% in April.

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