Infinite Dial 2022 is released

• At Podcast Movement Evolutions, Edison Research unveiled the Infinite Dial 2022. For the first time, the number of US monthly podcast listeners dropped, slightly, to 38% (down from 41% a year ago). The slight drop was mainly 12-34 year-olds “going back to school, and going back to work” after the pandemic, said Edison Research SVP Tom Webster. Data was compiled in January. (The weekly listening figure is now 26%).

• Announced at Podcast Movement today, Broccoli productions is to launch BUILD - a new education platform for the audio industry.

• Triton Digital has announced a new automated ad placement system for podcast hosting company Omny Studio. Ad Marker Rules can specify a minimum number of ad markers, and remind users if they’ve not added enough.

• Want to ask a question to a journalist (and podcaster) on Ukraine’s front line? Podbean is running a livestream today at 12pm Eastern (about five hours from when you get this email), with Yuriy Matsarsky from Fighting for Ukraine.

• The Podcast Host published their 2022 Podcaster Cares survey results. 35% agree with the statement that exclusive shows will 'ruin’ podcasting. The survey shows a “stark divide in usage of podcasting technology”.

• The NZ Herald has launched a daily podcast. Called The Front Page, the daily show is hosted by Damien Venuto.

Moves and hires

• Natalia Rodriguez Ford has joined Vespucci as Narrative Producer. She was at Radio Wolfgang and produced for the BBC.

  
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• Dominic Gozo is now Sound Designer/Composer at Vespucci; he joins from Monocle 24 and Roundhouse.

  
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Tips and tricks

• In Five Unconventional Tips for Growing a Podcast, we’re taught to understand learning arcs, grow other content forms, and experiment.

Podcast News

How to Talk to [High Achievers] about Anything is new from LWC Studios, an expansion of their 'How to Talk to’ franchise focusing on professional challenges that Black/Brown high achievers face. It’s hosted by Stevon Lewis.

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