International Podcast Association shares interim survey results

• The International Podcast Association has released interim results from its podcaster’s survey, above. The organisation’s mission is to support and accelerate the success of every individual and organisation around the world that are participating in the podcast industry. The survey will help shape the organisation’s initial goals, and shows what podcasters want, and what they need assistance with. Disclosures

• The number of podcasts in the Apple Podcasts directory has broken 750,000 today, report My Podcast Reviews. They note that Apple added 2,200 new podcasts in just one day this week. Related: there are 2.2m new books published every year, and the NYT report that, in the US alone, 487 original TV shows aired in 2017.

• If you use Audacity and are thinking about updating your Mac to Catalina, don’t. There are serious problems with recording, say the makers, and they’re asking you to hold off. Also not working: Audio Hijack, a tool many audio podcasters use.

• The winners of the 2019 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Competition have been announced. You can listen to all the winning entries on their website.

• An event you may have missed: the Middle East Podcast Forum was in Dubai last week. Ramsey G. Tesdell was there, though, and posts his thoughts on the state of podcasts in the Middle East and North Africa.

• Edison Research is about to unveil more data: this time, a look at podcasting’s Super Listeners. “With both direct response and brand advertising increasing over the past few years, how do podcast consumers feel about the role of ads and commercial messages in the content they love?” You can join a free webinar on October 22.

• iHeartMedia are making a series of fiction podcasts with producer Blumhouse as a stepping stone for turning them into television shows and movies.

• Vice Media is adding three exclusive podcasts to Spotify, including a deep-dive into the part Iowa will play in the next Presidential election.

• ESPN’s new morning podcast, which we reported on July 17, has a name, ESPN Daily, and a host: Mina Kimes. It launches later this month.

• Dan Misener, a man who’s done a few live podcasts in his time, shares his biggest tip.

Podcasts

In the latest episode of Beyond Podcasting, Blubrry’s CTO, Angelo Mandato, talks with Allan Tépper about the power of WebSub - a way to get your new podcasts onto podcast apps faster. (We’ve written about it before).

Extreming is your basic “girl meets boy, girl meets robot, girl can’t decide” story set against the fakiest, fraudiest election in U.S. history—the one ahead. A “barely fiction musical theatre” podcast from Santa Barbara CA, USA, it launched on October 1st. (Libsyn)

Small Town Dicks - a podcast about the big-time crime that’s happening in Small Town, USA - has a special guest today: Paul Holes is a detective who solved the Golden State Killer case and others. The host is Yeardley Smith (who has a voice that might be a little familiar) (Audioboom)