Podcasting on Deezer shows up in another 51 countries

• Podcasts within Deezer are now available in 51 more countries. The music and streaming app has added podcasts to 32 additional European countries, and 19 Latin American territories, though hasn’t published a full list. The company has 16 million monthly active users across the world. We’re on Deezer; it doesn’t cache audio, and here’s how to add your show.

• Stitcher/Wondery joint venture Podfront UK will sell sponsorship in NPR podcasts for audiences in the UK and Ireland.

• She Podcasts has launched a new virtual membership community, the SuperSquad. A place to learn and network “without the distraction of social media” is promised.

• Kay Singh posts a long and well-researched article about Spotify’s part in the podcasting ecosystem with plenty of data.

• Is your favourite podcast tracking you? The Markup wades into the alarming world of podcast privacy.

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• Spotify has voluntarily recognised the Parcast Union. The organisation will collaborate with unions at Ringer and Gimlet. (Spotify Studios are not unionised).

“Since Spotify acquired Gimlet, we do not have any say in rejecting advertisers. That’s why we don’t voice them any more.”—ReplyAll host PJ Vogt, on Twitter

• Auphonic has added tweaks and statistics to their audio processing service, to ensure you can always hear what people are saying, while music and effects can still have a bigger loudness range.

• In Australia, the ABC has published a vacancy for a Podcast Lead for the News and Current Affairs division.

  
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• Peter Wells, a technology and podcast journalist for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, discovers what motivates his favourite podcasters.

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• How Rogers internally promoted its new podcast to its 25,000+ employees (Rogers-owned Pacific Content)

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From cabana: Join journalist Nathan Thornburgh for drinks with exceptional people from around the world. The Trip is a travel show that combines local perspectives, deep storytelling, and honest conversations that only happen when friends share a bottle.

Tenderfoot TV and Double Elvis, with Entercom’s Cadence13, are working on Dead and Gone, a show that looks at fans of the Grateful Dead - known as Dead Heads - who have unexpectedly ended up literally dead heads. Is their demise a surprise? (Jake Brennan and Double Elvis have previously been working with iHeartRadio).

Outside The Lines is a new podcast from QAGOMA, the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art. A podcast for kids all about art, the show is a Kinderling co-production.
• PodcastOne has launched a new podcast, and vodcast, from 'Grammy Award-winning global superstar’ Pitbull. The show, sponsored by Pepsi, is From Negative to Positive and launched yesterday.