A new, exclusive, audio app from The New York Times

• The New York Times has launched a subscriber-only audio app, NYT Audio. It includes an exclusive show called The Headlines, new episodes of “This American Life” a day early, a daily playlist of news and ideas each weekday morning, and a range of narrated articles from The New York Times and other publishers. It’s available for iOS only.

• Chris Peterson has co-founded a new podcast venture, DWNLOAD Media. The company will invest in podcast producers, networks with highly engaged and growing audiences, and companies that will “define the future of podcasting”. Peterson was former EVP of Podcasting at iHeartMedia. The company is already in active discussions with companies in the US and abroad.

  iHeartMedia 🇺🇸 

• Audacy, which owns Cadence13, Pineapple Street Studios, Podcorn and Moonbeam, is to be delisted from the stock market for having an “abnormally low” share price. The company plans to appeal. $200 invested in Audacy this time last year would be worth just over $10 today.

  Audacy 🇺🇸 

• Good Tape, a new printed magazine, is on the way for audio professionals, creators and their fans. It’s founded by Dane Cardiel, who says: “There’s a real need for dedicated culture writing that intelligently covers our industry — especially one that understands the importance of design and centers our behind-the-mic creative community.” The code PODNEWS will get you a discount.

• The BBC is carrying ten episodes of The Diary of a CEO on the BBC iPlayer, the corporation’s TV platform. Host Stephen Bartlett claims he’s the first independent podcast on the iPlayer, adding “we’ve tried to innovate on distribution in order to reach completely new audiences”. He’s also a “dragon” on the BBC television show Dragon’s Den (a format known as Shark Tank in many countries).

• Buzzsprout has enlarged its podcast advertising tool to allow ads from products and businesses.

  Buzzsprout 🇺🇸 

• In France, Audion has launched Audion360, a tool which claims it’s the first to merge a podcast CMS, a text-to-speech solution for print publishers, and an integrated proprietary advertising platform. It has already signed a number of French podcast publishers, including Slate and Engle.

• Adthos has expanded its AI-powered audio ad product by adding video edit capabilities. The service lets you produce localised versions of ads, including translation or local addresses.

• Making their first big move into the Middle East and North African market, Acast has partnered with two major Arabic language networks, Sowt and Kerning Cultures Network.

  Acast 🇸🇪 

• Meanwhile, The Dubai Press Club is to work with podcast platform Podeo and in5 to offer workshops to content creators, and run a talent competition.

The Podcast Show, London

The Podcast Show is next week in London. (Use PODNEWS for discount tickets)

• Podnews’s Editor, James Cridland, looks back at the last twelve months and to the industry of the future. (The Amplify Theatre, May 24, 9.00am - be early!)

• Part of the opening night at The Podcast Show on May 23 will be a live show of the podcast Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women. Hosts Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Malaka Grant will be on stage with Oloni, the sexpert author; director Kelechi Okafor; and comedian, author and Insecure’s own Yvonne Orji. Tickets are here.

• Sowt CEO and Founder, Ramsey Tesedell will be speaking about the MENA market with Adam Uytman, Acast Creator Network Director on (The Gallery Stage, May 25, 2.30pm).

  Acast 🇸🇪 

• The Podnews Weekly Review will be live on stage at the end of the event. Come and join Sam Sethi, James Cridland and guests for the last word in podcasting news (The Amplify Theatre, May 25, 4.15pm)

Tips and tricks - with Podnews Live - where podcasting connects

• Ever wanted the RSS feed for that podcast? You can either just search for the show name in Podnews, or try this tool from PodcastAddict that understands Apple, Google, Soundcloud and other URLs.Apple 🇺🇸 

Podcast News

The Adam Carolla Show, and other shows in the Carolla Digital network, are now using video tools from Blackmagic Design. The podcasts shoot around fifteen hours of video each week.

Celebrating it’s 100th edition recently, Access to Inspiration has announced a partnership with the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) to record a series focused on climate solutions and encouraging people to be more actively climate conscious.

A star of West Wing and Scandal, Joshua Malina, is to join the Jewish podcast Unorthodox, it was announced. His first show is on May 25. The show itself has been airing weekly since 2015.

Having just posted episode 10209, the host of OMEGAMAN, Shannon Ray Davis, wonders whether this is a world record for most podcast episodes. We don’t know, so we thought we’d ask here. Is it? Have you done more than the 2.1 a day that he’s done since June 22, 2010? Hit reply and let us know…

Molly Wood has a new podcast - Everybody in the Pool, which launched yesterday. The podcast will feature interviews with the founders of climate tech startups, businesses and everyday people who are solving the climate crisis, business opportunities in climate solutions, and practical steps we can all take to make a difference.

The fourth season of Other Men Need Help launches today. “That’s What I Look Like?!” looks in the mirror (and in photographs), telling the story of an image – from the cover of a romance novel to a concert photo that reveals a surprise bald spot. Six men, six episodes, six photos.