NZ Podcast Summit returns

• The New Zealand Podcasting Summit 2024 has been announced: it’s on May 11 in Auckland. The speaker list includes a number of podcasters from across Aotearoa, including MediaWorks, NZME, RNZ and Stuff Audio - and a number of independent producers. Podnews’s Editor spoke there last year and would recommend it; tickets are here.

• Good luck to those going to Podfest, which kicks off today. It’s a great event - enjoy!

• Want to check out a new podcast app? Fountain has today launched on Product Hunt. Go take a peek.

• New book Podcasting in a Platform Age, written by John L Sullivan, is published today. What happens when money pours into a medium which has historically been more grass-roots? The book details the efforts of industry players to transform podcasting into a profitable medium, which are beginning to challenge the very definition of podcasting itself.

• Acast podcast ads in Ireland have delivered €7 million to podcasters since the end of 2019, says the company.

• Mia Lobel, formerly at Pushkin Industries, is now running a podcast consultancy, she writes.

• Willie D “won’t ever sell his podcast despite multi-million dollar offers almost weekly”, says Hip Hop DX. He’s the host of Willie D Live: the show is predominantly on YouTube, where most of his shows get fewer than ten thousand views.

• In Stockholm, it’s all going on! Man kastade bajs på Spotifys kontor, reports Expressen, a news website. We’ll leave that to you to translate, but perhaps he couldn’t find the unsubscribe button.

Tips and tricks - with Patreon + Spotify

• Podcast Awards 2024: How to Get Your Podcast Nominated (We Edit Podcasts)
• For people switching from Google Podcasts or Stitcher, what podcast app would we recommend?

Podcast News - with Airwave

From Airwave: Anyone who tells you women don’t need financial advice specifically for them is wrong. HerMoney with Jean Chatzky takes every audience of women through the steps they need to take today to live comfortably (and worry-free) tomorrow, offering the latest research, expert tips and personal advice.

Song Exploder is celebrating its tenth anniversary. PRX says that the show will have a number of live appearances, including at Evolutions by Podcast Movement in March and with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in April. We can also expect a new version of the first ever show.

For The Love Of Rugby is new from Crowd Sports, fronted by England’s most-capped mens player, Ben Youngs, and current England international Dan Cole. Ben and Dan love rugby. They have spent 20 years together at Leicester Tigers, won a Grand Slam with England and toured with the British & Irish Lions, and in their new show they want you to love rugby too.

The Olympics this year will mean a lot of new shows, like Tom Dean Medal Machine, new from Global today and following the career of Tom Dean, who is attempting a record-breaking five-medal haul. The podcast’s mission is to follow Tom’s attempts to create “the Medal Machine”, and talks to all manner of people who will try to help him.

Mind The Business: Small Business Success Stories is back for a new season - it’s from Intuit QuickBooks and iHeartMedia. Season two will focus on the trials and tribulations of owning a small business by speaking with those who know best - the everyday solopreneurs who live it - in eight thematic episodes that spotlight the nuances on how to navigate small business ownership.