Overcast launches clip-sharing to social media

• Popular podcast app Overcast has launched “clip-sharing”, a way for listeners to share up to 60 seconds of their favourite podcast with other people. The app produces a video or audio file to share; or a link to a website.

• Luminary have responded to our many stories about them on Friday, clearly stating they will continue to remove links from shownotes “due to important security concerns”. As we replied on Twitter, show notes are left intact in the majority of podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts. Meanwhile, more podcast publishers have requested their shows be removed from Luminary: Stitcher podcasts have been removed, and Stitcher are asking those podcasts represented by Midroll to consider doing the same, PRX, including Radiotopia, are off, and we have a statement from Lantigua Williams & Co saying similar. We have no plans to remove our podcast.

• Edison Research is announcing a new set of data for podcast networks and advertising agencies. The Podcast Consumer Quarterly Tracking Report is a subscription product which offers bespoke research for individual podcast networks.

• Podcast host Simplecast has launched “a new metric for the podcast industry” - unique listeners. The new metric will begin appearing in Simplecast customer dashboards tomorrow.

• Transistor, a podcast host, has significantly increased available downloads within its pricing plans. The company is also reworking its analytics algorithms as it works on IAB compliance (which may have a negative effect on apparent total numbers).

• John Gruber has written a long blog post saying that All podcasts are shows [but] not all shows are podcasts, highlighting Luminary and Spotify’s premium subscription models.

• Radiodays Europe’s Podcast Day has announced their first set of speakers, including founder of Google Podcasts Zack Reneau-Wedeen, and Andrew Davies from ABC Audio Studios Australia. The event is in London UK on 13 June. Podnews is a media partner - and we’ll be there too.

• “There is simply no excuse for the current state of Libsyn”, says a shareholder of Libsyn, Camac Partners, which is demanding all four existing directors of the company are removed to “bring needed discipline to Libsyn and an unwavering commitment to stockholder value”. They have suggested five new directors - four of whom only have a financial background; the other has just launched a new podcast onto Luminary.

• Audioboom are apparently seeking a further £5m (US$6.5m) of funding. They raised £1.5m ($2m) at the end of February.

• Why are host-read ads so popular with advertisers and listeners alike? Steven Goldstein looks at the history of the medium.

  
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• Overcast developer Marco Arment has been vocal about Luminary; Leon Zandman tweets him: “Somehow funny that in the same week you take part in the fuzz about @hearluminary’s proxying of podcasts, you introduce a feature that enables rehosting of podcast audio (albeit not on your servers) and enables the audio to be played without hitting the original source 😀”. He has a point. Meanwhile, we’re looking forward to this Luminary premium exclusive.

  • Here’s Ben Running, Head of Design at Luminary, speaking at Design Driven NYC, five days before launch. (Podnews made it to Luminary’s slide deck!)

Podcasts

The Detail launched today: it’s a new daily news podcast from Radio New Zealand. Their first episode focuses on the far-right.

The Hello Internet podcast sold a special podcast episode for US$63 recently on… wax cylinder. The episode sold out; here’s a video of them making it.
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The Koy Pond has been acquired by Starburns Audio. They’ve also announced a new podcast, The Patdown with Ms Pat.

We listened to, and liked, The Daily from Friday, talking about the measles outbreak in parts of New York.

Thank you

Thank you to podcast host Buzzsprout for your kind support, and for becoming our newest silver supporter. They, like us, will be at Podcast Movement this year.