Patreon: 'We messed up', cancels fee changes

• In a blog post, Patreon - the funding website used by many podcasters - admits they “messed up”; won’t roll out the changes in charges, and promise to work with creators to fix the issues. “Fundamentally, creators should own the business decisions with their fans, not Patreon. We overstepped our bounds and injected ourselves into that relationship.”

• Australian duo Hamish and Andy may have finished on the radio, but they have just signed a deal with PodcastOne to produce 40 podcasts over the next two years. PodcastOne is represented in Australia by their former broadcaster, Southern Cross Austereo.

• Alpha Voice, a podcast distribution platform, is looking for a Podcast Producer. The website has no details of where (city or country) the company is based, though.

• Jibo, a smart speaker with personality, announces a deal with iHeartRadio to get the radio company’s content on their device.

• A longform report from the Third Coast International Audio Festival in Chicago IL, USA: covering monetisation and content.

• Yesterday, we noted that Google recommends -16 LUFS for audio intended for Google Home. Amazon recommend -14 LUFS. YouTube will alter audio to meet -13 LUFS. The AES recommend -16 to -20 LUFS. Standards? We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!

• Seth Resler has rebuilt his podcast studio: here’s what he’s bought.

• Kinderling Kids Radio, the Australian broadcaster, launches a new podcast with children’s entertainers The Beanies. It’s called Imagination Station.

• HotPod’s Nick Quah writes three predictions, or perhaps wishes, for 2018 at Nieman Lab.

• Sennheiser announces a collaboration with MouthMedia Network, the NYC-based podcast producer. Two new studios are powered by Sennheiser solutions. Mouth Media also announce a sweepstakes to win $500 worth of gear: that sweepstake page also includes a 25% discount code on Sennheiser product.

  
  This link is no longer available, as at Jul 28 2023

Podnews is available on Google Home (“OK, Google, ask podnews for the latest”) and now as a daily two-minute podcast on Apple Podcasts. (Please consider listing us in your podcast app).