Podbean gets recommendations from Stabl

The Brisbane Podcasters group, above, held its first meeting today in the Pineapple Hotel (because Queensland). The meetup was organised by Lyndal Harris, Joe Lewis and Odell Harris. Brisbane (QLD, Australia) is the home to NOVA Entertainment’s podcasting unit, ABC News Online, as well as many independent podcasters. Podnews is also based in Brisbane, so I went too.

From Friday, the podcast hosting service and app Podbean will have editorial recommendations from podcast recommendation website Stabl. “Stabl aggregates podcast recommendations from a variety of choice sources into one clear and concise feed, and this move sees Podbean take the selection weekly.” Podcasters will have the opportunity to feature in the weekly list on the app in the near future.

Event: Audiocraft Festival in Sydney NSW, Australia: June 2, 2018. You have until 3 Dec to submit your proposal for speaking.

A new UK podcast mini-series focuses on stories and experiences from caregivers. In Search of the Invisible Army, funded by Havas Lynx, a “leading global healthcare communications group”, aims to highlight the work done every day by those that care for others.

Snap Judgement, an Oakland CA, USA-based storytelling podcast from WNYC, has been touring for close to a year. It comes to the Paramount Theater for its final show of the tour on Dec 1.

The Poughkeepsie Journal (NY, USA) focuses on podcasts made in the Hudson Valley.

The Nashville Podcast Network is launched by iHeart Media. Seven podcasts including one by Bobby Bones aims “to give listeners an inside look at the lifestyle and pop culture in Nashville, Tennessee”.

Forward, a website that “delivers incisive coverage of the issues, ideas and institutions that matter to American Jews” asks “Why Are So Many Jewish Podcasts So Bad — And What Can We Do About It?”. “Jewish podcasting — and really the religious podcasting space as a whole — is afflicted with mediocrity not because of a lack of talent, but because of an influx of the wrong kind of talent,” the article partially argues, saying that lectures and sermons aren’t designed to be podcasts.

Oprah Winfrey’s podcast (which is really a compilation of other bits of audio) sold all its 2017 advertising slots in 24 hours, shouts AdWeek - after signing up with Midroll Media in late October.

HotPod 142 is out. Nick Quah looks at host changes, Oprah, “shareathons”, and fiction vs reality.