Podcast Hall of Fame 2026 inductees announced

• The inductees of the 2026 Podcast Hall of Fame have been announced, recognising what the organisers call “visionary creators, innovators, and advocates whose work has shaped the modern podcasting landscape”. The Hall of Fame Ceremony is at PodFest, Jan 16 2026; the evening will be hosted by John Lee Dumas, founder and host of Entrepreneurs on Fire.

  • This year’s inductees are: \ Mark Asquith, Founder of Captivate \ Arielle Nisenblatt, founder, EarBuds Podcast Collective \ Dan Carlin, Creator, Hardcore History \ James Cridland, Editor, Podnews \ Pat Flynn, Founder, Smart Passive Income\ Julie Samuels, President/CEO Tech:NYC, Senior Staff Podcast Troll Attorney, EFF \ Veronica Belmont, CNET’s Buzz Out Loud, Sword & Laser, Mahalo Daily, co-host of Tekzilla \ Sarah van Mosel, former VP, Sponsorship at New York Public Radio, Acast, Stitcher, iHeart, SiriusXM \ Paul Colligan, President, Podcast Partnership \ Kerri Hoffman, CEO, PRX \ Dan Miller, host, 48 Days to the Work You Love, in memoriam - to be presented by Dave Ramsey
  • Speaking of which: Podfest’s pricing goes up on Friday. As a Podnews newsletter subscriber, you can save a further 10% over here.

• Libsyn has published its new pricing on its website. Its “bare essentials” plan has been removed.

• YouTube’s Neal Mohan has been named TIME’s 2025 CEO of the Year.

• Last month, Steven Bartlett announced that he’s been running “consistent on-screen fact-checking” for Diary of a CEO since June. A “medical PhD graduate” is “adding real-time notes to episode transcripts” in a way that is said to improve editorial accuracy. The announcement wasn’t serviced to the press. It may be a response to a story from the BBC World Service last year about claims of harmful health information on his show.

  • So, what does it look like? A recent show making claims about magnesium and heart disease, has items marked “DOAC Community Notes” that occasionally appear on-screen with additional, or clarifying, information. Additionally, the show has a link on YouTube marked “Independent Research”, among fifteen other links at the bottom. This document contains quotes from the episode with research which appears to source evidence for claims made, including 282 links. At least seven of the references link to papers where the guest was a joint author.
  • In the audio version of the same episode, the on-screen fact-checking isn’t visible and the clarifying information isn’t given; and the link to the fact-checking document is not present in the show notes at all.

• RedCircle has partnered with Audion to expand podcast advertising and revenue opportunities in Europe and the US.

• New research from Sounds Profitable, The Creators 2025, was released to all yesterday. We’ll cover that in full tomorrow, since it deserves it.

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