A new coalition, advocating for open podcasting

• First look: A new grassroots industry coalition, the Podcast Standards Project, has been launched to advocate for open podcasting. The group includes podcast hosting companies like Buzzsprout, Red Circle, Captivate and Acast; and podcast players like Pocket Casts and Podverse. The group’s initial blog post highlights why open podcasting is better for listeners and creators alike.

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• First look: Gumball has expanded its host-read podcast advertising marketplace to YouTube. It allows marketers to work with YouTubers of all sizes, and has been already used by over fifty YouTube channels by some of the biggest ad brands.

• Libsyn’s Glow has unveiled integration with Spotify Open Access. It joins a number of publishers and services making their premium subscription content available on the platform.

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• Audacy’s auction of its radio·com domain name was originally planned to end today. The auction page has been reset for another 90 days, suggesting that a buyer didn’t come forward.

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• A new version of iOS is rolling out to iPhone and iPad, with additional features.

• A subject of Spotify and Gimlet’s Conviction, Melvin Quinney, has been exonerated, three years after the podcast’s second season premiered.

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• Dr Pawd is a new podcast search website concept that searches for topics mentioned within the audio.

Moves and hires

• Hassan Chaudhry has been confirmed as Head of Partnerships & Strategy for Blanchard House. He joins from HBO.

• Blanchard House has also hired Amica Sciortino Nowlan as Managing Producer; she was previously at The Economist.

Tips and tricks - with Phantom Producer

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Podcast News - with Left Over

What’s Good with Miniminter and Randolph has closed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery’s The Roost Podcast Network, re-signing with the podcast monetization and growth support agency.

Please Tell Me A Story returns for a second season - Omid Djalili and friends tell stories to each other to see how much they change on each telling. The show is a Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment Production

The hit podcast dedicated to exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century, You Must Remember This returns for a new season, looking at sex in TV and movies in the 1990s. It’s presented with Cadence13 Studios.