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Podcasts are getting shorter

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    Acast have opened new offices in Dublin, at least one room of which appears to have a tree inside it. Micheál Scully has been hired as Key Account Director: he joins from Google and DoneDeal. He’ll work with Jennifer Dollard, who is Podcast Manager for Ireland.

  • SoundCloud

    SoundCloud, which some people use as a podcast host, has decided not to change their free upload limits, after their users objected.


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  • TuneIn and Sony/Warner are both appealing a UK High Court decision made last month that has, effectively, stopped TuneIn from listing non-UK radio stations in the country. “We hope to overturn this latter point on appeal as we believe that it is fundamentally bad for freedom of expression on the Internet and cultural diversity,” a TuneIn spokesperson tells Podnews, adding “the Court of Appeal will now have to grapple with this complex case, which looks at whether we should be allowed to provide our UK users with access to hyperlinks to music radio stations that are freely available on the Internet.”

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