Podchaser launches an API

• Podcast information website Podchaser has launched a new API, allowing podcast apps to use ratings/reviews, credits and additional features. There’s a free and premium tier, and an OAuth login to enable ratings and reviews direct from any app or website.

  
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• Podcasting is a hands-off hobby for Apple; a big bet for Spotify: so says Gene Munster, an analyst at Loup Ventures.

• Podcast Day 24 has announced a set of new speakers. Sounds Profitable’s Bryan Barletta, Conal Byrne from iHeart, Lindsay Graham and Francis Harlow, and the hosts of Spotify’s A1: The Show; and many more. The event is on June 7 for 24 hours; kicking off with an in-person event in Sydney.

• Megaphone appears to have been added to Eero’s Block Ads service. If you use this service, or similar, you may discover that no shows hosted on Megaphone currently play. Overcast users will get a helpful error message.

  
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  • You can see who hosts a show, and privacy information, by searching for them on Podnews. Here’s Pod Save America for example.

• The first research in the Netherlands about branded podcasting suggests that a branded show for a lottery had the effect of enhancing their brand - and almost doubling the people who wanted to take part.

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• Podcast Movement has published details about the hotel for Podcast Movement 21, which looks quite a thing, and how virtual tickets will work.

  • For those asking - no, Podnews won’t be at Podcast Movement 21, due to international travel restrictions. We’d love to be there - next year?

• The Editor of Podnews, James Cridland, will be speaking at How to Start a Podcast LIVE. Use the code PODNEWS for a free ticket to the whole event.

• People: Cécile Rondeau Arnaud has joined Acast as Associate Partner Manager, France. She joins from Moustic Studio.

  
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