Podpage acquires The School of Podcasting

• Podcast website company Podpage has acquired Dave Jackson’s School of Podcasting. Podpage will offer a free tier of education courses, as well as access to 1:1 coaching with Dave and the team. The curriculum will be redesigned, and the School of Podcasting will be expanding to include expert guest instructors. The all-cash deal with ongoing revenue share will allow the Hall of Famer to focus on building the School of Podcasting further. There’s a Town Hall tomorrow for questions.

• In Australia, a new growth platform for independent podcasters, podtential, has launched. The company is built around a proprietary diagnostic tool which is used to deliver personalised coaching to help creators reach their goals.

• YouTube published a blog post recently, which we linked to - only for them to quietly remove the post. Here it was; of note, it contains an interesting stat that we don’t recall seeing before: globally, YouTube users are now viewing over 100 million hours of podcasts every day.

• More on yesterday’s news about Apple Podcasts HLS video support: Podnews can confirm today that Buzzsprout will be supporting it.

  • When will video on Apple Podcasts be available? It needs your phone to run iOS 26.4; just like the new Apple AirPods Max 2 headphones, launched yesterday. Those are available for purchase from March 26, but will arrive “early next month” - to coincide, you’d think, with the new 26.4 release.

• You’re a TV advertiser, and you want to increase the number of people who know about your brand by 41% -and you want to do that for free? Easy - just move some of that money to podcasts. In a case study shared by Edison Podcast Metrics and Nielsen Media Impact, moving just 5% of that TV money into podcasting reaches an additional 26 million people, at no additional cost.

• Ever worked on a podcast to discover that the story is totally different from what you think it was? Nick Abson almost created a technology that gave people free, clean, energy. But in a new podcast released today that has taken more than a decade to make, we discover that Going Clean is Dirty Business.

• The winners of the Indie PaC Awards at SXSW were released. Tim Ferris, Steven Bartlett and Hala Taha were among the winners of the new awards for independent podcasters and creators.

• Creator-focused podcast studio Daylight Media has announced a strategic partnership with Barometer, a brand suitability and contextual targeting service. The integration will allow Daylight’s sales team to offer more precise targeting and reporting.

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Tips and tricks - with Riverside

• If you use Zoom to do recording, you can make it rather better-looking, and better-looking, with a few little tips from Riverside here. Obviously, Riverside does a better job, but it’s handy to know how to make Zoom look its best, particularly if you’re a guest on someone else’s show.
• Is it time to rebrand your podcast? And - how should you do that? From the Podcast Professionals Association, Jason Cercone shares his experience: and the advice he’d give when it comes to changing a podcast’s name.
• Discussions about AI’s influence in the podcast industry tend to skew negative, but, says Buzzsprout’s podcast Buzzcast, AI tools can be used to review basic podcast data — including episode titles, download numbers, durations, and full transcripts — to uncover patterns in topic performance, episode structure, and audience engagement. In the latest episode, Kevin Finn looks at Buzzcast’s own data to learn more.

Podcast News - with Airwave

With Airwave: In True Spies hosts Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Sophia Di Martino, Daisy Ridley and Rhiannon Neads talk to the real spies behind the missions. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position?

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast is returning with a brand-new season today - of course, given it’s St Patrick’s Day, who of course is both the patron saint of Ireland, and also from Wales. Or England. Or Wessex. The upcoming season will also cover a wide range of topics across Irish history and culture.

On Ruthie’s Table 4, chef Ruthie Rogers talks to friends, actors, politicians and more about food memories and how food nourishes, unites, enlightens, and impacts every part of our lives. To celebrate the launch of her new book, Ruthie is hosting special interviews throughout the month of March, including with actor Peter Sarsgaard; Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan; and Sarah Jessica Parker and Gayle King.

What does it really take to scale AI across an enterprise? In Winning with AI, you’ll hear firsthand conversations with global CEOs on the frontlines of AI transformation. Hosted by AI pioneer Dr. Andrew Ng and Bain’s digital reinvention expert Sarah Elk, you’ll explore the real opportunities and obstacles of deploying AI at scale: reimagining operating models, empowering teams, and leading culture change. Rather than theoretical discussions about AI’s future, these are finally honest accounts from leaders reshaping large, complex organisations right now.

Looking for a movie podcast that is always spoiler-free? Movie Bread Club is a new film podcast that began life as a community WhatsApp group. Now three of its most enthusiastic members have launched a show designed to help listeners navigate the endless choice of streaming. Expect honest opinions, positive vibes, the odd tangent, and a bit of nonsense baked in.

Hysteria tells the stories that changed basketball, from the state that shaped the game - Indianapolis. Hear about playing on the last undefeated men’s team in college basketball from Hoosier legend Quinn Buckner. Relive the magical 2010 tournament run by Butler University and the shot by Gordon Hayward that almost made history. Plus, journey with Tamika Catchings and other pioneers of the women’s game to explore the moment of breakthrough. Visit Indy invites you to dive deep on the game we love - because it’s always basketball season in Indy.

In Story Den: Creative Storytelling for Kids, Fun Stories for Kids & Storytime Adventures you’ll find a family-friendly podcast where kids explore history, science, and nature through fun adventures, lovable characters, and curious discoveries.

After a critically praised debut season, The Worst Podcast returns with a stacked lineup of comedians and cultural figures ready to share their most uncomfortable failures instead of their polished success stories. The series is hosted by renegade documentary filmmaker and self-proclaimed curmudgeon Alan Zweig; guests include everyone’s favorite wingman Andy Richter, legendary improviser Colin Mochrie, psychic medium super-influencer Kelsi Davies, disgraced YouTube star Ned Fulmer, and viral stand-up comedian Leah Rudick.