The Podcast Show 2025 kicks off in London

• The Podcast Show in London is underway, with record numbers of attendees registered to attend. Christiane Amanpour and Emily Maitlis – two veteran female journalists – have been confirmed for a ‘Behind The Headlines’ session; and Apple Podcasts will deliver a session for the first time.

• Spotify’s share of downloads is down year-on-year in the UK, according to OP3 data. Our Editor, James Cridland, speaking this morning at The Podcast Show London, compared data from a typical week in April in 2024 and 2025. “It may be that this is the growth of Spotify video, which won’t be seen by third-party analytics services like this,” he said. Apple Podcasts increased its share by 4.3%. The data also doesn’t show YouTube, Global Player or BBC Sounds.

• The Signal Awards released a new report about what podcasters can learn from the creator economy. Enter The Engagement Era: How Podcasters are Learning From The Creator Economy is available now, exploring how top podcasts are reconfiguring their businesses to become more responsive to their listeners.

• At The Podcast Show, Flightpath launched a predictive forecasting suite for video. “By incorporating real-time virality signals and behavioral data, Flightpath enables our clients to understand not just how a video will perform, but why.”

• The UK’s Channel 4, the second-oldest commercial television network in the UK, is to put its Channel 4.0 youth content onto Spotify video. “This new first of its kind approach puts Channel 4 content in another place where people already are.”

• Podscribe launched additional features, allowing advertisers to measure social media placements, and give more finely-grained access to data.

• Bill Maher’s Club Random Studios has closed, according to Semafor.

• Google has launched an app for NotebookLM, allowing you to listen on the go, as well as interact with the hosts.

• PodX Group announced new collaborations between its companies - a show being released in two languages being produced by Goldhawk Productions and Suomen Podcastmedia; and an adaptation into Finnish of a Listen UK show.

• Two Girls One Ghost has signed with Sony Music Entertainment; meanwhile, CAKE MEDIA has signed true-crime show Sistas Who Kill.

• The Podcast Show isn’t the only podcast event going on this week. The Estación Podcast Festival is on right now in Madrid, Spain; at the event, documentary indie podcast Las Raras is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a unique album titled Soundtrip — a sonic journey through some of their original music and soundscapes collected over the past decade. The album will be released at the event as a vinyl record, and it is already available on all major music platforms (like here on Spotify).

Moves and hires

• In the US, Russell Weissmann is to lead operations for Frequency’s Premium Publisher Network. He joins from All Things Comedy.

Tips and tricks - with The Podcast Show London

• Hindenburg treat us to “Zen and the Art of Audio Editing”, tips on how to organise your story before you start editing it.

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The most recent episode of The Town with Matthew Belloni has a guest of Charlie Hellman, Vice President, Global Head of Music Product at Spotify. He joins Matthew to talk about the current state of the music industry, how the music streaming era has impacted artists, how artists actually get paid by Spotify, competing with YouTube, the surge in AI-generated music, and artists’ biggest frustrations with Spotify.

The Daily Aus is running a limited series, Investigating Ozempic, in its feed this week. The show “dives deep into Australia’s medical weight-loss industry”, taking a look at the complex world of medicated weight-loss.

Wrestling Out Loud: Faith and Liberation is back for a second season, going even deeper into the big questions of faith, justice, and community. The host, CEO of Faith in Public Life, Jeanné Lewis, is joined by guests including Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, and vocal artist Sonny Singh, as they share wisdom from their spiritual journeys and visions for our collective liberation.

Women of Impact's host, Lisa Bilyeu, just launched a real-time breakdown of the Diddy trial — but this isn’t celebrity gossip or courtroom play-by-play. It’s a forensic, behavioral deep dive into how power and manipulation operate behind closed doors. New episodes will run every Monday throughout the trial.