Radiodays North America takes place in Toronto

Radiodays North America is halfway through in Toronto ON, Canada. Among the speakers today, Fatima Zaidi from Quill and CoHost, Sharon Taylor from Omny Studio and Lina Kim from The Podcast Exchange are some of the panel talking about making money from podcasting; Edison Research’s Larry Rosin discusses trends in audio, and our Editor James Cridland speaks about great tools from podcasting.

Spotify is to run a free masterclass next week on “unlocking your podcast potential”. One of the speakers is Maya Prohovnik, VP of Podcast Product at Spotify, as well as Jordan Newman, Spotify’s Head of Podcast Partner Management, and Gael Aitor from Teenager Therapy.

Viral Nation_Talent, a social media talent company, has launched a podcast division to help creators expand into podcasting. The company has hired Stephen Perlstein (ex Studio71) and Chelsea Durgin.

Spotify is running a gaming podcast Pod Camp in Saudi Arabia. The company is working with Kerning Cultures and Gamers8.

Spotify isn’t monetising its podcast inventory in Asia at the moment, claims Audacia CEO Kym Treasure, in an article in Campaign. The article contains many positive stats and quotes from the industry in Asia.

Noiser is to launch “3D sound” across the company’s podcast network. The company uses “3D sound” to describe binaural sound, a recording technique that works on any player or headphones.