Resonate Originals launches with more 'Culpable'

• Podcast producer Resonate Recordings is launching Resonate Originals with a five-show Tenderfoot TV deal. The company has also made a number of hires; we’re promised a new season of Culpable and a number of new shows.

• Podsights has released its Q1/22 Conversions Benchmark Report. Mid-roll ads work best, says the study, with the average conversion rate being 1.42%.

• How much did Amazon pay for My Favorite Murder? Bloomberg suggests the figure was $100m.. For that, Amazon got other Exactly Right Media Shows, too. Bloomberg’s story also reports that SiriusXM’s deal with Audiochuck was “worth nine figures”.

• SiriusXM has launched AudioID, a new method of targeting ads to audiences. It’s said to be private and optional for listeners.

• Cue is a new premium audio and video podcast production company. It’s launched in Manchester, England, by the team behind Podcast·co.

• Link to the Breaker podcast app on your website? Check they still work. The app was acquired by Maple Media a year ago; as of today, no Breaker links to podcasts work on the service, and the Breaker website forwards to Player FM. The app’s still listed in the app stores, though; it now appears to be a blue-skinned version of the Player FM app.

• Podcast host Podigee has released a roles and permissions system for enterprise podcasters … the Fountain podcast app now has automatic downloads and other new features.

• The BBC says it saw a total of 257m podcast downloads globally last quarter. That would make it the #3 podcast publisher in the world, possibly; NPR has 169m vs the BBC’s 85m per month. The 257m doesn’t include all plays though - a BBC spokesperson tells us: “If you listen via BBC Sounds as a stream (e.g. without downloading it) then they’re not included. If listening via BBC Sounds as a download then they would be.”

  
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• Last week, we quoted Supercast saying they were the only membership service offering Spotify Open Access support to all its podcasters. Supporting Cast also does so. We regret the error.

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Spotinews

• “If there’s anything that I’ve done that I could do better, it’s having more experts with differing opinions right after I have the controversial ones. I do all the scheduling myself, and I don’t always get it right”, said Joe Rogan in a defensive video statement released on Sunday night on his Instagram.

• Rogan takes information out of context and gives a skewed and inaccurate view, a forthcoming of Science Vs will say. Gimlet’s Wendy Zukerman and Blythe Terrell say they will no longer make the podcast, excepting episodes “intended to counter misinformation being spread on Spotify”, adding that Spotify’s support of Rogan feels like a “slap in the face”. (Spotify owns Gimlet).

• A Morgan Stanley client note today lowers Spotify’s target price to $300 - albeit still a 50% upside from its current price of $196.26. They say Spotify’s revenue growth will come more from advertising than subscription money; and that international growth will help the company in spats like JRE. Morgan Stanley owns 7% of Spotify. Meanwhile an Arete Research client note sent last week set a target price of $158 and advises clients to sell stock; criticising the company’s lack of delivery of marketed shows and features, highlighting its expansion into audiobooks and other distracting areas, and mentioning that its recent expansion into 90 new markets wasn’t reflected by any spike in total users.

The Tech Stuff - with RSS.com

• The Podcast Index’s value-for-value streaming sats service has achieved a bLIP. Similar to an RFC, it is a design document describing the format of payments made over the lightning network while listening to a podcast.

• JustCast is supporting the podcast:person tag, for podcast credits and data.

• To kick-start cross-app comments, John Spurlock has released MiniPub, an open-source microservice that significantly eases development time.

• Helipad is being updated to a new version, v0.1.8, which fixes a bug or two and also adds a new endpoint for streams. It’ll come in a future update to Umbrel. The app lets you monitor boost messages in real time.

• Boostagram Corner: Thanks for messages sent via the boost button in new podcast apps. Kyrin from Mere Mortals writes: “Boosting Podnews because I haven’t before. On, and bring back boostagram corner! Listen to the angry mob!” Dave Jones writes: “If only the Spotify developers were as productive as the Spotify PR department. Has anyone considered maybe decaf for those guys?” Decaf for the developers? Crazy talk. And Adam Curry points out that he doesn’t like the cicadas in the background of the podcast version; we’re on a temporary microphone in an empty room, and we are, too, looking forward to being back in the office.

Moves and hires

• Nick Lowther is joining the ABC Audio on Demand department for ten months. He’s normally Chief of Staff at ABC Western Plains in Dubbo NSW, Australia

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• Leda Marritz has joined NPR, as Program Manager for the NPR+ podcast subscription service. She joins from Apple Podcasts, where she was on the editorial team.

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Tips and tricks - with Podpage

• Should you come off Spotify? Take some time to think of the impact to your listeners, says Evo Terra.

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