Premium SiriusXM podcasts / trouble at Crooked Media?

• SiriusXM is to launch SiriusXM Podcasts+, a premium podcast subscription, through the SiriusXM app but also within Apple Podcasts. This link will let you purchase via Apple from Monday. It uses Apple’s connected subscriptions product, which launched last October.

  • “Transcripts of the podcasts, offering full-text display for each episode making them easier to navigate and accessible for the Deaf and hearing impaired, will be available in Apple Podcasts” the press release says, potentially aimed at a resolution for the legal action taken against SiriusXM by the National Association for the Deaf.

• In Bloomberg, Ashley Carman details issues at podcast producer Crooked Media, which has seen high staff turnover over the past eighteen months, a co-founder dating an employee, and increasingly acrimonious all-hands meetings. The company is accused of unfair labor practices by the WGAE.

• A new integrated remote recording tool will be added to Descript next month, according to the CEO, Andrew Mason. The company bought Squadcast a year ago this month. He was speaking to the Podnews Weekly Review - there’s a full-length interview in the Podnews Extra feed.

• Podcasters earned more than $350mn from fans on Patreon last year, according to the company. There are more than 40,000 podcasters earning an income on Patreon. Us, too.

• One of the biggest shows in the UK is making it to Podcast Movement in a few weeks. The host of The Diary Of A CEO, Steven Bartlett, will be talking about how podcasts and audiences are evolving, and how creators can stand out and grow their shows. You can use code PODNEWS to save - and, we’ll see you there: our Editor has just been announced as a speaker.

• You can now vote for the Women in Podcasting awards. You have until October 1st to cast your vote for the winners.

• A podcast production company has been bought by its client. Fascinate Productions has been acquired by ZOE, a science and nutrition company; the company makes the ZOE Science & Nutrition podcast.

• Yahoo is to get access to Disney and Spotify podcast inventory. In a partnership announced this week, Yahoo DSP will have programmatic access to Disney ABC and ESPN podcast inventory. Also, Spotify will make its podcast inventory available via Yahoo for Programmatic Guaranteed campaigns.

• American Airlines has launched over 240 hours of content from Audible Originals - “hit audiobooks, must-listen podcasts, and premium audio dramas” - on its inflight entertainment system. It’s connected to a two-month free trial for AA customers.

• 9.9% of new episodes were published on Spreaker in July - that’s a new record figure for the #2 podcast host. They’ve a long way to catch Spotify for Podcasters, though, which remains at #1 with 25.1%. There’s no change in the top ten rankings.

• The number of shows being tracked by attribution companies like Chartable and Podsights have increased by more than 21% year-on-year. More than one-in-five shows have trackers on them, with Podtrac and Chartable being the biggest companies.

• Two of CBS’s biggest shows, NCIS and 48 Hours, are to combine for a new original crossover podcast series later this year, with Paramount Audio. It will be hosted by award-winning CBS News correspondent and host of CBS’ “The Talk,” Natalie Morales.

• Buzzsprout’s overall statistics for July continue to show consumption on Spotify slightly leading Apple Podcasts. (It should be noted that Apple Podcasts has automatic downloads by default, while Spotify does not).

• Triton Digital has launched a new ranker, for LATAM Sales Networks. Prisa Radio is #1. The company has also published its debut LATAM Insights Report.

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Moves and hires

• To meet surging demand, True Native Media has made a number of hires. Joining the company are: Dan Moss as Account Executive, Aron Gibson as Account Executive, Sarah Hutchison as Campaign Ad Ops Manager, and Sabrina Nielsen as Director of Marketing.

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Coach with Bill Belichick has been announced, from Backyard Ventures and Underdog Sports. Hosted by Bill Belichick, the 8-time Super Bowl champion and sports analyst, the show is to focus on Bill’s NFL experience, from the way he coaches a team, to breakdowns of how to play the game. It launches this NFL season.

In the Podnews Weekly Review this week, a chat with Lower Street’s Harry Morton, to tell us more about his company’s purchase of Pacific Content. Plus, Descript CEO Andrew Mason, along with this week’s news.

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