Spotify adds video to Apple TV app

• Spotify’s app on Apple TV didn’t, astonishingly, have any access to video podcasts: an oversight that has been fixed today: the tvOS app now includes them, more than a year after video podcasts were rolled-out to creators. The app also now includes Spotify DJ, a feature which was launched in Feb 2023. The company says the app has been entirely rewritten.

• Amazon is to cut 14,000 corporate jobs, and has warned of further cuts next year. It’s yet another set of cuts for the company: just within podcasting, it had cut 110 jobs at Wondery in August; a “small number” at Wondery in March; and closed Wondery’s entire operations in Mexico and Brazil in February. The cuts were announced before affected employees were individually told; Amazon’s share price rose 1% on the news. Apparently AI will replace some of the roles, which will be lost across the business.

• First look: Ankler Media will relaunch its flagship podcast tomorrow. Ankler Agenda is to be hosted by Elaine Low, who will be joined weekly by her Ankler colleagues Sean McNulty and Natalie Jarvey, as well as expert guests. It’s part of a renewed set of podcasts from the publisher.

• Podcast growth tool Audiencelift has launched a new publisher data transparency tool. The company promotes your podcast on premium publishers that reach your show’s potential audience - and now, podcasters will receive a full verified breakdown of publisher placements.

• Podcast host Captivate has recertified for IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines v2.2.

• 30% of consumption from the top 100 active podcasts come from episodes older than eight weeks, Spotify told us a few weeks ago. Headliner has launched a tool to make automatic clips for your entire back catalogue of episodes - allowing you to promote some of your evergreen content.

• Ads are apparently to appear in Apple Maps. But - relax: no word of any ads in Apple Podcasts quite yet. (Though - thinking about it, wouldn’t that be a good place to market a show?)

• The Podcast Tech Stack has reviewed a set of generators for show notes.

• Audacy announced it is to oversee sales, distribution and production for The Draymond Green Show, an NBA all-star.

• In Australia as part of a major media event, ARN’s iHeart Australia announced a set of new original podcasts, including a partnership with Nine networks; and a significantly enhanced podcast slate, including the chart-topping Australian True Crime, which will move from Acast. ARN also announced a distribution and sales podcast deal with Are Media, which owns many of Australia’s biggest women’s publishing brands.

  • ARN launched a new iHeart Australia app with presets, a scan button, a live radio dial, and a ranker including podcasts. The US has had these features since December 2024. The app will also include significantly enhanced addressability and a “next-generation ad stack”.
  • ARN is also bringing iHeart’s Ruby branded podcast studio to Australia. Ruby’s US launch was announced in May 2023. ARN also announced the launch of the iHeart Women’s Sports Network in the country, which launched in the US in July 2024.

• The “new iHeart app” is also appearing in New Zealand, where NZME is the brand owner.

• It used to be the rule that listeners needed to hear your ad at least three times to have results - but is that still the case? Dave Sosson of AdsWizz calls for a data-driven standard for ad frequency, suggesting that the company’s AudioPixel product will give actual results.

Tips and tricks

• “Who do you think you’re talking to?” asks The Podcast Host. It’s useful to consider who your audience is - rather than to assume blindly that your show is for “everyone”.

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With Airwave: Check in every day with This Day in History, to hear the top historical event for this day in past years. Today - a precursor to email was born on this day in 1969.

In the UK, the Aesthetica Short Film Festival is showcasing podcasts for the first time: and one show that has been selected is From My Yard to Your Yard, a story of one of the “Windrush Generation” moving from Jamaica to the UK.

Based on her podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries, Jenn Trepeck is releasing her debut book, “Uncomplicating Wellness”. With warmth, wit, and just enough sass, Jenn shows you how to move from exhaustion to clarity, from fear to discernment, and from chasing “healthy” to truly feeling well—on your own terms.

HARD LAUNCH with Dan and Phil is an unhinged and unafraid new era of oversharing that they may regret, but can never take back. Living your truth can be scary, dangerous and messy… but that’s what makes it fun. The show is from Studio71 and launched earlier this month.

Natural disasters are increasing year on year - and we need new ideas for how governments and communities can work together when everything has been destroyed. From Australia, Democracy After Disaster is a nine part narrative documentary series about communities, government, power and recovery. You’ll hear stories, ideas and practices that can dramatically improve community recovery.

Music icon Chrissie Hynde has launched The Duets Special Podcast. The unique six-part podcast series sees Chrissie in conversation with esteemed journalist Gareth A. Davies, as they break down the stories, songs, and collaborations that make up the new album, Chrissie Hynde & Pals - Duets Special.

If you’re looking for New Podcasts you’ll find a ton of trailers added every day for new shows - and ones you should take a listen to. It’s from Podnews; and you can even submit your own show to it, too.