Imprisoned after podcast investigation

• The subject of The Teachers Pet, Chris Dawson has been found guilty in the Australian Supreme Court of murdering his first wife, who vanished more than four decades ago. Hedley Thomas, an Australian journalist, investigated the case in a successful 14-episode podcast containing what he claimed was new evidence. It was published in 2018 at the same time as NSW police had started re-investigating Lynette Dawson’s disappearance. Dawson, 73, will be sentenced later.

• Podimo, a subscription podcast and audiobook platform, has today launched in Finland. It launches with a number of exclusive shows, and will translate others to Finnish. 15% of Finns are already paying for podcasts.

• Podcast startup Auddy has purchased Audiomy, a podcast advertising company focused on the German language region of Europe with access to around 450 podcasts, 70 from Austria. No terms were given. Auddy announced the closure of their £2.5m investment round earlier this month. Podcast host Libsyn also recently purchased a German podcast company.

• Acast has announced a new schedule for Aclass, its free digital event programme aimed at encouraging more voices into podcasting, celebrating success stories, and discussing how to overcome challenges.

• Want to see what podcasts look like in Twitter? Our accounts aren’t in the test list; but Ileane Smith has got it: she shares a look at how the thing works on her website.

• Dropbox wrote an article about how Aaron Mahnke grew his podcast Lore into a production company.

• Here is how four publishers are using podcasts to enhance their brands, a piece published ahead of the Publisher Podcast Summit in London on Oct 5. (Coupon code: PODNEWS15 to save 15%)

• Wow, politicians are really bad at podcasting, suggests Politico. Interesting fact: two politicians are regularly #1 in the UK with The Rest is Politics, so maybe they’re not that bad after all.

(Many drinks in) at [a Podcast Movement] party, I went up to Donald Albright, cofounder of Tenderfoot, and asked him what he did at Tenderfoot. - brilliant. From Lauren Passell’s Podcast The Newsletter

Moves and hires - with Podjobs.net

• Rekha Murthy is now an Advisory Board Member for LWC Studios.
• Solal Cohen-Steiner has joined Voxalyze as the company’s Head of Growth.
• With the purchase of the company by Auddy, Audiomy Co-Founder Christine van den Brink-Dunai remains with the company in a new role, while co-founders Daniel Arrovaye and Juan Arrovaye have left the company. Robert Mitmansgruber, who joined the company at the beginning of 2021, will serve as CEO.

Tips and tricks

• Apollo posts how to use Twitter for your audio drama podcast.

• Discovered that everyone else owns the same suitcase as you do? That’s one use for those stickers you picked up at Podcast Movement.

• The QR code on Podnews’s postcard at Podcast Movement got three times as many new subscribers to our newsletter as the website address. QR codes are a surprising gift from the pandemic for podcast promotion.

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• Apollo’s user base is nearly equally divided between iOS and Android users, the company posts in a product update from June.

• Alby has unveiled an API. The product is a simple-to-use Bitcoin wallet, used as a browser extension.

• Alby has also unveiled a partnership with Podverse, the podcast app. It allows listeners to use their Alby wallet to send boosts to podcasts.

Podcast News

The Know For Sure Pod has signed exclusively with Gumball. The show, hosted by B. Simone and Megan Brooks, launched in April 2022 and in just three months has already garnered over 6 million listens.

Everyday Leadership is to join the Podknows Podcasting network. The show, hosted by Sope Agbelusi, will benefit from the company’s expertise in podcast marketing, and will outsource more of its growth strategy.