TED Audio Collective partners with Transmitter Media

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• TED Audio Collective has entered into a multi-year co-development and production partnership with Transmitter Media. It expands a five-year relationship between the two companies.

• 94% of people listen to podcasts alone, according to the latest “MIDAS” UK research from RAJAR. 30% of all listening happens while working or studying, the data says.

• The NZ Podcasting Summit is a new date for your calendar, on Saturday May 14 in Auckland, New Zealand.

  
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• Acast has launched Acast Amplifier, a podcast incubator to discover the next generation of UK podcasters. You’ve until Mar 25 to enter. Best of British luck.

• As people increasingly pay to remove commercials from their TV services, podcasting is a way to reach audiences that are avoiding ads, says Westwood One.

• CEO Susan Wojcicki, says YouTube saw a 40 percent year-on-year increase in channels making more than $10,000 a year.

• Lava for Good Podcasts has been nominated for an Anthem Award.

• Radio presenter and podcaster Dan Bongino is leaving YouTube. He claims censorship, and is moving to Rumble (which he’s also an investor in).

• Podcast hosting company Castos has added customisable podcast website themes.

On this Australia Day, we’d like to pay our respects to the Turrbul and Jagera people, the traditional owners of the land where we live and work.

Moves and hires - with Pod People

• Casey Rabin has joined Amaze Media Labs as Head of Podcast Talent and Experience. She was Director of Podcasts for Don Buchwald & Associates.

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• Laura Mayer has left Three Uncanny Four and Sony Music Entertainment to launch her own podcast content development studio.

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Tips and tricks - with Podpage

• “Try not to become a person of success, but rather a person of value”. John Lee Dumas speaks about his podcast, whether he’s a fan of Clubhouse, and effortlessly turns this podcast interview into a sales opportunity. Learn from the master!

  
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• Audry cover how to use Instagram to promote your podcast

  
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Podcast News - with Quill

Produced by Quill: The Great Indoors How has technology changed around the world? Join Matt Roberts from Amdocs as he discusses how human technological adoption habits are evolving as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and how we’re rediscovering the magic of technology as a necessary result of being indoors.

The Official Gilded Age Podcast is a companion podcast to The Gilded Age, new on HBO. The TV drama is set in late 1800’s New York, where a social war is raging between new money and old. After each episode, join hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers to discuss what happened on screen, the real people, places, and events featured on the show, the power struggles within New York’s high society, and the changes in architecture, transportation, and technology.

This Australia Day, more people are becomin Australian citizens. SBS is launching Australia, Explained in a further five languages to help newcomers understand the Aussie way of life. The podcast is now available in Arabic, Mandarin, Punjabi, Filipino (linked here), Persian, Russian, Thai and Turkish. - read more

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