CNN Audio plans Apple Podcasts subscriptions

• CNN is to make a new show, The Handoff, as an Apple Podcasts Subscriptions exclusive when the service launches later this month. Hosted by friends and CNN anchors Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon, it will be a longer chat than their usual 'handoff’ between shows normally allows for. It’s part of “a subscription to the CNN channel” on Apple Podcasts Subscriptions.

• Listeners are fine hearing ads in their podcasts, says some new research from Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights. The data also says Clubhouse over-indexes for podcast users, and the pandemic helped accelerate listening.

• Acast has released their Q1/21 financial report. The company, which is investigating an IPO, saw sales grow by 74% up to SEK 197m (US$23.6m); it now has 28,000 podcasts as part of its network, and claims 872m listens in the quarter.

• Adobe Audition has been updated: the audio editor now runs natively on Apple M1 chipsets, includes a loudness meter (with presets for Apple and for Spotify), and adds a new strip silence feature.

• A former WWE wrestler, Chelsea Green, has been forced to change her podcast’s name following a legal letter. The podcast is now called Green with Envy; she had attempted to trademark 50 Shades of Green, which is similar to a book and film title.

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• If you want to learn more about Clubhouse users in America, Edison Research have a webinar next week.

  
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• Seth Rogen is to launch his first podcast series, with Stitcher.

• Folding Pocket is a new multimedia storytelling company, launched today in the UK. The company has co-founders including actor James Nesbitt and former England rugby stars Mike Tindall and James Haskell, and launches as part of Platform Media.

• A new podcast consultancy has launched in Sheffield, UK - Sound Media is headed up by James Marriott, and offers a wide range of services.

• Acast has appointed Kate Mander as Commercial Development Manager for the UK and Ireland.

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US social media personality Addison Rae is back on Spotify with a new season of her podcast, retitled That was fun? Addison and Sheri, her mom, will be joined by a big-name special guest every week.