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• One in ten podcast listeners have given money to their favourite podcast, says The Canadian Podcast Listener’s latest research. That figure increases to almost one-in-four “power listeners”: those who listen for five hours or more a week. Men and younger listeners are most likely to donate - and Québec is the most generous Canadian province. Psst - you can support Podnews here, men and younger listeners.

  
  Aug 19 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• Podcast host Whooshkaa has announced a deal with Malaysian broadcaster Ripple. Whooshkaa’s software will power on-demand audio and dynamic advertising across Ripple’s stable of shows. It’s the second deal with a Malaysian broadcaster to be announced by the company in two weeks.

• Apple is doubling the production rate of AirPods Pro, the company’s latest Bluetooth headphones. Google’s Pixel Buds were a poorly-reviewed flop (though we like ours); their Pixel Buds 2 are out in Spring.

• Professor John Naughton writes in The Observer of his concern that podcasting is “falling prey to corporate interests”. (Opinion: right now, open RSS acts as a useful guard against this: and there’s plenty of space for the corporate and the passionate.)

• Podcast Review listens to Dolly Parton’s America, a podcast that “pulls back the layers within her music to uncover complex and fascinating histories”.

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• Has Apple Podcasts broken again? We note that “New Shows” in the Society & Culture category, in Australia, includes “The Spill” (new from Jul 22), “The Disappearance of Des” (from Aug 2), “The Duolingo French Podcast” (from Jun 18), “True Crime Conversations” (from Jun 19), and “The Portal” (from Jul 17). These appear to have been, mostly, updated for the launch of the new categories on Aug 2, but there appears to have been few updates for the Australian market after that. What Happens Next is the only new one we can see (along with lots of new US stuff). Perhaps the US listings are being maintained, and the Aussie-specific listings are not being refreshed as often? How’s it looking in your country?

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Tips and tricks - with Acast Open

• What happens when burnout comes calling? Kris Roley has some advice on how to avoid burnout, and how to cure it when it inevitably comes.
• Podcast conferences are a great place to market yourself. Podcast Movement has a piece from Ma’ayan Plaut explaining exactly how to go about doing that. (Tip: branded clothing works.)

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Spreaker Prime Murder Dictionary {mer-der dik-she-ner-e} : a humorous discussion between true crime fanatics : an exploration of multiple cases based on the weekly topic, following the letter sequence of the alphabet : a great excuse for the podcast hosts to call their morbid curiosities “research.” They’re using Spreaker Prime to host for free and make more money.

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