We Are Podcast plans 'House Sessions', a networking event while-at-home

• We Are Podcast plans what they call House Sessions, “the world’s first multi-stream, multi-speaker, multi-day live virtual podcast conference”, a networking event between 21-23 May. Our Editor is speaking, along with many others including Jordan Harbinger, Libsyn’s Dave Jackson, Lyndal Harris, Laura Petersen, and Travis Chappell. Tickets are now available. (Podnews is a media partner).<!-- LINKCHECK|20230823|403|https://podnews--mustamplify.thrivecart.com/we-are-podcast-housesessions/|| --><!-- LINKCHECK|20230823|403|https://podnews--mustamplify.thrivecart.com/we-are-podcast-housesessions/|| -->

• The number of new podcasts are increasing massively. Apple Podcasts added just under 91,000 new podcasts in April, according to MyPodcastReviews. By way of comparison: March had 63,000 new podcasts, the previous record; and February just 50,000.

• A popular Android podcast app Podcast Addict has added a way of getting your podcast featured in the app via a paid advertisement. It will start as low as $25 for some languages and categories, says the app’s developer. A self-service website for buying the ads coming soon.

• Hindenburg has added “magic levels” to its digital audio desktop editor. The tool fixes “mic bleed” between two people in the same studio, automatically ducks music, and helps with recordings with uneven levels. (They advertise a 90-day trial with us occasionally).

  
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• May 12 is “Giving Tuesday” for podcasters. You’re being asked to produce a short show for that day that has some podcasts that you’d recommend for others. Are you in?

  
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• Gimlet Media won a legal case in February about a company, Reply All Corp, who claimed a trademark violation (thrown out in court). Now Gimlet wants $1.4m from Reply All Corp to cover legal costs.

• Spotify has produced a music playlist to accompany an ESPN podcast.

• Apple Podcasts has shared a marketing website that gives downloadable buttons and links, and even QR codes for your podcasts.

• Opinion: We like the QR codes, but the downside is, of course, than 80% of the world (and about 48% of the US) runs Android, for whom your Apple Podcasts link is not as helpful as one for Google Podcasts. So, our own podcast pages include badges and QR codes that work on all phones - search for your podcast, then find the page at the bottom marked link to this podcast. You can also download the code for your own website.

• Auby is “a young startup with big ambitions on a mission to change podcast discovery”. Currently they’ve some positions open for interns and “podcast enthusiasts”.

Question: To accompany a story on Wednesday, we are looking at companies who withhold their podcasts from appearing on certain platforms. Are you aware of any podcasters who’ve decided to deliberately block their shows from any platforms, especially Google Podcasts, Luminary or Spotify? Do you work for anyone who’s done that? We’d love to hear from you: editor@podnews.net

Changing times, changing consumption

• Dan Misener interviews Darian Muka at Pocket Casts about how consumption has changed during the pandemic. If anyone should know, a podcast app should know. 25% more people are using desktop to listen; but there’s no overall change in podcast consumption overall. (So, in other words, mobile phone apps like theirs are 25% down, which is consistent with what others have been saying).

• What will podcasting look like after COVID-19? Jacobs Media asks a lot of “smart people” in the industry for their take. It follows a query about what it means now there are over a million podcasts in Apple Podcasts.

Tips and tricks

• Nick Garnett, a BBC reporter, posts a piece about “remote recording for podcasters”, discussing how remote recording tools work and what equipment you need.

• How to make great podcast ads (Rachel Corbett)

• Tapping into podcasting’s programmatic potential from marketing company Coegi

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Podcast News

Bubble, a comedy fiction podcast, is to be made into a movie. The podcast is from Maximum Fun, a podcast network.

Changes with Annie Mac is new today from this well-known UK radio DJ, “featuring conversations with artists, writers, musicians and a host of fascinating people about how we navigate and overcome some of the biggest changes in our lives.” Journalist Caitlin Moran is the first guest.

How to Talk to Mamí & Papí about Anything is a “weekly podcast for adult children of brown parents to help them with difficult but necessary conversations”. Executive produced by Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, it’s also hosted by her, which makes her “an official podcaster”, she says.