Is the NYT going to paywall its podcasts?

• The New York Times is planning to put many of its podcasts behind a paywall, according to The Wall Street Journal. Archives of The Daily, and first-access to new shows from Serial, are to be available to subscribers only. The Economist did the same last year.

• In the UK, podcasts have more listeners than ever, according to a new study from Edison Research. The data says that 42% are monthly podcast listeners, and 30% listen weekly.

• RedCircle has launched a new reporting feature for advertisers, allowing for show comparisons based on spend or insertions.

• Megatrax, a production music provider, has added an AI search bar to make its library quicker and easier to explore.

• TuneIn, which lists live radio stations and podcasts, is to be made available in Great Wall Motor Company vehicles Tunein says it lists 5mn podcasts.

• First Look: Wondery and Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios have announced a new limited series with Dan Taberski. Hysterical is released in early July.

• Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s InfoWars media platform is to be closed as part of his bankruptcy proceedings. His podcast was removed by Apple Podcasts and Spotify in Aug 2018; his self-hosted RSS feed is still available.

• The Kar Podcast says it “will create a podcast made just for you and no one else”. After the sign-up, it says “you will get an email with the Spotify link on Friday”. Intriguing.

• Three days after its international closure, Zombie Google Podcasts is still alive - the app still plays podcasts, and is still available in the iOS and Android app stores outside the US. Zombie Google Podcasts Manager is still accepting new shows, too. We understand that Zombie Google Podcasts can be stopped by removing the head or destroying the brain.

Moves and hires

• Adam McNeil has been made SVP of Client Services at Adopter Media.

Tips and tricks - with Memberful

• Looking to embed a podcast player into your website? We’ve a lot of different players for you to choose from.

Podcast News

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Like poetry? Want a podcast that isn’t the aural equivalent of a TLDR? The Glimpse is a poetry podcast that launched earlier this month, promising two poets, two poems and a lively conversation in 30 minutes or less. It’s hosted by Camille Rankine.

Since 2020, more than a thousand people in New Hampshire have come forward to expose one of the biggest youth detention scandals in American history – and people are still coming forward. How did this happen? How did it finally come to light? And what is the real cost of justice? The Youth Development Center is new today - a rare look inside the black box of the juvenile justice system, where privacy laws meant to protect kids also hid abuse.

The Official Marvel Podcast is launched today, featuring an exclusive interview with Kevin Feige. Each week, fans will get the official download on what’s current with Marvel’s biggest names and breakout characters, deep dives into some of Marvel’s most iconic stories, and expert accounts at what lies behind the Marvel mythos.

Even If It Kills Me launches today: a narrative documentary story of the band that almost was. You won’t hear what this band sounds like. You won’t even learn their name. But you know this band, even if you don’t. Even If It Kills Me chronicles four high school friends — a gang, bonded together by dead-end small town upbringings and dreams of something bigger, right in the middle of the biggest changes to the music industry in decades.

A new season of Lost Hills is released today, uncovering new evidence in Malibu’s most notorious unsolved case. “Dark Hills” is hosted by New Yorker writer Dana Goodyear, who has spent the last five years investigating the mysterious and tragic death of Mitrice Richardson.

Boise Public Radio and NPR have released a new season of Extremely American - “Onward Christian Soldiers” focuses on the rise of Christian nationalism, a conservative religious movement with a rapidly expanding epicenter in a surprising place: the college town of Moscow, Idaho.