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Podcasts in YouTube make it to the UK

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  • Podcasts are launching on YouTube Music in the UK today, the second-largest podcast market in the world. We’re told there will be a podcasts destination page within the YouTube Music app (normally pre-installed on all modern Android phones). The company also reaffirmed that “Later this year, we’ll offer support for creators to directly submit their RSS feeds to YouTube to distribute their audio podcasts.” YouTube UK Lead Alison Lomax said: “We’re thrilled to be launching podcasts in the UK on YouTube Music. Podcasts have soared in popularity in recent years among all age groups, particularly Gen Z users, and there is clearly an appetite for this longer–form audio visual content.”

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  • Apple Podcasts has posted advice on producing kids-first podcast content. In selected countries, the Kids & Family page within Apple Podcasts is curated for Apple by Common Sense Media, a non-profit.

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  • Skye Pillsbury reports that WNYC’s Death, Sex & Money, “a juggernaut show that helped establish WNYC as a force within podcasting”, has been cancelled. Production ends in January. Anna Sale says “I am working with the company to find a new partner or home for our show long-term”.

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