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The Canadian Podcast Listener, the second annual iteration of a survey into the podcast consumption habits will be released at the RAIN Summit Canada. Audience Insights and The Podcast Exchange have shared some top-line results ahead of the October 10 event. Continue Reading
The team behind popular podcast S-Town is being sued over claims that it exploited the life of its main subject for financial gain. The estate of John B. McLemore has sued host and creator Brian Reed, Serial Productions, This American Life, Chicago Public Media, and others. Continue Reading
audioBoom announced new hires at two of its international offices. The audio and podcasting company has hired Mike Newman as head of content partnerships in the UK, and Umesh Barve as head of partnerships in India. Continue Reading
Podtrac has released its podcast ranker for June 2018. Overall, the chart showed few changes from its May iteration. This American Life from NPR led the ranking for yet another month, while the New York Times’ The Daily took the second spot once again. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: International news and insights from Germany and Canada. Podcast linking best practices, and calls for a UK podcast chart. Continue Reading
Podtrac shared its podcast publisher rankings for June 2018. The entries on the chart are the same as they were in May 2018, with only shifts in placement. Total global downloads for those publishers grew 1% from the previous month and rose 65% on-year from June 2017. Continue Reading
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has awarded grants focused on increasing diversity in podcasts. New York Public Radio and PRX both received money for their events centered on diversity and education in the audio shows. Continue Reading
The Audio Council of the Australian Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB Australia) today released an update to its podcast audience measurement guidelines. The released document is mainly influenced by the guidelines issued by the U.S. IAB Podcast Technical Working Group. There are three main points. Continue Reading
Podcast platform Acast celebrated its fourth birthday with the milestone of 100 million monthly listens. The result is a doubling of Acast’s results year-on-year. Continue Reading
As podcast publishers, hosting companies, and advertising sellers circle around audience measurement standards, the IAB 2.0 Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines represents a hot topic. some podcast entities comply now with those guidelines, others have a compliance schedule. Podtrac, which offers… Continue Reading
Spotify hosted a training program focused on helping women of color to make their own podcasts. The Sound Up Bootcamp selected ten applicants out of 18,000 to participate in the training where they workshopped ideas for podcasts to share their own stories and perspectives. Continue Reading
The Washington Post has developed its own internal technology for putting ads into podcasts. Rhapsocord is a dynamic ad insertion tool that can automatically identify pre-roll, midroll, and post-roll spots in a show, then add the spot and update the file. Continue Reading