Jottings of note:
Direct Injection
Podcast promotion and growth platform Podroll has launched a new product — video promos on the Apple Podcast platform. Unsurprisingly called PodRoll Video Promos, the program enables podcasters to deliver short-form videos directly into Apple Podcasts feeds, where they appear as standalone promotional episodes. The company calls this “a significant opportunity for first movers to introduce video into an audio-first environment, giving creators the ability to engage audiences with standout promotional content.” CEO Jason Cox evangelizes the product as accessing “one of the most valuable audiences in media, listeners already engaged with podcasts and long-form storytelling,” skipping the need to evangelize podcasting generally. Five key features and a live demonstration are available HERE.
Tops
Podcast analytics and hosting company CoHost has released The 75 Top Thought Leaders in Podcasting. Fatima Zaidi, Founder and CEO of Quill, is named #1. (We do not quickly find an explanation of how the list was formed, or any mention of a panel or contributors.) Pushing onto #2 we find Tom Webster of Sounds Profitable, who might quietly and reasonably feel he is atop the list. Here are the top 10 honorees:
- Fatima Zaidi (CEO and Founder of Qill Inc.)
- Tom Webster (Partner, Sounds Profitable)
- Bryan Barletta (Partner, Sounds Profitable)
- James Cridland (Editor, Podnews)
- Sharon Taylor (CRO, Triton Digital)
- Stuart Last (CEO, Audioboom)
- Kelli Hurley, (VP Global Head of Revenue Partnerships, SiriusXM)
- Jordan Fox (CEO, Ad Results Media)
- Marshall Williams, (Chairman, Ad Results Media)
- Brendan Monaghan, (CEO, Libsyn)
October 2, 2025
