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More people are listening to podcasts in Japan than ever before, according to a new survey on podcast usage from Otonal and the Asahi Shimbun Company. More than three-quarters of podcast users are watching video podcasts at least once a month, says the study; the number one platform for podcasts overall is YouTube. Among younger listeners (those aged 15-29), podcast usage is bigger than Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and TikTok.
Podcast discovery platform Great Pods has relaunched with an expansion of user-facing features. The website features a comprehensive database of professional podcast criticism.
Nomono released audio/video sync, a tool that automatically syncs your separate video files to your clean audio recorded using Nomono microphones. (There's a demo in the press release).

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