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This is sponsored by Smart Money Happy Hour. Two friends — who happen to be money experts — talk pop culture and personal finance over a new budget-friendly cocktail each week. Catch Rachel Cruze and George Kamel in the latest video podcast from Ramsey Network, Smart Money Happy Hour.Visit https://podnews.net/update/siriusxm-premium for all the links, and to get our newsletter. SiriusXM is to launch SiriusXM Podcasts+, a premium podcast subscription, through the SiriusXM app but also within Apple Podcasts. This link will let you purchase via Apple from Monday. It uses Apple’s connected subscriptions product, which launched last October. “Transcripts of the podcasts, offering full-text display for each episode making them easier to navigate and accessible for the Deaf and hearing impaired, will be available in Apple Podcasts” the press release says, potentially aimed at a resolution for the legal action taken against SiriusXM by the National Association for the Deaf. In Bloomberg, Ashley Carman details issues at podcast producer Crooked Media, which has seen high staff turnover over the past eighteen months, a co-founder dating an employee, and increasingly acrimonious all-hands meetings. The company is accused of unfair labor practices by the WGAE. A new integrated remote recording tool will be added to Descript next month, according to the CEO, Andrew Mason. The company bought Squadcast a year ago this month. He was speaking to the Podnews Weekly Review - there’s a full-length interview in the Podnews Extra feed. Classifieds - your job or ad here🎉Dave Jackson joins Podpage as Head of Podcasting — Podcast hall of famer Dave Jackson has joined podcast website builder Podpage.com. Podpage will now offer coaching, town halls and more live support to its thousands of users. 🎉🎉💰 Join the High Rollers Club with Supporting Cast — The Viall Files, The Rest is History, Radiolab, Savage Love, The Tennis Podcast, and other shows will earn six or seven figures this year using the Supporting Cast membership platform.Subscribe to Mixed Signals from Semafor Media — Every Friday, journalists Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza pull back the curtain on the week’s key stories, revealing how money, access, culture and politics shape everything you read, watch, and hear.Keep Your Podcast! — Bcast.fm is shutting down! Don't lose your listeners! PodOps Hosting offers a smooth transition & keeps your podcast thriving. Reach out and let us help you migrate today.Podcasters earned more than $350mn from fans on Patreon last year, according to the company. There are more than 40,000 podcasters earning an income on Patreon. Us, too. One of the biggest shows in the UK is making it to Podcast Movement in a few weeks. The host of The Diary Of A CEO, Steven Bartlett, will be talking about how podcasts and audiences are evolving, and how creators can stand out and grow their shows. You can use code PODNEWS to save - and, we’ll see you there: our Editor has just been announced as a speaker. You can now vote for the Women in Podcasting awards. You have until October 1st to cast your vote for the winners. A podcast production company has been bought by its client. Fascinate Productions has been acquired by ZOE, a science and nutrition company; the company makes the ZOE Science & Nutrition podcast. Yahoo is to get access to Disney and Spotify podcast inventory. In a partnership announced this week, Yahoo DSP will have programmatic access to Disney ABC and ESPN podcast inventory. Also, Spotify will make its podcast inventory available via Yahoo for Programmatic Guaranteed campaigns. American Airlines has launched over 240 hours of content from Audible Originals - “hit audiobooks, must-listen podcasts, and premium audio dramas” - on its inflight entertainment system. It’s connected to a two-month free trial for AA customers. 9.9% of new episodes were published on Spreaker in July - that’s a new record figure for the #2 podcast host. They’ve a long way to catch Spotify for Podcasters, though, which remains at #1 with 25.1%. There’s no change in the top ten rankings. The number of shows being tracked by attribution companies like Chartable and Podsights have increased by more than 21% year-on-year. More than one-in-five shows have trackers on them, with Podtrac and Chartable being the biggest companies. Two of CBS’s biggest shows, NCIS and 48 Hours, are to combine for a new original crossover podcast series later this year, with Paramount Audio. It will be hosted by award-winning CBS News correspondent and host of CBS’ “The Talk,” Natalie Morales. Buzzsprout’s overall statistics for July continue to show consumption on Spotify slightly leading Apple Podcasts. (It should be noted that Apple Podcasts has automatic downloads by default, while Spotify does not). Triton Digital has launched a new ranker, for LATAM Sales Networks. Prisa Radio is #1. The company has also published its debut LATAM Insights Report. Thank you to Podcastpage who return as a silver supporter of Podnews today. We’re grateful for their support - as with all our supporters, it helps us dedicate more time to Podnews, build more features, and serve you better. You can support us here. Moves and hires To meet surging demand, True Native Media has made a number of hires. Joining the company are: Dan Moss as Account Executive, Aron Gibson as Account Executive, Sarah Hutchison as Campaign Ad Ops Manager, and Sabrina Nielsen as Director of Marketing. Tips and tricks Discover strategies to dominate podcast search rankings in Ausha’s feature article. 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This is sponsored by Smart Money Happy Hour. Two friends — who happen to be money experts — talk pop culture and personal finance over a new budget-friendly cocktail each week. Catch Rachel Cruze and George Kamel in the latest video podcast from Ramsey Network, Smart Money Happy Hour.Visit https://podnews.net/update/megaphone-compliant for all the links, and to get our newsletter. Megaphone is now IAB certified under v2.2, says an email to customers. They’re the second company to certify to the new v2.2 standards; the first was Captivate. Megaphone was one of three Spotify companies who quietly withdrew from IAB certification at the beginning of the year, as Podnews reported in April; after criticism from customers, that decision was changed in early June. Libsyn Ads released its July 2024 Podcast Advertising Rates. The average CPM rate was $21.90, essentially static against June’s $21.92. The company’s new CRO, Rick Selah, warns us that the holiday season is “just around the corner”. Locked On Podcast Network is launching two new sports Fast TV channels. Locked On NFL and Locked On College Sports will both stream on Amazon Fire TV, YouTube, NewsON and Zeam. Classifieds - your job or ad here🎉Dave Jackson joins Podpage as Head of Podcasting — Podcast hall of famer Dave Jackson has joined podcast website builder Podpage.com. Podpage will now offer coaching, town halls and more live support to its thousands of users. 🎉🎉Podcast Movement prices go up TONIGHT! — Don't miss out on the best prices to join us at podcasting's best and most important annual event. Save big before midnight tonight...plus code PODNEWS saves an additional $50!📈 Boost Your Reach with Podcards! — Share your show with the smartest link for podcasters and decode the secrets of listener discovery and conversion. Start marketing smarter for free at Podcards.Keep Your Podcast! — Bcast.fm is shutting down! Don't lose your listeners! PodOps Hosting offers a smooth transition & keeps your podcast thriving. Reach out and let us help you migrate today.Audio Flux circuit 04 is open for submissions. Designed to elevate independent audio, new voices, and big ideas in podcasting, you’re invited to create short “fluxworks” about a “first time”. In the UK, RAJAR says that the number of people listening to podcasts every week has grown from 11.7mn to 12.3mn - reaching 21.3% of the population. The BBC released Q2/24 data on its proprietary BBC Sounds app: total plays are down 5.5% on the quarter (vs Q1), it’s also seen a 2% drop in weekly audience. However, the BBC posted 3% higher podcast downloads via open RSS, to 209mn - those figures aren’t IAB compliant. Focus Submit your podcast by tomorrow night! Being honored by The Signal Awards sets your team apart with recognition from our industry’s top experts, and acts as proof that your work is setting standards for podcasting worldwide. By entering, you present your work before The Signal Awards Judging Academy, an invitation-only body of podcast professionals from acclaimed organizations like NPR, Vox Media, CNN, Condé Nast, Sony and Lemonada Media among many others. Grow your audience, celebrate your team and stand out. The Extended Entry Deadline to submit is Aug 2, 2024. Enter your podcast for consideration. Moves and hires Marie Joyce has been promoted to Head of Sales, Victoria, at Mamamia. She started with the company in 2021, and worked for NOVA Entertainment before that. Joni Deutsch has been promoted at The Podglomerate; she’s now Senior Vice President of Marketing & Audience Development. Tips and tricks Master audience engagement by creating listener personas with Ausha’s guide. Learn Ausha’s key strategies to build a dedicated audience for your podcast. In an interview, Tom Webster shares five strategies to grow your podcast audience. (He’s got a book out (aff), which you might want to buy.) Podcasting for Dummies has updated its cheat sheet. Mind, that big paragraph on ID3 tags? Ignore it. Only 20% of podcasts use ID3 tags at all, and they’re virtually useless. Podcast News New on Airwave: The History of WWII Podcast covers the last great war in intimate detail. It's produced and narrated by Ray Harris Jr, who has a degree in history from James Madison University. "I’ve been waiting years for someone to do a podcast on WWII and couldn’t wait any longer," he says. The News Agents is claiming it has now had over 100 million downloads. The show is from Global in the UK, and was launched with Persephonica. It’s hosted on Captivate. Investies has joined the fwd. podcast network from AdLarge. The show offers invaluable financial guidance and advocacy, providing listeners with unfiltered advice on the stock market and economic trends. It's hosted by Linda Garcia, a recognized financial expert, author and educator. Hacking Humans publishes its 300th episode today. In its 6+ years it has seen nearly 4.5mn downloads and says it is still the go-to for entertaining and educational discussion of social engineering, cons, scams and phishing schemes. It's from N2K Networks. Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The Podglomerate, <a href="https://stevelackaudio.com/?utm_source=podnews....

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And now, Podpage Elite customers will get podcast coaching sessions at no additional cost; Dave will also host free weekly sessions for everyone. A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money is the headline of a piece from the Wall Street Journal; the story is about the success of the big shows, and doesn’t actually suggest that smaller shows don’t make money. Classifieds - your job or ad hereGetting less than 1,000 downloads per episode? — Download your FREE Podcast Growth Scorecard! This tool helps you focus your podcast marketing so that you can spend your time on the marketing activities that have the most impact on podcast growth.Podcast Movement prices go up THIS THURSDAY — Save big to join us at the Capital of Podcasting this August in Washington DC. You won't want to miss the networking, the education, or the parties! Code PODNEWS saves $50!IT'S TIME TO GROW YOUR PODCAST — Learn at your own pace with courses, unlimited coaching, and an amazing podcasting community. 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As evidence, the article quotes the apparent success of The Political Fourcast, which achieves “over 100,000 views per episode on average”. By comparison, two years ago, The Rest is Politics’s audio podcast got more than a million downloads per episode; and two years later they’re doing around 200,000 views per episode on YouTube. BBC History magazine’s website has published its 30 under 30. There are a lot of podcasters in there - so congratulations Katrina Kelly, the host of The Classics Podcast; Luke Daly from The Daly Medieval Podcast; Will Davis-Coleman from The Cloak and Dagger Podcast, and last but not least, Samuel Hume, the host of Pax Britannica. The Tech Stuff From logos to prefixes, hosts to user-agents and blocklists, we’ve compiled a list of Github repositories for podcast app and website developers. If you run a podcast directory, perhaps in your app, do you have a DMCA process clearly described on your website? It might help save the cost of a lawyer’s letter. And, a year on from its closure, what was the history of the Stitcher app? Tips and tricks Podcasters of Reddit: Why does it take you so long to get to the point? Perhaps a tip of what not to do? Vetting guests is fundamental to maintaining the integrity and quality of your podcast. A News Reporter’s Guide to Vetting and Managing Podcast Guests discusses researching their backgrounds, providing pre-interview materials, and building rapport. Podcast News Ad Infinitum this week has Mike Jensen, the CEO of Rhapsody Voices, discussing different dimensions of making audio ads work with authenticity, including the ingredients of a persuasive host-read ad. The show is produced by Stew Redwine of Oxford Road. Podcasting 2.0 came from a Bitcoin conference - at least in part - last weekend. A number of folks from the Podcasting 2.0 world were in Nashville for a music concert, and plenty of other things too. The Seneschal: A Rebel Moon Story is a new drama podcast launched today by Netflix Podcasts. Set in the world of Rebel Moon, the epic science-fantasy two-part movie decades in the making, The Seneschal is Netflix's first fictional companion podcast for a film, and coincide with the release of the Rebel Moon Director’s Cut. From the BBC, Good Bad Billionaire returns for a new season today, looking at the super-rich. In the new season, the show looks at how Tiger Woods went from a child prodigy to the world’s highest paid athlete, how a communist mime artist became the boss of fashion house Prada, how hedge fund tycoon George Soros escaped Nazi occupation to become one of the most successful investors in history, and how an Indian multinational conglomerate boss built the biggest fortune in Asia. Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The Podglomerate, <a hre...

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