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• Anchor has changed its sponsorship payouts to podcasters. Now, there's a $10 minimum for cash withdrawls, and you'll need to wait four times as long for your initial payments: which may also take longer to get to your bank. The changes have happened at some point since October 7 according to the internet archive, but the date on their documentation still says 2018. (These changes may, however, make Anchor less attractive to those who pirate podcasts on the platform.)
• Yesterday, we noted that YouTube, too, contains pirated podcasts - copied and uploaded without the podcaster's consent. Takedown Torrent LLC contacts us, telling us they find, report and remove pirated podcasts and other content from streaming video sites like YouTube and Vimeo. "Our clients have found that removal of pirated content from streaming video sites has increased their normal podcast downloads," they say. (If only there was some way they could attract more business...!).
• In Australia, the former head of ABC Audio Studios Kellie Riordan has launched a new audio consultancy, Deadset Studios; and a new podcast, Curveball which explains how you too can tackle life’s toughest moments, and come out on top.

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• Mark Cuban spoke at Podcast Movement Virtual - if you missed it, Podcast Movement have posted his full keynote with Erica Mandy from The NewsWorthy.
• Whooshkaa has launched the Whooskhaa Cloud Studio, a way to record and edit podcasts using nothing more than a web browser.
• Podomatic has announced two new partnerships with Podcorn and Whatfor Apparel - allowing monetisation for any sized podcast on the platform. Podomatic will forward any commission direct to the podcaster.
• Podfan, a podcast membership company, now includes hosting for private podcasts with unlimited downloads.
• Podcast ad-tech host Megaphone is still losing money but revenues increased significantly in the first nine months of 2020. Graham Holdings Company also owns Slate, Foreign Policy, and kids podcast publisher Pinna; all these companies lost money, though Pinna's revenue is also increasing.
• Podcastle, a "next-gen podcast platform", has successfully raised $1.75m in funding. Podcastle, based in Armenia, converts text news/articles to a podcast.
• Oxford Road has made three appointments to their executive team, including Steven Abraham as President.
• Acast has launched a "Local Heroes" campaign, using podcasters to promote local independent businesses in Melbourne VIC, Australia - a city which has moved out of lockdown.
• Midroll and Stitcher have announced a slate of new shows.

• Three podcast principles for braver audio creativity (Tom Roach, Acast)\
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• On Vurbl Voices, Paul talks with the co-founders of KidNuz about the audio news format, storytelling, crafting your voice, distributing to the classroom and opportunities around audio for kids and families. Listen on Vurbl
• On The Media's Bob Garfield is the guest on Oxford Road Presents: The Divided States of Media. Recorded yesterday, Bob Garfield describes himself as "at my wit's end" - and it's Bob as you've never heard him before.
• That Gaby Roslin Podcast is "all about having a good time, celebrating positivity and spreading kindness". This UK broadcaster's podcast is produced by Cameo Productions, and has made it to episode 7 already.
• A new explorative wellness podcast Sounds A Bit Woo Woo To Me launched yesterday, taking a deep-dive look into alternative therapies, spiritual practices and holistic wellbeing approaches.

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• How have the presidential candidates used podcast advertising in the US election? Magellan AI says that Trump virtually stopped spending in September and only advertised in news and culture shows. Joe Biden started in late August, after he was officially announced as candidate - but he's advertised a lot on... comedy shows.
• It's not podcasting, but Netflix could soon allow you to listen to, rather than watch, your favourite shows, according to new code in the app. Back on January 31, Podnews reader Ken Randall noticed that TV shows with audio description would make for a great podcast. We'd agree.
• Using clips of comedy in your podcast? Expect a knock on your door before too long: Spoken Giants is a new royalty administration agency for the spoken word - much like a music publisher earns royalties for song composers.

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• Reuters has released its Reuters Audio Survey, a global survey of, among others, attendees of the VOICE Global conference. Daily News podcasts, and interview podcasts, are among the content most likely to increase in demand, the survey says - music, radio and serialised podcasts less so. 80% believe voice-connected homes will soon become the norm.
• In podcasting, host-read ads work better than non-host-read ads, says new research from Nielsen.
• It's the fourth anniversary of the New York Times Audio team. The team have posted an update.
• PRX has published an excerpt from the independent investigation into systemic racism at the company.
• Libsyn have demonstrated their much-awaited Libsyn5 podcast dashboard. It features a new visual look and feel for stats, and simpler podcast publishing.
• Quarterly results have been coming out this week.
  • Amazon's net income tripled year-on-year.
  • Spotify now has 320m monthly active users: up 29% year-on-year. 22% of them used podcasts (up 1% from last quarter).
  • Facebook's total users in the US and Canada dropped slightly.
• Transistor has added one-click submitting tools to podcast directories.
• In India, today is Spotify Podcasters Day: a masterclass and networking day with more than 25,000 creators having registered.
• National Podcast Post Month - NaPodPoMo - starts on November 1st. The goal of NaPodPoMo is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting bootcamp.
• Evo Terra's changed his mind about PINOs. Podcasters who don't understand RSS, editing tools or podcast tech - Podcasters In Name Only - are just as valuable, he says, as the more full-stack podcasters.

• The Best Podcast Hosts are highlighted by The Podcast Host. (Our Editor is an advisor for one of this article's choices).
• How to share your podcast on Instagram Reels (Wavve)\
• How I make True Crime Reporter (Robert Riggs)

• For the US presidential election, On The Media's Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield will be hosting their first-ever live election night show, featuring expert interviews, music, comedy, and reflections and reactions from the OTM crew. It's free to watch.
• The second season of Dr Death has hit #1 on Apple Podcasts. This season is about Dr Farid Fata, who subjected over 500 patients to brutal chemo treatments they did not need, just to collect millions from insurance; and it unveils a rotten system that tried to protect him.
• There are lots of non-US podcasts out there that are worth a listen. Foreign Policy Playlist is a new show from Foreign Policy magazine that will recommend one podcast from around the world each week, interview the host, and play an excerpt.

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• It's going to be easier for media agencies to buy podcast ads with Acast, which has made more than 20,000 shows available to buyers on FreeWheel's Strata platform. Strata is already used by more than 1,100 ad agencies - so buying podcast ads is just a click away.
• Meanwhile, AdsWizz is making 1,000,000 podcast episodes available for advertising using contextual targeting. The technology enables advertisers to target shows based on subjects discussed, and helps them avoid inadvertently being on shows mentioning things they'd rather their brand wasn't next to, like shows featuring anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, for example.
• Alex Jones guested on The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring anti-vaccination conspiracy theories. They've no basis in truth and threaten public health, and critics have called Jones's appearance 'disgusting'. Spotify's legal officer sent an internal memo defending the company's stance on 'diverse points of view'; Jones was kicked off Apple, Spotify, Facebook and YouTube earlier this year.

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• The latest podcast hosting company to support podcast locking is Transistor, who have announced full support. From The Podcast Index, this is a best-practice tag that aims to make podcast piracy harder than just six steps. We'd encourage other podcast hosts to step up.
• Portland Pod's Tanner Campbell has launched a podcast editing course on AppSumo. Normally this course costs $429, but for a limited time it's just $24.
• Brian Benedik (Spotify, iHeart, Katz) has been hired as Strategic Advisor for Targetspot.
• The Australian Podcast Awards will announce their nominations this Saturday lunchtime, in a live stream on their website.
• US radio folks might enjoy listening to the Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, tonight at 7pm Eastern.

• Podcast Marketing Strategies That Work (Jack Rhysider)
• How to Bring Your Podcast Back From the Dead (RSS Podcasting)
• Who's using what tools to do podcast interviews? Data from InterviewValet suggests that SquadCast is growing fast; but Zoom is the #1 thing.

• Red Flags is the first true-crime podcast in a new slate from Investigation Discovery. It's "a weekly talk show designed to be a one-stop shop for all the latest buzz in the true crime world."
• Last Day returns for a second season, focusing the growing suicide crisis with an emphasis on hope and finding solutions. From Lemonada and co-sponsored by the JED Foundation, this season is already achieving three times the amount of plays.
• Behind The Podcast is a new show from The Australian Podcast Awards - which dives into the stories behind how some of the country's most interesting and successful podcasts are created. First up is Kate Watson from The Squiz.
• Featuring an original score, DRAMA - an aural experience is a new short-story audio series featuring the world of the supernatural, paranormal, and mysterious. Perfect on the run-up to Halloween.

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• Shure have launched the Shure MV7 microphone. US$249, it gets a glowing review in Forbes. With XLR and USB output and an app to help control it, it's based on the Shure SM7B used by Michael Jackson, Joe Rogan, and Roman Mars.
• After its acquisition by SiriusXM earlier this year, the podcast app Stitcher is to get a redesign.
• Adam Curry and John C Dvorak celebrated thirteen years doing No Agenda this week.

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• A press release says: "PodBooking- The LinkedIn of Podcasting Has Arrived"
• Spotify executive Sten Garmark is quoted in a story behind the paywall at Business Insider: "The thing we are most excited about right now is finally getting to the point where we have so many consumers and so many creators on the same software stack, and that hasn't really happened in audio before ... So continuing the journey on format innovation to go solve problems that no other company can solve but Spotify."
• The Athletic is partnering with Megaphone for podcast distribution and monetisation. The Athletic is a subscription-based sports publisher.
• In the UK, Pods Up North have announced a new virtual event to help you grow and evolve your podcast. It's a "pay as you feel" event.
• Want some good podcast recommendations? Sara's Podcast Newsletter is full of them (and lots of animated GIFs).

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• How to make multilingual podcasts (Lory Martinez from Studio Ochenta, speaking at Podcast Day)
• How to network with other podcast hosts (DiscoverPods)

• In The Jordan Harbinger Show today, the first one-on-one interview from the infamous Fyre Fest organiser Billy McFarland, via a collect call from the Elkton, OH federal correctional facility where he’s currently serving out his sentence. He was given three months in solitary confinement for having a USB flash drive.
• How Cool Is This? is a five-minute podcast about what's cool, "perfect for a short commute from the bedroom to the kitchen," they say (too soon, guys!) They're going daily from today, with episodes exploring different political ideas, right up to the election. Anyone can submit their political idea to the show by calling +1-848-863-9917.
• Indigenous people have lived in Australia for thousands of years, and have formed a spiritual relationship with the land - including the spirits on the other side. Indigenous Ghost Stories is new from Australia's National Indigenous Television. (We should also take this opportunity to acknowledge the Turrbal and Jagera people, the traditional owners of the land on which Podnews is prepared every day.)

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• The Allusionist has left PRX's Radiotopia, with host Helen Zaltzman citing a lack of racial diversity at the organisation. "I have raised this fact repeatedly, recommended existing shows or potential showmakers to approach, questioned the excuses given for why the line-up stayed very white - small capacity and limited resources and insufficient money were frequently cited. So I offered money. And now, in case it makes more space and resources available, I’m removing myself." The Bugle, hosted by her brother Andy Zaltzman, left Radiotopia early last year.
• Acast is running ads in the US to encourage voting in the US Presidential Election. The ads are non-partisan, and will be targeted to US listeners to over 20,000 podcasts.
• The University of Canberra in Australia has released Podcast Trends and Issues in Australia and Beyond: Global Perspectives. It claims that 32% of Australian news consumers have listened to podcasts in the last month; and that 42% of Australian podcast listeners use YouTube to consume podcasts (Spotify at 33%, Apple at 21%, Google at 15%). It asked 692 podcast listeners in the country.

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• Just announced - Audio Recess, a new, free, virtual event from PRX and the Google Podcasts Creator Program. It'll happen on November 21, and is open to all.
• Continuing an assault on radio, Spotify has launched a morning show for the US. It's a "show with music" - personalised music for you, and hosted by Kat Lazo, Speedy Morman, and Xavier “X” Jernigan "who will help you start your day with fresh takes and fresh tunes."
  • US radio will have less variety as of today. Radio owners can now rebroadcast one station on the transmitters of another that covers the same area. Yesterday, that was illegal.
• Megaphone Studio is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Megaphone achieved 827m downloads in September, says the release; Megaphone Studio makes podcasts for brands, typically working on fifty shows at a time.
• Multicultural podcast agency Pod Digital Media has added a further five shows to its roster. The shows include former NFL and NBA players, and the hosts of NYC's Hot 97 morning show.
• Podcast Day Online is this Monday, October 26, starting at 9am CET. Run in Europe by the popular Radiodays Europe conference, our Editor will be speaking on the latest podcast news. You can still register if you're quick. Discount code PODONLINE20 may still work.

• How To Get Your Per Episode Artwork To Show Up Properly - Jack Rhysider discovers the inconsistent world of podcast episode art.
• How Travis Chappell Launched a Top 25 Business Podcast
• Why I Decided To Start A Patreon Page For My Podcast In 2020 During A Global Pandemic (Sam Whitfield)

• Pugilistic British television journalist Jeremy Paxman is to host an interview podcast: The Lock In starts next week. Here's a video of one of his most famous interviews, where he asks Michael Howard, the UK's former Home Secretary, the same question quite a few times. Try from 4:00 in.
• Launching on Monday, The Crime Time Pod is true crime stories with aloof British accents. Helen and Mary journey through some of the most horrific, bizarre and mysterious True Crime stories from around the globe.
• Doctor - Am I Dying?! We're all a bit of a hypochondriac. In this podcast, two doctors tell you whether you should chill out, go see your doctor, or rush to hospital. It's an adaptation of a book by the hosts, Christopher Kelly, MD, and Marc Eisenberg, MD, FACC.
• Kennedy Saves The World is one of three new podcasts from Fox News. Unaccountably, it isn't a celebration of the famous Kennedy family of the Democrats - instead, it's hosted by Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery, Fox Business Network host and former MTV VJ. It starts today.

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• The electric Porsche Taycan now comes with Apple Podcasts. It's the first "full integration" of Apple Podcasts in any vehicle; the Porsche voice assistant will allow you to ask for "popular podcast episodes or shows", and it also includes the Top Charts for navigation. Listening is synched with other Apple devices. We're eagerly awaiting our review unit.
  • The press release claims "over 1.5 million shows" are now in Apple Podcasts.
• First look The winners of the iVoox Audience Awards have just been released. We have the full list.
• Podcorn, a self-service marketplace connecting podcasters with advertisers for native sponsorships, is announcing new partnership deals with podcast hosts Buzzsprout, Podomatic, RSS, Captivate and Omny Studio. Podcorn claims to have done thousands of campaigns with tens of thousands of podcast creators.

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• MIDiA has posted a survey claiming that Spotify is now the most widely used podcast platform. It says that 42% of podcast listeners use Spotify, with Apple at 32%, and Google Podcasts at an un-disclosed third place; and that 14% are weekly podcast users. The data covers the US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany and France, weighted to country population size.
• Want to do a "Spotify Show With Music" but not use Anchor? You can, actually - as a playlist. This playlist uses Spreaker for the talk, and Spotify for the music. It still is only playable in Spotify, though.
• Sounder has partnered with Triton Digital to allow any podcast to earn revenue with dynamically-inserted advertising. This adds to their partnership with DAX for larger publishers.
• Podtrac has posted data showing how podcasts did in the US last year during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. (We'll be publishing every day, as normal)
• Descript has added a video editor. Like their audio product, the service allows you to edit media as if you're editing a word document.
• Spotify has signed with Scooter Braun, a US media owner, to produce Country Shine with Graham Bunn, a country music broadcaster. The show appears to be an exclusive.
• A podcast studio is coming to the Southern Illinois University, in Edwardsville IL, USA. Students and Illinois Small Business Development Center members will be able to use it for "a low cost".
• Transistor has announced early access to their Zapier podcast integration, joining Captivate.
• NPR has subscribed to Nielsen's Podcast Buying Power Service. "NPR will have access to podcast insights spanning 18 genres that can be cross-referenced against a massive category of consumer purchase behavior patterns and services usage."
• As Podcast Movement Virtual continues, details of PodFest China 2020 have been added to our events website. The in-person event is in Shanghai on October 31. Their 200+ tickets sold out in 8 minutes, they say.
• Anyone want a good "podcast hosting" domain?

• With news that Google Podcasts is the #3 podcast app, here's how to tell where they're pulling your podcast from.
• Not growing as fast as you'd like? Before you blame your content or marketing, the problem may be a lack of desire, says Evo Terra.

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