Apple’s show of 2024 is Hysterical

• Dan Taberski’s Hysterical, from Wondery and Pineapple Avenue Studios, has been named the Apple Podcasts 2024 Show of the Year. There’s a special interview with Dan on Apple’s web site, speaking about how he makes the present, which is about instances of mass hysteria all through historical past and what they are saying about society. It’s additionally accessible ad-free in Wondery+.

  
  

• Mpls.St.Paul Journal is worked up: “One of the most influential executives in podcasting lives in Minneapolis.” Jessica Cordova Kramer manages to get a shout-out to Podnews in the course of this interview – further factors! (She may also be a visitor on the Podnews Weekly Review shortly, too).

• Spotify’s Chartable stops working on Dec 12 – should you’re utilizing the Chartable prefix (chtbl.com or chrt.fm) in your RSS feed, your podcast could now not be playable after that date. In analysis earlier this week, which we shared with affected podcast hosts, Podnews discovered 31,749 exhibits with the prefix nonetheless in it. Most podcast hosts are working to assist clients.

  • Publishers utilizing Spotify’s Megaphone will likely be unaffected.
  • It’s lengthy been identified that if podcasters change the enclosure URL, like eradicating the Chartable prefix, that triggers an computerized re-download on every listener’s Spotify app for each affected episode. Anticipate, due to this fact, considerably increased Spotify obtain numbers over the subsequent few weeks as creators take away the Chartable prefix – and knock-on results with advert serving.

• Five million new Canadian adults have become monthly podcast listeners since 2019, says new knowledge from The Canadian Podcast Listener. 39% now hearken to podcasts month-to-month (that’s greater than 13mn individuals).

• Nevertheless, the Canadian government is spending millions of dollars making podcasts nobody listens to, based on official authorities figures uncovered by the Canadian Taxpayers Basis.

  • As one instance, the statistics podcast Eh Sayers first printed in November 2021, has 26 episodes accessible, and has achieved a median of 1,142 downloads per episode. Up to now, the podcast has cost Canadian taxpayers $971,417 (practically US$700,000).

• Ausha has launched Ausha Intelligence to all podcasters, no matter the place their present is hosted. The AI instrument produces Search engine marketing-optimised present notes, designed to spice up discoverability.

• Podcasthon, a charity event in March, has received registrations for over 1,000 podcasts. The occasion, which begins in precisely 100 days on March 15, will function greater than 1,000 podcasts dedicating an episode to assist the charity of their selection. The initiative is supported by Acast, Ausha, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify; Podnews is a media associate

• A new thought paper has been published by WARC and Audacy, specializing in “the audio funding hole” – the massive distinction between audio consumption within the US (24.5% of all ad-supported media consumption), and the share of selling spend it will get (simply 8.4%). It interviews 21 trade specialists, myths and alternatives.

• Ashley Carman’s publication Soundbite is to go behind a paywall, and can solely be accessible to Bloomberg subscribers or to those that purchase the $11.99/month Tech Publication bundle. You can subscribe here.

• Veritonic introduced enhanced capabilities to analyze and optimize the audio performance of video podcasts.

• Is there anybody house at TuneIn? In February, the corporate briefly stopped the power to submit new podcasts. It’s now December, and the corporate nonetheless says: “we’re unable to replace any podcast on our platform, on account of us conducting some development to our podcast replace type.”. And when may it’s mounted? “We aren’t conscious of an anticipated timeframe of when this matter will likely be resolved, however we want to recommend that you just verify again with us once in a while to see if this matter has been resolved.“ Not adequate.

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