Podstock brings the numbers together

• When making an attempt to take inventory of your podcast community’s numbers, it may be irritating logging into a number of platforms throughout the web to place all of your consumption knowledge collectively. A new service called Podstock has launched, to present one view of that knowledge, for reveals and networks. CEO and co-founder Michael Paretzky, who led podcast analytics and technique at Audacy, writes that he hopes the podcast industry can become more efficient with the tool.

• Podcasthon began final weekend, with greater than 1,700 reveals signed as much as do a particular episode for a charity or trigger. There’s a giant listing on their web site, and it runs till Friday. It’s the third yr for Podcasthon, and its largest ever.

• How many downloads does a popular branded podcast, which earns more than $100,000 in ad revenue, get? Writing on LinkedIn, Sam Parr, the founding father of Hampton, has shared obtain numbers and particulars of Moneywise, a private finance podcast for top internet value individuals.

• Two out of 5 individuals in France take heed to podcasts, in line with new data from the ACPM and CSA, reproduced by Ausha. 28% are weekly listeners. The podcast market in France is break up into what the nation calls “native” podcasts and “radio replays” – this knowledge measures each. 53% of reveals listened-to are below quarter-hour lengthy .

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• There’s a brand new awards ceremony particularly for audio drama indie reveals – the Audio Drama Indie Awards, or AuDIAs. It’s a fan-run award present designed to assist spotlight hidden gems in audio drama – the brand new, the undiscovered, and the underpraised. Submissions can be curated by volunteer judges, and winners can be chosen by well-liked vote amongst chosen finalists. You possibly can nominate your present (and see the {qualifications}) on the AuDIAs website.

• Headliner’s “forever free” account is undergoing a small change – you’ll get one unwatermarked video per thirty days, however further movies will now have a Headliner emblem. It nonetheless provides limitless movies, and limitless month-to-month transcriptions.

• Donald Trump signed an order to close Voice of America, the worldwide broadcaster of the US. VOA, which reaches a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of listeners every week world wide, additionally produces numerous podcasts in numerous languages.

• Additional studying: EarBuds appears to be like at five podcast episodes on health and wellness … John Wordock sees there being benefit from Donald Trump on podcasts beyond just news … Wil Williams writes How (and Why) to Keep Up with Industry News, recommending, amongst others, us!

The Tech Stuff – with RSS.com

• Section 8 of the brand new “Podcasting 2.0” podcast namespace now comprises proposals for 3 new options:

  • An expansion of the podcast:location tag. This permits a location of the topic of the podcast (“it is a present in regards to the Eiffel Tower”), however now additionally permits a location of the creator (“I’m recording this present in Chicago, IL”). The proposal features a easy JavaScript generator, for ease of use and integration into any podcast host.
  • A new podcast:follow tag, to make it simpler for podcasters to present “observe” hyperlinks on quite a lot of platforms. These hyperlinks are in a separate JSON file to make sure the RSS feed doesn’t get materially bigger.
  • An expansion to the podcast:images tag, to permit hyperlinks to banners, YouTube-sized thumbnails, and different photos.

• AntennaPod, the open supply podcast app for Android, released v3.7.0. Among the many modifications, now you can choose particular person reveals you need to auto-download.

Strikes and hires

• Del Fordham is now Affiliate Director of Originals for Audible within the Asia Pacific. He joins from 9 Leisure and Information Corp.

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Podcast Information – with Airwave

The Lex Fridman Podcast interviewed the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. India is house to the second-largest variety of English audio system (greater than 228mn), and the protection of the podcast has been a significant a part of Indian media over the previous couple of days.



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