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Monday, May 6, 2024
👉Someone has been taking the podcast A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs and, without credit, translating it into French for nearly two years, says the host, earning money from it, too. Andrew Hickey, who hosts the podcast, warns “I am going to give him until Monday to take all those episodes down and post an apology before I contact a lawyer”.
👉Captain Diligaf, who Hickey alleges is the podcaster, has taken down his Patreon (it was earning $76 a month under the name Philippe Gateau - a name which takes the cake). His podcast appears to be no longer listed at Apple. It’s still hosted at Spotify for Podcasters, however.
👉Does Diligaf’s podcast copy the original? Diligaf’s Apr 17 ’24 episode of “The Four Tops I Can’t Help Myself” says it “constitue la deuxième partie d’une série de trois épisodes consacrés à la Motown de 1965”, while Hickey’s 8 Sep ’21 episode of “I Can’t Help Myself” by the Four Tops says it “is part two of a three-episode look at Motown in 1965.” C’est une coïncidence étonnante!
👉There's More To Read: HERE
Friday, May 3, 2024
👉The IAB has released v2.2 of the Podcast Measurement Guidelines. It’s the first new set of guidelines in over three years. To help understand what’s changed, we’ve prepared a summary of changes between v2.1 and v2.2, and between the public consultation vs final. One change is the removal of Spotify as a contributing company: Spotify left the IAB earlier this year.
- One significant addition is on page 7: “To claim compliance with these guidelines, an organization must go through the IAB Tech Lab certification process and get listed on the IAB Tech Lab website.” This is, perhaps, to clarify podcasts hosts claiming they’re compliant.
- To help, our podcast hosts page now lists the version of IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines that each podcast host is certified to, and the date of that certification.
👉Apple Podcasts has added a curated Wellness category to its app - you’ll see it in the search page. Featuring a curated collection of health, fitness and wellness shows, it’s part of Mental Health Awareness Month. The category curates episodes, shows and creators; subtopics reflect the evolving definition of what it means to be well today including: Mood, Sleep, Relationships, Meditation, Movement and Gratitude.
👉Global’s DAX is celebrating its tenth anniversary.Classifieds - your job or ad here
✌69% of consumers say advertising in “disconcerting” news has no negative effect on how they perceive a brand, according to IAB CEO David Cohen.
👉There's More To Read: HERE
👉For the first time, Spotify is now the most popular podcast platform by downloads, according to Buzzsprout’s global download statistics. Spotify slipped in front of Apple Podcasts for the first time, across Buzzsprout’s 124,000 active shows in April.
👉We have a date: Google Podcasts is to close, globally, on June 23 (according to an email sent to a UK user). July 29 is the end date for users to export subscriptions.
👉Apple Podcasts Connect will be down for scheduled maintenance on May 11, from 6.00am PT for up to two hours.We know what we’d be hoping Apple is doing in that downtime (see above), but the realistic answer is probably nothing more interesting than a man with a beard doing a database migration.
Thursday, May 2, 2024
👉For the first time, Spotify is now the most popular podcast platform by downloads, according to Buzzsprout’s global download statistics. Spotify slipped in front of Apple Podcasts for the first time, across Buzzsprout’s 124,000 active shows in April.
- But isn’t Spotify #1 anyway? Yes, but for listeners, not for downloads: until now, at least. It’s a notable achievement for Spotify, since Apple Podcasts also auto-downloads by default; Spotify doesn’t. (However, unlike Apple TV and Apple Music, Apple Podcasts is not available on Android.)
👉We have a date: Google Podcasts is to close, globally, on June 23 (according to an email sent to a UK user). July 29 is the end date for users to export subscriptions.
- The closure leaves the Android platform without a natural default podcast app (we recommend either Antennapod or Pocket Casts). Apple Podcasts isn’t available on Android.
👉Apple Podcasts Connect will be down for scheduled maintenance on May 11, from 6.00am PT for up to two hours.We know what we’d be hoping Apple is doing in that downtime (see above), but the realistic answer is probably nothing more interesting than a man with a beard doing a database migration.
👉There's More To Read: HERE
👉When listening to ad-supported audio, Americans are spending more than three times longer with the radio than with podcasts, according to “The Record”, new data from Nielsen and Edison Research. However, for younger listeners (18-34), time spent with podcasts and radio are nearly equal, at 37% vs 45%.
👉Podcast ad spending climbed 29% year-on-year in Q1/24, according to a new report from Magellan AI. The free report also covers details of which categories are growing, how genres compare in ad load, and the most common place for ads in episodes.
👉In London, podcast production house Viral Tribe has acquired Soho Radio and its podcast business, SRP Studios. Terms weren’t given; SRP Studios are used by a number of large clients including the BBC, Stephen Fry and Gillian Anderson.
👉SiriusXM released its Q1/24 financial earnings. The numbers are down for satellite radio and for Pandora; but Chris Peterson looks at the numbers from a podcast point of view, and discovers a bright lining: podcast revenue was up 22% year-on-year, and programmatic podcast revenue has almost doubled
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
👉When listening to ad-supported audio, Americans are spending more than three times longer with the radio than with podcasts, according to “The Record”, new data from Nielsen and Edison Research. However, for younger listeners (18-34), time spent with podcasts and radio are nearly equal, at 37% vs 45%.
👉Podcast ad spending climbed 29% year-on-year in Q1/24, according to a new report from Magellan AI. The free report also covers details of which categories are growing, how genres compare in ad load, and the most common place for ads in episodes.
👉In London, podcast production house Viral Tribe has acquired Soho Radio and its podcast business, SRP Studios. Terms weren’t given; SRP Studios are used by a number of large clients including the BBC, Stephen Fry and Gillian Anderson.
👉SiriusXM released its Q1/24 financial earnings. The numbers are down for satellite radio and for Pandora; but Chris Peterson looks at the numbers from a podcast point of view, and discovers a bright lining: podcast revenue was up 22% year-on-year, and programmatic podcast revenue has almost doubled
👉There's More To Read: HERE.
👉SiriusXM’s President & Chief Content Officer Scott Greenstein will be in conversation with James Corden at The Podcast Show. It’s the latest announcement from the show, which is in London on May 22-23. More than 15,000 delegates are expected from around the world. Tickets are here - use PODNEWS10 to save on selected passes. Our Editor is also speaking at the event.
👉Making a branded podcast? How about… using that branded podcast as on-hold audio? How Audio Turns Waiting Time into Brand-Building Opportunities, is a new study released today by Veritonic. 40% of consumers would quite like to hear about interesting new podcasts while they’re on hold…
👉The Podcast Power-Up Summit has been announced in Toronto ON, Canada. There’s an early-bird price of CA$75 if you’re quick.
👉Auddia, which is working on a podcast app that skips the ads, has done some financial manoeuvring to avoid being taken off the NASDAQ. It’s lost two-thirds of its stock price in the last six months. Earlier this month it gained a patent for ad-skipping live radio.
👉Danielle Desir Corbett’s monthly Grants for Creators newsletter contains 78 grants, worth around $1mn. She previews five of them on LinkedIn.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
👉Making a branded podcast? How about… using that branded podcast as on-hold audio? How Audio Turns Waiting Time into Brand-Building Opportunities, is a new study released today by Veritonic. 40% of consumers would quite like to hear about interesting new podcasts while they’re on hold…
👉The Podcast Power-Up Summit has been announced in Toronto ON, Canada. There’s an early-bird price of CA$75 if you’re quick.
👉Auddia, which is working on a podcast app that skips the ads, has done some financial manoeuvring to avoid being taken off the NASDAQ. It’s lost two-thirds of its stock price in the last six months. Earlier this month it gained a patent for ad-skipping live radio.
👉Danielle Desir Corbett’s monthly Grants for Creators newsletter contains 78 grants, worth around $1mn. She previews five of them on LinkedIn.
👉There's More To Read: HERE
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