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The winners of the Spanish language Global Podcast Ondas Awards 2024 were announced.
Our list includes the judges' reasons for each, plus hosting companies and an OPML file
to import them into your compatible podcast player. You'll find it linked in our show
notes and our newsletter at podnews.net.
Think one mention of murder in your true crime podcast means no monetization? Well, not necessarily.
Barometer and Sonnet have worked on a project to offer advertisers suitably separated ad
placements, allowing them to reach your audience while avoiding unwanted alignment with the
gory bits. The tool uses a contextual engine to set mid-rolls and other ad placements at
a safe distance.
Podcast host Ausha has launched a transcription service. The tool creates an Apple Podcast
compatible transcript. Transcripts are available in 99 languages in compatible podcast apps
and on your Ausha website. It uses the podcast:transcript standard from Podcasting 2.0.
Remote recording tool StreamYard has been acquired by the owner of Evernote and Meetup,
Bending Spoons. Terms weren't given.
YouTube Music has unveiled improvements to the app, enhanced podcast sort options, a recommended
show's shelf in the app, and improved search results. The company announced the changes
on Reddit.
Data newly available from OP3 and published by our sister publication Podcast Business
Journal shows that the big three podcast apps, Apple, Amazon and Spotify, account for 74%
of all downloads for the over 2,000 shows measured on the service. CastBox is the biggest
independent podcast app at number four. The data is updated daily. And if you've got data,
if you got it in a format that we can read, we'd love to carry it in that data section.
Editor at podnews.net will find us.
The campaign legal center has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission about
iHeartMedia's $630,000 funding from ad sales associated with the podcast Verdict with Ted
Cruz to a group supporting Senator Cruz's re-election efforts. The group called that
"illegal."
Shure has released the MV7+ microphone, which now has a USB-C connection and a redesigned
LED display. John Gorforth from Magellan AI guests on Partner-up Profits to talk about
how podcast advertising works. And 30% of listeners to The Bible In A Year don't listen
to any other podcast, says Edison Research, which shares the top five shows for exclusive
listeners today. Perhaps most surprisingly, also in the top five is iHeart's Steve Harvey
Morning Show. That's a network with much to gain from cross-promotion to other shows,
you'd think.
Aliza Licht: I'm your host, Aliza Licht. I'm an award-winning marketer, two-time author and personal branding
expert. And I am your trusted guide every week.
James Cridland: Leave Your Mark, with Aliza Licht has joined the Money News Network, which says it's the
number one finance podcast network. The show's already amassed more than 1.4 million downloads.
A brand new comedy-parenting podcast, The Baby Bubble, is new from Mammamia today, hosted
by twin sisters and first-time mums Jesse and Claire Stevens. It's sponsored by Big
W, an Australian retailer.
Scandal re-watch podcast Unpacking the Toolbox is back for a second season today. It's
from Shondaland Audio, in partnership with iHeartPodcasts. And How Was It For You with
Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstock is brand new this week from the two UK comedians. It's
the show where everything, yes, everything gets a review and a star rating out of five.
With Rachel and Marcus juggling gigs, radio, TV, a toddler, an obsession with cheese,
Roy the Chameleon, live improvised Jane Austen shows in the West End, and two adult stepkids,
they're never short of things to give the star treatment to. Five stars would listen again.
And trailers for selected shows are in our podcast called New Podcast Trailers. We're
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