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The Webby Awards will announce the winners of the 28th annual awards later today but
we can exclusively reveal that Julia Louis-Dreyfus will receive the Webby Podcast of the Year
Award for Lemonada Media's Wiser Than Me. The Webby Podcast Company of the Year goes
to iHeartMedia. We've details of 14 more awards ahead of the release of the full list.
Google appears to have set a date for Google Podcasts to be switched off in countries outside
the US. A support document has been updated to say users outside of the United States
will be able to use Google Podcasts until mid to late June, 9-to-5 Google has spotted.
Well, how is YouTube being reviewed? YouTube Sucks For Podcasts is the none too subtle headline
from Android Police. Inside Podcasting, a podcast newsletter, has not published an issue since
March the 21st. We understand that a majority of the editorial staff at the company have
been laid off. Spotify is removing the separate login for Spotify for Podcasters, its podcast
host. From May the 14th you'll be required to use a Spotify login rather than your old
Anchor one. The benefits are that you'll be able to manage more than one podcast with
the same login and be able to invite teams. And Veritonic has inked to deal with AppsFlyer
to allow the company access to real time data on in-app conversion actions across mobile
devices. In People News Novel has a new CEO Craig
Strachan: he joins from Amazon Music where he was Global Head of Podcast Industry. And
in podcast news Bear Brook has returned today from NHPR with a special episode almost five
years after the true crime podcast first came out. There's been a sudden development in
the 1988 case of the murder of Sharon Johnson. Exhibit A is new this week from Abby Clancy
who's married to Peter Crouch who both own Marvelous Media a new podcast network which
is to launch up to ten new shows this year which is working with Acast who will be monetizing
both the audio and video output across all platforms. And The Letter has returned for
a new season from KSL Podcasts and the Webby Award winning, Lemonada Media. Ripple Effect
explores a 1982 murder of two young fathers. Trailers for selected shows are in our podcast
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