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TWiT is to close its studios in Petaluma
in the next six months, Leo Laporte said in MacBreak Weekly,
"Every little bit counts," he says, referencing the environmental benefits,
adding, "Our 15 employees won't be driving all the way to Petaluma anymore.
They'll be staying home." TWiT made staff layoffs late last year.
The New York Times looks at the crisis at NPR.
The growth of NPR's podcast business is cited as a source of tension with member stations,
and Boston's NPR station WBUR is to reduce its staffing levels by 30, the station's CEO has announced.
Podchaser has launched a new section of the website called Podcast Charts and Rankings,
which shows the Apple and Spotify podcast charts from across the world.
In The Dark London and Transmission Roundhouse are looking for submissions for a listening event
to be held in London in August. They're looking for new: new creators and producers
or new styles from established producers. There's a small payment and the chance to get your audio
heard by new and interesting people. Submissions close on May the 17th.
And is RSS good for the environment? Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music are,
according to Earth Notes, particularly bad at polling podcast RSS feeds very often just
in case someone's published a new episode: while our own RSS stats also show the size of the problem too.
In People News, Chris Baughen has been appointed as Head of Podcasts for Wondery UK.
He joins from Spotify UK, where he was head of studios.
And in Podcast News, the Beef and Dairy Network, an award-winning partially improvised British
comedy podcast, has a special guest. In the latest episode, a running joke in the show concerns actor
Ted Danson, who the podcast claims lent the host a lot of grain to get the podcast started
and who has a loud bell he rings whenever he gets angry. The guest is actor Ted Danson,
playing the slightly more absurd Ted Danson in the show. Podcast Perspectives has Wondermedia's
head of development, Emily Rudder, as a guest today. The company creates award-winning originals
and branded series for clients. Business Brain, the entrepreneur's podcast, has hit 2,000 episodes.
The show, hosted on Blubrry, started in 2015. And The Podcast Weekly Review this week includes
an interview with Ross Adams on Acast's 10th birthday and a chat with Katherine Muselik from
Shark Party Media on podcast guesting. Trailers for selected shows are in our podcast called New
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