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Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Your Podcast Deserves the Best Guests - Central Talent Booking helps you secure top-tier guests to boost your podcast’s reach and engagement. Find out how. Podfest Expo is taking place at the Renaissance Orlando at Seaworld in Florida; with the full tracks starting today. The Podcast Hall of Fame Ceremony is held this evening, welcoming eleven new people. We’re sorry we’re not there this year; but we hope you have a great time. Audiencelift has released a brand new version of its audience growth platform. The company says it grows your podcast audience by advertising your podcast trailer on premium digital publishers such as CNN, Yahoo and WSJ, finding people interested in what your show is about. The IAB expects US digital advertising growth to slow considerably this year. It’s because of a lack of big events like the Olympics and elections. It’s not limited to digital ads, though - everyone is predicted to feel the pinch. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereDon't sell a Patreon ❌, sell your subscription ✅! — Supporting Cast is completely white labeled, so your brand is always front and center. Build YOUR subscription & community, not Patreon'sBoost Your Podcast Downloads 🚀 — Only 20% of podcasters hit 1,000+ downloads per episode. Ready to join them? Grab this FREE 3-Day Organic Podcast Growth Mini Course and start climbing toward the top 20%!Biz & Legal Fundamentals–Don't Wait! Free Workshop — What if getting the "legal stuff" for your podcast was fast, easy and do-it-yourself-able? Join The Podcast Lawyer™ Gordon Firemark for this free online workshop. Don't miss this! Register Now. Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, Cloud10, Sounds Profitable, The Podglomerate, Steve Lack: Audio, Resound, RedCircle, Audiohook, SALT, audioBoom, Simplecast, Podscribe, Cohost, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Libsyn, Podpage websites, Knucklehead Media Group, Disctopia, We Edit Podcasts, Evergreen Podcasts, AcastSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, The Podcast Haven, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, Deepcast Creator, The Roost, Voxtopica, SoundStack, Frequency, Gilded Audio, PlayPodcast, Podium , Gumball, Castbox, Truefans, POW PR, Huberman Lab, Jonekiri, Compliance Podcast Network, Ausha, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, Red Seat Ventures, Tink Media, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Storyboard, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Optimal Living Daily, Lemonada Media, Oxford Road, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Zvook, Castos, Double Elvis Productions, Rhapsody Voices, Wondery, Jam Street Media, Ossa Collective, Transistor, Rephonic, Diversion Podcasts, Podcast Taxi, Heartcast Media50, matchmaker.fm, Headliner, Blubrry, StreamGuys, Podcast Partnership, Hear.Here.Singapore, Ad Results Media, Content10x, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, Lower Street, Podigy, Adopter Media, Sonix, Podcast Movement, School of Podcasting, Revolver Podcasts, Signal Hill Insights, Edison ResearchOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.Image: Stig Nygaard

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Your Podcast Deserves the Best Guests - Central Talent Booking helps you secure top-tier guests to boost your podcast’s reach and engagement. Find out how. Working on an ad campaign for a client? Acast’s Ross Adams shows off how they helped promote the Google Pixel. Before Christmas, some Megaphone customers saw a significant decrease in download numbers. “Something seems off”, one told us, “...and I can’t get a straight answer as to why.” The company has now sent a message to users saying that they’d found a bug; and that it’s fixed - affected dates are Nov 21 to Jan 13. Payouts were unaffected. It’s emerged that one of those laid-off by TuneIn this week was Steve Gaysinskiy, who was responsible for maintaining TuneIn’s integrations with different partners. It was the latest in a series of unreported layoffs at the company, which still offers a podcast directory in spite of not accepting new shows since February last year. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad here💰 Join the High Rollers Club with Supporting Cast — Radiolab, Dunc'd On, The Tennis Podcast, Dateline, Savage Lovecast, and other shows will earn up to seven figures this year using the Supporting Cast membership platform.Final Evolutions Sale ENDS TONIGHT — The can't miss podcast industry event of the spring is NEXT WEEK in Chicago, and our last discount sale is going on now...but ends TONIGHT! Book your passes to help shape the future of the industry!Audiencelift Grow Your Podcast, Grow Your Income! — Audiencelift delivers real human, verified listeners and IAB-compliant downloads, so you can earn meaningful revenue from your podcast. Start growing your audience and income today! Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, The Podglomerate, Sounds Profitable, Cloud10, Resound, audioBoom, Podscribe, Steve Lack: Audio, Audiohook, Cohost, SALT, Simplecast, RedCircle, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Disctopia, Libsyn, Knucklehead Media Group, Podpage websites, Acast, Evergreen Podcasts, We Edit PodcastsSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Compliance Podcast Network, Voxtopica, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, The Roost, Frequency, Gilded Audio, Truefans, PlayPodcast, Ausha, Red Seat Ventures, Gumball, SoundStack, The Podcast Haven, Deepcast Creator, Storyboard, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, Huberman Lab, POW PR, Jonekiri, Castbox, Tink Media, Podium , Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Ossa Collective, Lemonada Media, Transistor, Diversion Podcasts, Heartcast Media50, matchmaker.fm, Zvook, Podcast Taxi, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Wondery, Oxford Road, Jam Street Media, Castos, Headliner, Blubrry, Double Elvis Productions, Rephonic, Optimal Living Daily, Rhapsody Voices, StreamGuys, Podcast Partnership, Hear.Here.Singapore, Ad Results Media, Content10x, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, School of Podcasting, Sonix, Lower Street, Podcast Movement, Podigy, Revolver Podcasts, Adopter Media, Signal Hill Insights, Edison ResearchOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.Image: Google

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Your Podcast Deserves the Best Guests - Central Talent Booking helps you secure top-tier guests to boost your podcast’s reach and engagement. Find out how. Exclusive: On Air Fest has revealed its 2025 schedule, which it calls the most expansive lineup yet. The event, between Feb 19-21 in and around Brooklyn NY, will include more than eighty performances, podcast tapings, panel conversations and workshops. Among the third wave of featured talent announced today is Anderson Cooper, Jemele Hill and Anna Martin. There is also an invite-only Podcast Business Summit with Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman. This will be the event’s eighth year. Tickets are available on the website. Podcast monetisation company Audioboom published a 2024 Trading Update. In 2024, the company beat analyst forecasts to show an EBITDA profit of $3.4mn. Total revenue for the year was up by 13% to $73.4mn. The company has signed new content partnerships and renewed existing ones, but also managed to reduce minimum guarantee obligations by more than $3mn. The company’s CEO, Stuart Last, joins us in the Podnews Weekly Review this Friday. For the first time, the Australian Podcast Ranker has a clear, uncontested #1. ARN’s iHeart is number one for podcasting in podcast publishers and in sales representation. It comes as the BBC, represented by ARN’s iHeart, joins the Australian Podcast Ranker for the first time. The BBC is the tenth biggest participating publisher, with 3.3mn downloads. (The ranker is calculated using monthly listeners; the #1 publisher for monthly downloads remains the ABC, who’s podcasts are commercial free in the country.) > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereGive Your Podcast a Holiday Boost? — Player FM’s self-serve ad portal makes it easy to grow your podcast, increase plays, and gain more subscribers. Customizable campaign options for every podcaster. Start today!Tomorrow is your last chance for Evolutions Sale! — The can't miss podcast industry event of the spring is NEXT WEEK in Chicago, and our last discount sale is going on now...but ends TOMORROW! Book your passes to help shape the future of the industry!Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, The Podglomerate, Sounds Profitable, Cloud10, Resound, Steve Lack: Audio, audioBoom, Cohost, Audiohook, Podscribe, Simplecast, RedCircle, SALT, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Acast, Evergreen Podcasts, We Edit Podcasts, Podpage websites, Libsyn, Knucklehead Media Group, DisctopiaSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Truefans, Storyboard, Podium , The Roost, Jonekiri, Gumball, Huberman Lab, PlayPodcast, POW PR, The Podcast Haven, Red Seat Ventures, Tink Media, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, Voxtopica, SoundStack, Castbox, Gilded Audio, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Deepcast Creator, Ausha, Compliance Podcast Network, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, Frequency, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Rhapsody Voices, Optimal Living Daily, Double Elvis Productions, Heartcast Media50, Ossa Collective, Diversion Podcasts, Headliner, Podcast Taxi, Wondery, Jam Street Media, Transistor, Lemonada Media, matchmaker.fm, Blubrry, Zvook, Oxford Road, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Castos, Rephonic, Hear.Here.Singapore, Content10x, StreamGuys, Podcast Partnership, Ad Results Media, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, Revolver Podcasts, Podigy, Adopter Media, Lower Street, Podcast Movement, Sonix, School of Podcasting, Signal Hill Insights, Edison ResearchOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.Image: On Air Fest

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Your Podcast Deserves the Best Guests - Central Talent Booking helps you secure top-tier guests to boost your podcast’s reach and engagement. Find out how. What happens when you sell a podcast? Writing for Podnews, Tanner Campbell explains how he sold his podcast by accident - and his mistakes and lessons along the way. Podcasts have done many things, but is this the first time they have named a moon? Quasi-moons were documented on WNYC’s Radiolab last year, and in May, Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union launched a contest that would enable a Radiolab listener to name one of Earth’s quasi-moons. The winning name is Cardea, the Roman goddess of thresholds, transitional spaces, and, um, door hinges. podseo is a brand new podcast SEO service from Andrea de'Marsi, a co-founder of Spreaker. You can get in and play around for free - the service allows creators to grow their SEO efforts and watch what their competitors do. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereGetting less than 1,000 downloads per episode? — Download your FREE Podcast Growth Scorecard! This tool helps you focus your podcast marketing so that you can spend your time on the marketing activities that have the most impact on podcast growth.🚨 Last Chance to Book Early May Podcast Ads — Only 3 days left to lock in self-serve campaigns running 5/1-5/15 on Player FM! Boost downloads, grow your audience, and get your show discovered. Don’t wait!🎉New Year - Get New Listeners with AudienceLift — AudienceLift - The only trusted source for real podcast growth all traffic monitored by Cloudflare! AudienceLift powered 650+ campaigns in 2024. Start Growing in 2025 with 12% off! Use code Podnews12Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, Cloud10, Sounds Profitable, The Podglomerate, RedCircle, audioBoom, Audiohook, Steve Lack: Audio, SALT, Resound, Simplecast, Podscribe, Cohost, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Acast, We Edit Podcasts, Podpage websites, Libsyn, Knucklehead Media Group, Evergreen Podcasts, DisctopiaSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Ausha, Frequency, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Truefans, Storyboard, Compliance Podcast Network, Jonekiri, Castbox, Podium , Ask Ralph Christian Finance, SoundStack, Deepcast Creator, POW PR, Gumball, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, The Podcast Haven, Voxtopica, PlayPodcast, Red Seat Ventures, Tink Media, Huberman Lab, Gilded Audio, The Roost, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Rephonic, Jam Street Media, Lemonada Media, matchmaker.fm, Castos, Double Elvis Productions, Headliner, Ossa Collective, Blubrry, Optimal Living Daily, Oxford Road, Wondery, Podcast Taxi, Rhapsody Voices, Zvook, Heartcast Media50, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Transistor, Diversion Podcasts, Ad Results Media, StreamGuys, Podcast Partnership, Hear.Here.Singapore, Content10x, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, Podigy, Lower Street, School of Podcasting, Sonix, Podcast Movement, Adopter Media, Revolver Podcasts, Signal Hill Insights, Edison ResearchOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Your Podcast Deserves the Best Guests - Central Talent Booking helps you secure top-tier guests to boost your podcast’s reach and engagement. Find out how. Could you produce an original piece of storytelling audio with just 48 hours notice? Silver Sound announced the results of the third biannual Sonic Dash - an audio storytelling competition held every six months. Entrants must craft a completely original piece within two days of being emailed the theme - which,this time around, was "You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me." Oliver Morris and Jude Hodgson Hann took home the top prize with their piece, "Scapegoat." You can hear it in The Sonic Dash podcast feed. Substack, which announced a partnership with Spotify in April last year, is now promoting its Spotify integration on the Substack dashboard. The service also has integrations with Apple, YouTube Music, “Youtube Podcasts”, Pocket Casts and Overcast; but this is the first time that our Podnews reader who spotted this has seen them actively promote it. Bossjock, a podcast recorder on iOS, has released a newly rewritten version that adds enhancements to the soundboard, keyboard control, and sharing capabilities. You can grab it here. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereListen to Podcast Launch Tips 🚀 — Optimize your podcast launch with tips and strategies from a full time podcaster with over 1 million downloads. New episodes every Monday wherever you enjoy listening to your podcasts.🔥🎧🔥Don’t miss the Brand Podcast Summit (Jan. 14-15) — Two days packed with strategies to launch and produce a podcast your audience loves. Learn from podcasting and marketing experts. Register for free.Worldwide Online Baccarat Announcer/Commentator — This exciting opportunity is ideal for bilingual or multilingual individuals who are passionate about Baccarat and have experience in podcasting, vlogging, or as influencers. Apply now!Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, The Podglomerate, Cloud10, Sounds Profitable, RedCircle, Podscribe, Cohost, Resound, SALT, Simplecast, Audiohook, Steve Lack: Audio, audioBoom, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Acast, Podpage websites, Disctopia, We Edit Podcasts, Libsyn, Knucklehead Media Group, Evergreen PodcastsSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Tink Media, POW PR, Gumball, Castbox, The Podcast Haven, Podium , Compliance Podcast Network, Jonekiri, SoundStack, Storyboard, The Roost, Gilded Audio, PlayPodcast, Red Seat Ventures, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Ausha, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, Frequency, Huberman Lab, Voxtopica, Truefans, Deepcast Creator, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Diversion Podcasts, Headliner, Ossa Collective, Zvook, Rephonic, Blubrry, Jam Street Media, Oxford Road, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Castos, Double Elvis Productions, Heartcast Media50, Rhapsody Voices, Lemonada Media, Transistor, Wondery, Optimal Living Daily, Podcast Taxi, matchmaker.fm, StreamGuys, Ad Results Media, Content10x, Hear.Here.Singapore, Podcast Partnership, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, Adopter Media, School of Podcasting, Revolver Podcasts, Lower Street, Podigy, Sonix, Podcast Movement, Signal Hill Insights, Edison ResearchOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Transform Your Podcast Guest Lineup - Central Talent Booking delivers top-tier guests—celebrities, influencers, thought leaders, and compelling experts—to elevate your podcast. Discover more. Pod Bible, a printed magazine and website in the UK, is looking for acquisition offers. The well-respected magazine, which featured podcasts to listen to, was made available inside The Sunday Times; it also has a newsletter for podcast listeners. The LARK M2S microphone was released at CES. An easily-hidden wireless microphone intended for those shooting video, it can capture thirty hours of studio-level wireless audio. Podpacer is a podcast planning tool to help you research and plan your next episode. Slobodan Manić, the founder, tells us that “Podpacer learns from your past episodes, plus any YouTube videos, documents, or web pages you provide and uses that knowledge to help you plan and prepare new episodes more efficiently.” > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereSubscribe to the Kat & Moose Podcast! — KAT and MOOSE PODCAST has over 220 episodes exploring the quirks of being human. We call ourselves a MENTAL HEALTH COMEDY PODCAST and won a Signal Award for Best Buddy Podcast. Subscribe today!🎉New Year - Get New Listeners with AudienceLift — AudienceLift - The only trusted source for real podcast growth all traffic monitored by Cloudflare! AudienceLift powered 650+ campaigns in 2024. Start Growing in 2025 with 12% off! Use code Podnews12Worldwide Online Baccarat Announcer/Commentator — This exciting opportunity is ideal for bilingual or multilingual individuals who are passionate about Baccarat and have experience in podcasting, vlogging, or as influencers. Apply now!Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, Sounds Profitable, Cloud10, The Podglomerate, SALT, audioBoom, Steve Lack: Audio, Audiohook, RedCircle, Simplecast, Resound, Cohost, Podscribe, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, We Edit Podcasts, Libsyn, Disctopia, Evergreen Podcasts, Acast, Podpage websites, Knucklehead Media GroupSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Huberman Lab, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, Truefans, The Podcast Haven, Voxtopica, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Gumball, Jonekiri, Ausha, Red Seat Ventures, Storyboard, Tink Media, Compliance Podcast Network, PlayPodcast, Podium , Frequency, Castbox, SoundStack, The Roost, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, Gilded Audio, POW PR, Deepcast Creator, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Transistor, Rhapsody Voices, Headliner, Wondery, Rephonic, Diversion Podcasts, Heartcast Media50, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Blubrry, Zvook, Ossa Collective, Optimal Living Daily, Lemonada Media, Jam Street Media, Oxford Road, Double Elvis Productions, matchmaker.fm, Podcast Taxi, Castos, StreamGuys, Hear.Here.Singapore, Podcast Partnership, Content10x, Ad Results Media, She Podcasts, Cleanfeed, Revolver Podcasts, Podigy, School of Podcasting, Podcast Movement, Sonix, Lower Street, Adopter Media, Signal Hill Insights, Edison ResearchOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Transform Your Podcast Guest Lineup - Central Talent Booking delivers top-tier guests—celebrities, influencers, thought leaders, and compelling experts—to elevate your podcast. Discover more. After a former Barstool Sports podcaster, the comedian Grace O’Malley, made claims about her pay, Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy clarified her exact wages in a TikTok video: a base salary of $175,000 a year, and earnings of 70% of ads sold on her personal socials (a further $75,000 last year). “I just don't like when people make it seem like we scam our creators because we don’t,” he said. Goalhanger is to turn The Rest Is History into TV and film formats, according to Bloomberg. The show claims 12.5mn downloads a week (the article suggests This American Life “only” does 11.5mn). The Brand Podcast Summit has announced “Extreme Makeover - Podcast Edition”, taking one attendee’s show and giving it a full overhaul from the ground up. The event is part of the Brand Podcast Summit next week, and is free. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereLet's be Podcast Besties! 👯 — Podcast Bestie is a newsletter, podcast, and best friend to podcasters trying to grow and monetize their shows. Join the squad now.🚨 Last Chance to Book Early May Podcast Ads — Only 3 days left to lock in self-serve campaigns running 5/1-5/15 on Player FM! Boost downloads, grow your audience, and get your show discovered. Don’t wait!Worldwide Online Baccarat Announcer/Commentator — This exciting opportunity is ideal for bilingual or multilingual individuals who are passionate about Baccarat and have experience in podcasting, vlogging, or as influencers. Apply now!Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, Sounds Profitable, The Podglomerate, Cloud10, Simplecast, RedCircle, Cohost, SALT, Steve Lack: Audio, Audiohook, audioBoom, Resound, Podscribe, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Acast, Disctopia, Libsyn, Evergreen Podcasts, Podpage websites, We Edit Podcasts, Knucklehead Media GroupSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Deepcast Creator, Compliance Podcast Network, Red Seat Ventures, Storyboard, Ausha, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, POW PR, Truefans, Castbox, SoundStack, Huberman Lab, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, The Podcast Haven, Jonekiri, Gumball, PlayPodcast, Gilded Audio, Tink Media, The Roost, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, Voxtopica, Frequency, Podium , Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Lemonada Media, Blubrry, Optimal Living Daily, Podcast Taxi, Headliner, Heartcast Media50, Double Elvis Productions, Diversion Podcasts, Transistor, Rephonic, Castos, Zvook, Jam Street Media, Ossa Collective, Rhapsody Voices, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Oxford Road, matchmaker.fm, Wondery, StreamGuys, Content10x, Ad Results Media, Podcast Partnership, Hear.Here.Singapore, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, School of Podcasting, Adopter Media, Podigy, Sonix, Lower Street, Podcast Movement, Revolver Podcasts, Edison Research, Signal Hill InsightsOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.Image: Money Knack

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Transform Your Podcast Guest Lineup - Central Talent Booking delivers top-tier guests—celebrities, influencers, thought leaders, and compelling experts—to elevate your podcast. Discover more. The iHeartPodcast Awards has announced its nominations. The award ceremony will be held on Mar 10 at SXSW. Three Icon Awards are also being made, to Sarah Spain, Dan Taberski and Daniel Alarcón. You can vote now for the Podcast of the Year. How big are serialised podcasts - shows you need to start at the first episode, and listen to the last? Bumper looks at how they interact with each other, and how you might market a serialised show by reaching audiences that already listen to them - or, listen to shows that are similar. Podtrac released its US rankers for December 2024. Almost all publishers saw a decline in traffic, as is normal. Acast leapt from #5 to #3, but the company releases its data after its quarterly financial reports, so while everyone else is reporting on December, the Acast numbers are for October (and are actually unchanged month-on-month). NPR News Now returned to #1 podcast; two shows from SiriusXM are new in the podcast charts, though SiriusXM isn’t listed in the publishers chart. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereWork with an award winning podcast producer! — I can save you hours of editing so you can focus on making great content. Book a free Discovery Call with me, Niall Mackay, to see how we can help you! “Top-notch podcasts, expertly produced.”The Subscription Platform for Top Podcasters 🏅 — Find out why the industry’s largest subscription programs use Supporting Cast. From delivering their bonus content to providing a thriving community for their subscribers. Drop us a line & let's talk.🎉New Year - Get New Listeners with AudienceLift — AudienceLift - The only trusted source for real podcast growth all traffic monitored by Cloudflare! AudienceLift powered 650+ campaigns in 2024. Start Growing in 2025 with 12% off! Use code Podnews12Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, Sounds Profitable, Cloud10, The Podglomerate, SALT, audioBoom, Audiohook, Cohost, Resound, Podscribe, RedCircle, Simplecast, Steve Lack: Audio, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Acast, Knucklehead Media Group, Disctopia, Libsyn, Podpage websites, We Edit Podcasts, Evergreen PodcastsSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, The Podcast Haven, Castbox, Red Seat Ventures, Voxtopica, POW PR, Frequency, Deepcast Creator, Ausha, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, Truefans, Huberman Lab, Jonekiri, The Roost, Compliance Podcast Network, Storyboard, PlayPodcast, Podium , Gilded Audio, Gumball, SoundStack, Tink Media, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Lemonada Media, Rhapsody Voices, Castos, Oxford Road, Podcast Taxi, Optimal Living Daily, Zvook, matchmaker.fm, Jam Street Media, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Diversion Podcasts, Heartcast Media50, Headliner, Blubrry, Rephonic, Ossa Collective, Wondery, Double Elvis Productions, Transistor, Content10x, Ad Results Media, Hear.Here.Singapore, StreamGuys, Podcast Partnership, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, Lower Street, Revolver Podcasts, School of Podcasting, Podcast Movement, Sonix, Podigy, Adopter Media, Edison Research, Signal Hill InsightsOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Transform Your Podcast Guest Lineup - Central Talent Booking delivers top-tier guests—celebrities, influencers, thought leaders, and compelling experts—to elevate your podcast. Discover more. An arrest has been made in connection with a murder in Australia 27 years ago, in the Port Cartwright cliffs in Queensland (above). Police have confirmed to Meshel Laurie, the host of Australian True Crime, that it was a listener to her podcast who provided information leading to the arrest last Thursday of Keith Lees, now aged 72. Lees was the subject of an Australian True Crime episode released on Dec 23: he had gone on the run after being questioned by police in June. The show has been with Acast since 2020. At CES, microphone manufacturer Shure has released the MV7i - a new USB microphone which allows you to plug in a second XLR microphone of your choice. More than 60 billion minutes of podcast content was downloaded through the Audioboom platform in 2024, according to the company’s review of the year. The company made $60mn for its creators. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad herePodcast Growth & Monetization tips every Thursday! — Subscribe to the FREE Podcasting Business School newsletter and get fresh tips every Thursday for podcast growth, monetization, and online business strategies. Join over 3,300+ Pod Pals on this list.Don’t miss the Brand Podcast Summit (Jan. 14-15) — Two days packed with strategies to launch and produce a podcast your audience loves. Learn from podcasting and marketing experts. Register for free.Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, Cloud10, The Podglomerate, Sounds Profitable, Audiohook, audioBoom, Cohost, SALT, Steve Lack: Audio, RedCircle, Podscribe, Simplecast, Resound, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Disctopia, Acast, Evergreen Podcasts, Knucklehead Media Group, We Edit Podcasts, Podpage websites, LibsynSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Castbox, Frequency, Gumball, Jonekiri, SoundStack, Ausha, POW PR, Truefans, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, The Roost, Deepcast Creator, Huberman Lab, Gilded Audio, Voxtopica, Tink Media, Red Seat Ventures, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, The Podcast Haven, PlayPodcast, Storyboard, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Podium , Compliance Podcast Network, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Wondery, Ossa Collective, Castos, Rephonic, Lemonada Media, Transistor, Podcast Taxi, Heartcast Media50, Diversion Podcasts, Blubrry, Zvook, Rhapsody Voices, Double Elvis Productions, matchmaker.fm, Optimal Living Daily, Oxford Road, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Headliner, Jam Street Media, Content10x, Ad Results Media, StreamGuys, Podcast Partnership, Hear.Here.Singapore, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, Lower Street, Revolver Podcasts, Podigy, School of Podcasting, Sonix, Adopter Media, Podcast Movement, Signal Hill Insights, Edison ResearchOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.Image: texaus1

Sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Transform Your Podcast Guest Lineup - Central Talent Booking delivers top-tier guests—celebrities, influencers, thought leaders, and compelling experts—to elevate your podcast. Discover more. iHeart’s consumer podcast host Spreaker published 13.5% of all new podcast episodes in December, according to Livewire - a record for the company, and an increase in share of 2.7x year-on-year. Its share was just 5% in December 2023, and it’s grown consistently since September. Spotify for Creators also saw an uplift to 24.4%; the #3 podcast host, Buzzsprout, saw a drop to 6.5%. Megaphone has also dropped year-on-year. How many podcasts are being listened-to through web-based players? OP3’s John Spurlock looked at the top 300 shows for December as measured by the service: 5.17% of all episodes are listened through web-based players, but some shows are almost 100% consumed through the web. Remote recording and editing tool Riverside chose Dec 30 to inform corporate customers that Riverside prices for each additional licence will double on Feb 1 to $100. The company raised $30mn three weeks ago. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereGetting less than 1,000 downloads per episode? — Download your FREE Podcast Growth Scorecard! This tool helps you focus your podcast marketing so that you can spend your time on the marketing activities that have the most impact on podcast growth.💰 Join the High Rollers Club with Supporting Cast — Radiolab, Dunc'd On, The Tennis Podcast, Dateline, Savage Lovecast, and other shows will earn up to seven figures this year using the Supporting Cast membership platform.Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, Cloud10, Sounds Profitable, The Podglomerate, Resound, RedCircle, Simplecast, Cohost, SALT, audioBoom, Podscribe, Audiohook, Steve Lack: Audio, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Podpage websites, Evergreen Podcasts, We Edit Podcasts, Libsyn, Knucklehead Media Group, Disctopia, AcastSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Red Seat Ventures, Podium , POW PR, Storyboard, Deepcast Creator, Huberman Lab, SoundStack, Voxtopica, PlayPodcast, Tink Media, Truefans, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, Frequency, Jonekiri, Castbox, Ausha, Gilded Audio, The Roost, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Gumball, Compliance Podcast Network, The Podcast Haven, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Optimal Living Daily, Zvook, Double Elvis Productions, Diversion Podcasts, Blubrry, Heartcast Media50, Rephonic, Wondery, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Jam Street Media, Headliner, Ossa Collective, Lemonada Media, Transistor, Oxford Road, matchmaker.fm, Castos, Rhapsody Voices, Podcast Taxi, Hear.Here.Singapore, Ad Results Media, Podcast Partnership, Content10x, StreamGuys, She Podcasts, Cleanfeed, Adopter Media, School of Podcasting, Podigy, Lower Street, Revolver Podcasts, Podcast Movement, Sonix, Signal Hill Insights, Edison ResearchOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.