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New Threads and other social media developments

8 July 2023 So much has happened with rival social media apps and services in the last fortnight that it felt time to evaluate, check in with everyone and suggest to Mark Zuckerberg that the soon to be defunct Stitcher podcast app and website would be a good domain purchase to go with his new Threads.

Listen Notes data shows new podcast creation stalling

6 July 2023 ABCTV made a funny, tongue in cheek video in the midst of the pandemic and lockdowns advising people to stop making podcasts because they had nothing better to do. The video is unavailable now sadly, as is, according to recent Listen Notes data, the will and time to create new audio products.

Toni Lodge and Ryan Jon Dunn to embark on 50+ hour livestream

6 July 2023 Toni Lodge and Ryan Jon Dunn, from the Spotify Toni and Ryan podcast begin a marathon 50+ hour livestream this Friday July 7 at 9am. Each minute marks a Patreon member who has signed up and that number, and thus the livestream time, keeps growing.

Global success for One Minute Remaining podcast

5 July 2023 The true crime podcast genre continues to grow with the Australian made One Minute Remaining podcast, featuring interviews with United States inmates, hitting two million downloads just nine months after its launch.

SBS call out for podcast pitches

5 July 2023 SBS submissions are now open to the public to pitch podcast ideas that feature diverse Australian voices with original storytelling for multicultural, multilingual and First Nations audiences.

Radiodays Asia 2023 early bird registrations extended to July 15

5 July 2023 Early bird registrations to this year’s Radiodays Asia conference, September 5 & 6 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have been extended to July 15.

Queen celebrates 50 years on LiSTNR’s Behind the Hits podcast

4 July 2023 The whole of Queen, including archived interviews with Freddie Mercury, star in the latest LiSTNR Behind the Hits podcast as the band celebrate 50 years on record.

The Peers Project launches NAIDOC week podcast A Yarn with our Elders

3 July 2023 Australia’s only BIPOC, female-led podcast agency, The Peers Project have launched a NAIDOC week podcast short-series A Yarn with our Elders.

Acast survey finds listeners and podcasters are embracing AI usage

30 June 2023 If you are having reservations about using AI in your podcast creation, don’t. A new Acast survey indicates that listeners are supportive of this new technology towards making content more accessible and a better listening experience.

Acast announces self-serve host-read podcast advertising

28 June 2023 Acast continue to provide tailored options for Australian podcasters and advertisers. After allowing advertisers to utilise their first-party data towards more effective campaigns, they are now expanding their self-serve podcast advertising platform to let advertisers buy host-read sponsorships across the Acast Marketplace.

Stitcher unstitched – one less app player in the podcast market

28 June 2023 SiriusXM Satellite Radio, the massive US subscription audio service has quietly shut down the Stitcher app in both a revamp of its podcast service and to encourage more people towards its new app (branded SXM).

Will Spotify HiFi happen, and do we care?

22 June 2023 In February 2021 Spotify announced that Spotify HiFi was on its way to premium subscribers. May that year Apple Music and Amazon gazumped Spotify by both offering high res, lossless audio music tracks for no extra change. I will note that both also increased their standard monthly subscription costs by $1 in the US and £1 in the UK per month late last year. All the while Spotify have kept the blurb about HiFi coming on their website and chosen not to talk about it, if asked.

Acast+ Access gives subscriber publications integrated podcast benefits

22 June 2023 New research from Acast has shown that there are a significant and financial opportunities for publishers and other companies to integrate podcasts into their current subscription offerings.

Hit Network announces winter break lineup

21 June 2023 The Hit Network will feature for two weeks the Hamish & Andy podcast for breakfast, Jimmy & Nath on Drive and regular Hit106.9 mornings announcer Sean Brown (Seany B for Nights) from 6-9pm.

Edison Research show Gen Z enthusiastic and experienced podcast consumers

18 June 2023 Edison Research and SXM Media have studied the listening habits of just over a thousand US Gen Z (13-24) people with responses showing enthusiastic and even binge consumption, preparedness to take action on podcast advertisements and a resonance with topics they want to explore or are a unique perspective and authentic hosts.

Stone the flamin’ crows! The Idiom is SBS’s newest podcast

15 June 2023 SBS’s newest podcast The Idiom, is a linguistic journey through fun and quirky Australian phrases hosted by Danish-born Rune Pedersen.

Hamish and Andy back on top of the Australian Podcast Ranker

14 June 2023 Hamish and Andy have taken top spot of the Australian Podcast Ranker in Triton Digital’s latest release, with previous top Casefile True Crime having greater monthly downloads, just shy of 3 million. Both also cracked the million mark for monthly listeners for the first time.

Wil Anderson’s Wilosophy back with new episodes

13 June 2023 After a near eighteen month break, Wil Anderson’s popular interview based podcast Wilosophy is back with new weekly episodes. The most recent, with Fortune Feimster, is the 285th, with Anderson likely to crack the 300 this year.

Spotify consolidating podcasts and revealing music money generation

8 June 2023 ON Tuesday and Wednesday June 5 & 6, while we in Australia were all enmeshed in analysing the new GfK Radio 360 Survey measurement system, Spotify was doing some data consolidation of its own.

The Teacher’s Accuser – the third podcast from The Teacher’s Pet team released

30 May 2023 The Australian, Hedley Thomas, David Murray, Claire Harvey and Matthew Condon have released a third instalment called The Teacher’s Accuser, to follow on from The Teacher's Pet and The Teacher's Trial podcasts.

WA Community radio station Sonshine FM launching not one, but two new podcasts

24 May 2023 98Five Sonshine FM in Perth has launched two new and uniquely different podcasts, What’s Up Doc? And Sandgropers, with Executive Producer and announcer at Sonshine, Leah Tindale saying, “Bespoke podcasts by community radio and media companies are long overdue.”

Your News Now – ARN and iHeart experimenting with the parameters of podcasts

23 May 2023 I saw the story yesterday about how the iHeart Podcast Australia and ARN’s new release podcast Your News Now was “the most technically advanced” show of its type. I’ve given it a listen and gained a far greater appreciation for both the technology and what it offers the daily news cycle.

Hannah’s Story: The Podcast launches

22 May 2023 9News Queensland presenter Melissa Downes and Nine Producer Jess Lodge have launched a six-part podcast series called ‘Hannah’s Story’. It explores of the murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children at the hands of Hannah’s estranged husband, the children’s father in February 2020 and the nationwide anger and conversation around coercive control that resulted.

True crime on top of the Australian Podcast Ranker

16 May 2023 Casefile True Crime has resumed top position on Triton Digital's Australian Podcast Ranker. The top ten features an array of genres including crime, comedy, pop culture, news and catch-up radio with only one, Stuff You Should Know at No 9, produced outside Australia.

AI and Machine Learning growing in every aspect of radio #RDE23

25 April 2023 Radio companies have been using artificial intelligence for years in scheduling software, recommendation engines and speech recognition, but now the...

BBC Sounds shares successful audio app strategies #RDE23

16 April 2023 The BBC Sounds app had 1.48 billion plays of its radio, music and podcast offerings last year, according to the...

Podnews acquires Podcast Business Journal

11 April 2023 Podnews has acquired Podcast Business Journal, a well-respected newsletter from Streamline Publishing Inc in America.With more than 26,500 daily subscribers,...

Forget the platform and talk about the world of audio: Grant Blackley at #RDE23

9 April 2023 Younger people don’t listen on radios but they do listen to radio., we have to be on any device of their choice. “The longer they stay in our ecosystem the more they discover what else we offer and spend more time with all our content. Listnr represents their AUDIO world, not just their radio or podcast world… Forget the platform and talk about the world of audio,” urged SCA’s Grant Blackley.

Ratings formula revealed for The News Agents UK news podcast #RDE23

31 March 2023 “The NEWS AGENTS is now the biggest UK daily news podcast, growing to 24 million downloads in 7 months,” said...

Passionate Pitching at #RDE23

27 March 2023 Podcast pitching