Industry News 📰
iHeartMedia Launches Private Podcast Marketplace For Brands
iHeartMedia has launched a new, first-of-its-kind Private Marketplace. The new Private Marketplace will provide advertisers with programmatic buying access to distribute their marketing to audiences across the most diverse and comprehensive library of shows in the world. With this new technology, advertisers will gain private access to target iHeartMedia’s unparalleled and diverse podcast library by content, geography and consumer psychographics.
Tribeca Reveals Debut Podcast Slate
Having encompassed music, virtual reality, television, video games and many other verticals during its two-decade run, Tribeca Film Festival now plans to add podcasts. The podcast slate will run alongside film screenings and other events during the 20th edition of Tribeca, which is set for June 9 to 20.
Twitter Launches 'I Wish I Knew' Podcast To Provide Insight Into How it Utilizes Audience Research
Twitter has launched a new podcast which will provide new insight into how the company utilizes user research and understanding to advance its systems. Each episode will be co-hosted by a different pair of researchers who will share their journeys into the field.
Spotify Rebrands Locker Room
One month after acquiring live audio app Locker Room, CEO Daniel Ek revealed "big plans" for the Clubhouse competitor, including changing the name to Spotify Greenroom and offering a wider range of content.
The 2021 Peabody Awards Nominees Include Eight Podcasts
Eight podcasts are competing for the 2021 Peabody Awards. A jury of 19 members has selected the shows to compete in this year's annual journalism competition. This American Life, PRX, Stitcher, Nashville Public Radio, CBC, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Emergence Magazine were part of the list of nominees.
PeakMetrics Partners With Podchaser
PeakMetrics and Podchaser partner to bring podcast monitoring to PeakMetrics' Data Platform. PeakMetric extracts insights and creates actionable data from millions of unstructured, cross-channel media datasets in real-time.
PodLog
Substack Releases 'Publication Sections'
Substack has released publication sections, which allows creators to to create and manage multiple newsletters or podcasts within a single main publication.
Communities We Love ❤️🧑🏿🤝🧑🏽
The Podcast Network (FB Group)
This group was started so that Podcasters' may have an outlet to network. Network in all fashions of the word!
Brands That Podcast (Clubhouse)
The Brands That Podcast club discusses topics such as podcast production, engagement with your audience and promotion from a brands perspective.
Podcast Promotion Community (FB Group)
The Podcast Promotion Community is a group for podcasters to Promote, collaborate, learn. Podcasters and listeners are welcome! Members are encouraged to listen to each others podcasts and give feedback and tips.
Gear 🎙️
Best Lighting for Home Studio
If you're filming your podcast or have a live stream for your radio show, don't underestimate the importance of good lighting. James Mulvany runs through four great options for studio lighting suitable for any budget!
MOTU M2 USB Audio Interface Review
Looking for a new audio interface? Curtis Judd reviews the MOTU M2 USB audio interface
Bingeworthy 📺📚
📚 Here Is how WhatsApp Can Disrupt Africa’s Podcasting And Audio Distribution Industry
WhatsApp presents Facebook with a unique opportunity to own disrupt podcasting by singlehandedly owning podcast distribution in Africa if podcasts can be distributed as voicenotes.
Motolani Alake gives an interesting perspective on the untapped potential of WhatsApp getting into the podcasting space in Africa.
📚 How Podcasting Is Taking Africa By Storm
When we look back at the history of podcasting in Africa, we will see 2020 as a year of African podcast launches and a substantial rise in interest in African podcasting. Significant work and life changes meant that more producers could carve out time to create and tell stories through podcasts.
Africa Podfest co-director Josephine Karianjahi explains the rise of podcasts in Africa in this insightful article.
Pods We Love ❤️🎧
Podcasts On Productivity - Curated by Naomi (Mind Your Bite)
Hi there, it’s Naomi, creator of Mind Your Bite, a weekly newsletter sharing tips & tools to help creators work less and create more. I was super stoked when Riva reached out to me a few weeks ago and asked if I could share some of my favorite podcasts with his readers at Podmmunity. So here’s my top picks of 5 podcasts on productivity to help you stay ahead of the game. Enjoy!
🎙️The 5 AM Miracle with Jeff Sanders: Going All-In
Life is not about getting a 4.0 GPA. You don't need to score high in all areas in life. In fact, it's impossible to achieve anything if you give everything equal attention. You must focus on one thing and let the rest go, a.k.a. Stop optimizing for balance. Go all in! This will give you the extreme focus to get the job done while significantly enhancing your life fulfillment. Dive deeper.
🎙️ Pod Prop: Overcome Overwhelm
Pod Prop: Overcome Overwhelm The 2-minute listen to quickly supercharge your productivity. Being overwhelmed can be an opportunity for you to reassess your commitment: “Why did you sign up for so much in the first place?”. Here’s the 4-step to stop feeling overwhelmed: 1. Smart small. 2. Understand the problem. 3. Know how progress can be made. 4. Correct along the way. Stop thinking about situations outside of your control. Instead, think of small things you can do today that can make a huge impact in your life. Dive deeper
🎙️The Reader's Journey: How To Become Indistractable & Control Your Attention
In this engaging interview about his latest book, Nir Eyal explained what it means to be indistractable, the psychology behind distraction, as well as foolproof tips to hack email and phone for immense productivity. A powerful podcast episode to gain back control in your life. Dive deeper
🎙️ Productivityist Podcast: Explore Digital Minimalism with Cal Newport
Cal Newport, author of the best-selling book Digital Minimalist shares research-based, proven techniques to help you cut back on the noise and achieve more with less. Here’s 3 crucial things you will learn: 1. Clutter is costly — it has a negative effect on your energy and prevents you from doing the important thing; 2. Using less is not enough, you must know how and when to use these tools; 3. Rebuild the life you want by first wiping your digital life clean — commit to 30 day no social, or email, then you can put back the thing that you really need. Don't add a new tool to your life unless it's extremely important or massively benefiting what you do. Dive deeper.
🎙️ the One Percent Better Podcast: Get 1% Better At Decision-making:
Joe Ferraro interviewed Anni Duke about her best-selling book on how to make better decisions in big and small things in life. Here’s a big take-away: People waste time on decisions not only for fear of the unknown but also because they mistake the choosing process as a meaningful journey. For example, they may say “I enjoy browsing Netflix for movies because it’s fun”. Really? What is more fun to you: Watching a movie or picking films? If you want to waste less time on decisions, always refer to your values and goals. Dive deeper.
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Apps & Tools 🧰
Pod Hunt – The Best New Podcasts Daily
Pod Hunt is a daily curation of the best new podcasts. Discover the latest podcasts that everyone is listening too.
PodBot - Create Your Podcast Automatically With AI
With one click of a button, PodBot.ai generates and records a podcast episode about your topic of interest. Completed with a generated host, researched but made up content, opening music summary and cover photo.
Podfriend
Podfriend is the friendliest podcast app in the world, allowing you to save all your podcasts quickly and easily.
Euphonme - Record Your Voice & Share It
Ephonme is a new social audio up that allows you to share up to 20 seconds of audio with people.
Nuggets 🤓
Best Practices for Search Engine Optimization for your Podcast
Understanding the specifics behind podcasting is a great way to improve your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and increase engagement with your content. The Triton Digital team breaks down the best SEO practices for your podcast.
Questions Before Outsourcing Your Podcast's Production
Outsourcing your podcast production helps you to be able to focus on creating content. Check out this article for some questions to ask before making the big jump.
Events 🎫
From Your Voice To Podcast Player - May 26 (Virtual)
Are you looking into ways to improve your podcast? The most important aspect of podcasting is the audio. If your audio is lacking, more often than not your audience won't deem your show worth their time. This session will be hosted by Brian Colburn of Sitch Radio. It is geared toward improving not only your vocal performance, but the quality of your audio output as well.
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