Industry News 📰
Dax Shepard Podcast Moving Exclusively To Spotify
Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" podcast will be available only on Spotify.The weekly podcast features in-depth interviews with celebrities, artists, authors and experts. Shepard is known for his role as Crosby Braverman on NBC’s “Parenthood’ and also recently co-starred in Netflix series “The Ranch” and ABC” “Bless This Mess.
iHeartMedia To Launch New Podcast Network ‘My Cultura’ Elevating Latinx Voices And Stories
iHeartMedia has announced that it will launch a new, standalone podcast venture. My Cultura will offer creators a platform to share stories and perspectives relevant to Latinx listeners and all audiences. The network will roll out 6 new shows at launch in Summer 2021, and 30 shows throughout its first year, across a variety of genres including pop culture, music, comedy, mental health, finance, news and more – from well-known and new voices alike.
Wondery Partners With Apple
Amazon’s podcast studio “Wondery” will partner with Apple as part of the Cupertino company's premium podcast push. The producer of podcasts like Dr. Death, Business Wars, and The Shrink Next Door, will bring its “wondery+” subscription service to Apple’s new Podcast Subscriptions service set to launch later this month.
Joe Budden Fires Podcast Co-Hosts Rory Farrell & Jamil 'Mal' Clay
Joe Budden has fired his co-hosts and friends, Rory Farrell and Jamil “Mal” Clay, according to social media posts and audio leaked online. The former rapper and “Love & Hip-Hop” star has made the dynamics of the show’s main talkers a focus of recent episodes. "The Joe Budden Podcast" is renowned for tackling sensitive topics within the Black community and digging deep into hip-hop and basketball.
IAB Projects $2 Billion In Ad Revenue By 2023
IAB projects podcasting will see $1 billion in ad revenue in 2021 and $2 billion in 2023. News continued to be the top content genre for Podcast advertisers. Direct-To-Consumer brands maintained the top advertiser category market share.
PodLog
Adobe Audition Gets A New Strip Silence Feature
Adobe has released a new update for Audition. The 14.2 update adds native support for Apple's M1 Macs, which the company promises will improve performance. Podcast Editors can also rejoice as other new features include a tool to strip silence or "inactive regions" in recorded clips. The update has also removed some features such as CD burning and less popular video codecs. To see how strip silence works, check out this video tutorial from Mike Russell HERE
Communities We Love ❤️🧑🏿🤝🧑🏽
Podcasting for Business Community (FB Group)
The Podcasting for Business Community for group is for entrepreneurs or brands who wants to start and grow profitable podcasts, or if you're already a podcaster and want to connect with other amazing podcasters.
Get Paid to Podcast (LinkedIn Group)
If you have a podcast and want to get paid to interview high quality pre-screened guests then this is the LinkedIn group for you. We have a large influx of guests that want to be interviewed across a wide variety of niches so no matter what your show is about we'll have someone for you and if not, just ask and we will source them for you.
Podcast Producers (LinkedIn Group)
Group that discusses audio and video podcasting. Share tips, strategies, monetization methods, and promotion via social media and the Web.
Gear 🎙️
How To Set Up Podcasts With 4 Persons Present + Max 4 Remote Guests
Want to learn what devices you'll need to set up podcasts with up to 10 persons participating including max 4 remote / phone interviews at the same time? Check out this tutorial from The PodcastMeister
Bingeworthy 📺📚
📺 "How to Inspire (Side A)" - The Midnight Miracle
Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey, and Dave Chappelle welcome you to The Midnight Miracle. This first episode, titled “How to Inspire,” is available for free via YouTube and elsewhere and sees the hosts making good use of the experimental form they’re taking with this series.
Apple Threatens To Upend Podcasting's Free, Open Architecture
For the first time, Apple will also be storing audio files on its servers, making it a first-party podcast host, and likely stealing some business from the remaining independent third-party podcast-hosting providers that also offer premium podcast services, such as Libsyn and Blubrry.
Check out a scholar's take on Apple's new podcast subscription service.
Pods We Love ❤️🎧
Drilled
A true-crime podcast about climate change, hosted and reported by award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt.
Last Week Chopped Up
Two lifelong friends, hailing from Houston and now living in San Francisco and Amsterdam, chop it each week over sports and a bit of politics.
snobOS
Nica Montford and Terrance Gaines give you the lowdown on news, tips & tricks, and other tech and culture from an Apple fan perspective.
Cold Callers Comedy
Music-Comedians Ryan ‘goose fan’ Brannon and Paul ‘grumpy curmudgeon’ Rich have their weekly meeting to discuss their highlights and lowlights, what baffles, bemuses and bewilders them (including the etymology of ridiculous but real words).
Thinking Edge
Thinking Edge forms a leadership centric community and captures the voices of leaders around the universe. This show highlights the key insights and perspectives from interesting people who have achieved excellence in both work and life.
thatpart
Pods We Love is powered by thatpart - a new way for you to share and save your favourite clips from podcasts and music! Download the app available on iOS
Apps & Tools 🧰
Rephonic - Find and pitch the right podcasts. Get the word out.
Podcasting is growing fast. Rephonic lets you discover, qualify and contact the right shows for your clients or brand. Save time and make better decisions.
Promo Cards
For an easy way to effectively promote new episodes in minutes, creators can generate a customized promo card through Spotify for Podcasters; there’s now even a ‘new episode’ label that gets affixed to cards for your most recently published content.
Voicelink.fm (BETA) - Give your audience a voice
The easiest way to receive voice messages, spice up your podcast, and engage your listeners.
Podcastle - Make Your Voice Heard
We all lose countless hours staring at our screens and scrolling through endless text streams. Using Podcastle, you can instantly turn your favorite news, articles, and blog posts into podcasts with very natural human speech using machine learning.
Nuggets 🤓
Affiliate Marketing for Podcasters: The Complete Guide
Affiliate marketing can be used by anyone, regardless of their niche or industry. Check out this complete guide by the Spreaker team on Affiliate marketing for podcasters.
5 Tips to Come Up With A Unique and Creative Name for Your Podcast
You've finally decided to start your podcast. You're so excited! But now you have to come up with a name for it. The last thing you want is for people to confuse your show with another one. Check out this useful article from Jared Easley on coming up with a unique and creative name for your podcast.
Events 🎫
The Ambies — Awards for Excellence in Audio - 16th May (Livestream)
The Ambies celebrate excellence in podcasting and elevate awareness and status of podcasts as a unique and personal medium for entertainment, information, storytelling and expression. An hour-long ceremony will be livestreamed on YouTube, Twitch, and other platforms to announce the winning entries.
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