Industry News 📰
Podcasts Part Of Vurbl’s New ‘Audio Library’ Platform
The audio industry continues to attract entrepreneurs and investors, with the two joining forces with the debut of Vurbl. The just-launched online platform and soon-to-follow mobile app intends to be a sort of audio library, weaving all types of audio content into a single place. Vurbl debuts with a half million English-language podcasts that will swim a sea of more than 25 million curated audio files, including user-generated content.
TuneIn Gets A New CEO
TuneIn has hired a new CEO, Richard Stern, who comes to the streaming platform from Audible, where he was Chief Product officer. Stern’s executive career has taken him through IBM, uReach Technologies, SpinVox, Jacada Inc., Sidecar, Amazon (Head of Product management, Amazon Studios), and PlayStation (Head of Global Media Products).
People Magazine Teams With iHeart To Launch Daily Podcast
People magazine is turning to podcast to supplement what it is putting on the newsstand each week. The Meredith-owned magazine is teaming with the iHeartPodcast Network to launch People Every Day, a new Monday to Friday podcast that is set to premiere February 1.
Stitcher Study: Podcast Ads Work. Host Reads Work Best
Podcast content and advertising company Stitcher partnered with signal Hill Insights to study podcast ads. the study premise was to examine how “brand lift” is best accomplished in podcast advertising — via host-read performances or announcer reads that can be distributed across shows.
Podcasts Take A Role At The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival
The ties between podcast and film have never been stronger, and that has led the Tribeca Film Festival to launch a new vertical dedicated to audio storytelling. Tribeca Podcasts will be a part of the annual festival that is scheduled to take place next June in New York.
Communities We Love ❤️🧑🏿🤝🧑🏽
Podcast Show Notes Club (FB Group)
The Podcast Show Notes Club is the place for people to share tips, ideas, frustrations and best practices for writing podcast episode descriptions and show notes.
First Time Podcasting (Reddit)
This community is for those just entering the podcasting world and those who have experience and advice to share.
Tha Podcasting Hub (FB Group)
Tha Podcasting Hub is a place where every day people have a chance to have their voices, opinions, feelings, and emotions heard. Our personalities can live out their dreams through a mic and in front of a camera for the world to hear and see!
Gear 🎙️
RØDE Vlogger Kit
If you're creating video podcasts or considering adding video to your content creation, check out the Vlogger Kit, a new release by Rode. The Vlogger Kit range caters to every type of smartphone, with options for iPhone, which includes the VideoMic Me-L, Android devices, which features the new VideoMic Me-C, and a Universal Edition that includes the RØDE VideoMicro and SC7 adaptor.
Behringer FLOW 8 Digital Audio Mixer First Look
The Behringer FLOW 8 is an eight channel mixer and interface that is controlled almost entirely by it's accompanying FLOW APP. The mixer is for aimed at Podcasters, vloggers or performers on the go and packed with features to get the job done. Check out this first look from DcSoundOp
Bingeworthy 📺📚
📺 Evil Eye - Prime Video
Evil Eye is an Audible Original drama turned into a movie from Blumhouse.
A seemingly perfect romance turns into a nightmare when a mother becomes convinced her daughter’s new boyfriend has a dark connection to her own past.
Louder Than A Riot Podcast (NPR)
Rhyme and punishment go hand in hand in America. Louder Than A Riot reveals the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration. From Bobby Shmurda to Nipsey Hussle, each episode explores an artist's story to examine a different aspect of the criminal justice system that disproportionately impacts Black America
Pods We Love ❤️🎧
New Ghost Stories Podcast
Author David Paul Nixon has spent almost a decade travelling Great Britain and collecting lost ghost stories that have never been told before. Are these stories of madness, lies, or self-deception? Or could they be the real thing? The only way to find out, is to listen.
Midlife Mumbo Jumbo
It’s difficult to balance relationships, finances, and still maintain your indIvidual identity. This podcasts is about two friends that discuss how challenges can improve the quality of everyday life.
Nerds Amalgamated
A podcast brought to you by those goofballs from Nerds Amalgamated, for Nerds by nerds about Nerd pop-culture news.
The Once Broken Podcast
The Once Broken Podcast was created to share inspiring, honest stories of overcoming brokenness and finding healing and redemption. This podcast is a safe space for us to explore how far we have come and to give hope to those who are not yet there.
Excuse-my-Frenchy
Hang out and have some fun with Linda, a Frenchy living in the US. Laugh with her as she shares her unfiltered opinion and talks trash on all things under the California sun.
Spotlight 🔦
Jason Charles Podcast Network
JasonCharles.net is a non-commercial music and arts radio podcast network, on-demand and streaming from new york city. Their exclusive content portal features four channels with over 22 quality-crafted podcast series from a roster of radio professionals & includes original music programs from the finest djs, revealing interviews and talk shows, international arts reporting and cultural commentary and compelling long and short-form audio dramas.
The network has a full schedule of exclusive soulful dj shows and music mixes, interview shows, arts and culture reporting and audio drama programs from an international group of urban creatives, via NYC, LA, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam and more.
Based in NYC with a global perspective, the network's exclusive programs (also available on all podcast platforms) give a dynamic group of international djs, musicians, artists, writers and producers the opportunity to flex their creative muscle.
Check out the JasonCharles.Net Channels:
Apps & Tools 🧰
Volley Interviews - Record Interviews for podcasts
Volley is an app for recording podcast interviews asynchronously through audio messages. You can send all your questions at once for your guest to listen and answer all together, or start off with an opening message and pass the mic back and forth for a more fluid conversation.
RabbitHole - Your Podcast Notes
Take notes while listening to your favorite podcasts. Rabbithole keeps track of your shows and the notes you have taken in an easy to navigate timeline. Tap play from your timeline to revisit a note.
Rephonic - The Podcast Database
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.
Wildcast - Podcasting Together
Wildcast is a podcast platform that makes connecting and collaborating easier for everyone in the podcast space. by bringing together podcasters and guests to create better content and tell better stories together.
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Nuggets 🤓
How Podcasting Can Help You Grow Your Online Course Business And Sell More Digital Products
Podcasts are one of the most powerful ways to build rapport with your audience and one of the best ways to build a brand and market and sell digital products, especially online courses.
Podcasting Remotely? Here’s How to Create a Five-Star Recording Setup
The good folks at Squadcast have put together a simple yet comprehensive guide on how to assemble a five-star remote podcast recording setup in your home.
Events 🎫
Indie Pods United - 27th November (Virtual)
Indie Pods United is the first of its kind. Built for the podcast and live stream entertainment community and all those who love streaming.
Podcast Wellness Week 30th November - 4th December (Virtual)
Podcast Wellness week is an event by Podbean, dedicating an entire week to wellness with live shows featuring many of your favourite podcasters, daily meditations, wellness hacks, special episode releases and more, to give you a curated week of wellness!
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