Daily news for the podcast and on-demand audio industry - from Apple Podcasts to Spotify, YouTube Music to Joe Rogan. Podnews also covers the latest jobs and events and trending shows in a short update every weekday. editor@podnews.net - visit https://podnews.net to get our free newsletter.
Bigger than you think: podcast revenue is $7.3bn worldwide
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PodX Group acquires Lemonada; Spotify launch “plays”
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Playback data all in one place
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The top 50 US podcasts for Q1/2025
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Looking for an expert? Meet your PodHeroes
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New concept podcast earbuds
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Spotify shows off 10% more users in Q1/25 financials
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UK audio ad growth slows
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Tencent to pay a mountain of cash for Ximalaya
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The Daily gets two new co-hosts
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YouTube is 20
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Daily Mail launches premium true crime podcasts
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Exclusive: Webby Awards podcast winners
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Podcast ad revenue smashes through $2bn
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Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik: “you’re going to be thrilled”
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Podcast Show London announces new speakers
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Women’s podcast listenership triples
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Spotify invests in international audiobooks
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Goalhanger adds women’s football show
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Video on Spotify slammed; claims rebutted
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Merger creates UK “podcasting supergroup”
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Testing ad effectiveness before it runs
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The podcast from a crowded elevator
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Google’s podcast download spike
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Video: more important than ever
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Podnews Report Card results for 2025
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The biggest app is…
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The Ambies: the winners for 2025
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Hubbard Radio Launches Gamut Podcast Network
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BBC rules out UK ads in podcasts
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Spotify Partner Program expands into Europe
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Japan: YouTube is #1 for podcasts
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YouTube could let you swap ads in videos
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Gen Z leans towards video
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Podcasts hit the mainstream
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Fantasy Footballers to keynote at Evolutions
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Law&Crime launches show exclusively with Wondery+
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YouTube puts “podcasts” on the front page
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Podstock brings the numbers together
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Michelle Obama tapes new podcast at SXSW
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Video or audio podcasts? Gen Z choose audio
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Pocket Casts on the web: now open to everyone
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AI to fix most annoying thing about podcasting
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Emerging Women in Podcasting competition launches
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Miss Me? does first sold-out live show
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New comedy podcast network to launch
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Spotify’s new video program “loses publishers money”
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Goalhanger’s two-million listener live podcasts
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Canada gets its own podcast magazine
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Data on news podcast listeners
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YouTube had “1 billion podcast listeners” in Jan
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Heavyweight to return, with Pushkin
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Acast delivers $44.9mn to creators down under
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Podimo hits a million paid podcast subscribers
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Apple Podcasts fixes its submissions process
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Podcasts have more ads than ever
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Data: Branded podcasts are liked by audiences
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Episode 1,800 for Todd Cochrane’s Geek News Central
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Tig Notaro to host The Ambies
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Spotify shares creator podcast earnings
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Wondery closes in Mexico and Brazil
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Acast achieves profitability target
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Murdoch’s Fox buys into Red Seat Ventures
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Help the industry: fill in the report card
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Evolutions names first keynote speakers
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“Podcast Election” reflected in top shows
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Spotify’s first full year of profitability
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One-in-five hours of ad-supported audio is to podcasts
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Adelicious signs one of the UK’s biggest shows
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PodcastOne adds ART19 hosting to its shopping cart
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UK Political Podcast Awards winners
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More listeners than ever to podcasts in US
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Spotify launch recognition for most-streamed shows
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The best podcast hosting company is…
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How Apple Podcasts works with podcasts in China
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The US podcast manosphere
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Acast scores New Zealand’s biggest interview podcast
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Planning for PodCamp Toronto
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The 2025 Podcast Hall of Fame ceremony, in full
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Podcasters splashdown in Orlando for Podfest
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Promoting Google on podcasts
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Exclusive: On Air Fest reveals 2025 schedule
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Selling your podcast: what’s it like?
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Sonic Dash storytelling competition winners
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Pod Bible looks for a new owner
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How much does a famous podcaster get paid?
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Nominations announced for the iHeartPodcast Awards
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Podcast listener finds man wanted by police
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Spreaker more than doubles podcast numbers
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Spotify launches revenue-sharing Partner Program
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Listener retention to be important in 2025
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The gender bias of video podcasts
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The winners of the Canadian Podcast Awards
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NPR funding under threat
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Will 2025 be video’s year?
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How many ads in podcasts? Where do you live?
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Moments defining podcasting in 2024
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Sweet growth for Crowd Network
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The podcast making “well in the six figures”
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A look back at 2024
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Daily news for the podcast and on-demand audio industry - from Apple Podcasts to Spotify, YouTube Music to Joe Rogan. Podnews also covers the latest jobs and events and trending shows in a short update every weekday. editor@podnews.net - visit https://podnews.net to get our free newsletter.
Bigger than you think: podcast revenue is $7.3bn worldwide
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