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• Podcast listening is bigger than ever in Australia, according to a new report from Commercial Radio & Audio and Triton Digital. The Podcast-Half-Yearly-Report.pdf?ext=.pdf&utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2024-08-30">free report is full of data with detail of how Australians listen, and what to; listeners grew 9% in the first half of this year, though it also suggests that growth is slowing.
• Ausha has published detail of how the Spotify algorithm works. It’s not just your titles and descriptions: it’s ensuring that users engage with your content, and that you use the right keywords for popular topics in your category.
• Podcasting is 100 years old - according to an upcoming webinar next Thursday from Julia Barton, a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. The talk looks back at a hundred years of audio in the US - and how it’s shaped podcast formats.

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