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• Growth-oriented podcast hosting platform Captivate is the first podcast host to achieve IAB v2.2 Certification for Podcast Measurement. The company supports IPv6 and has a self-auditing spike detection system for accurate and reliable data. v2.2 of the podcast measurement guidelines were released in May.
  • Other certified companies are at v2.1; Spotify’s Megaphone plans to returning to the IAB under v2.2 compliance. Here’s more about podcast statistics.
• According to a customer email seen by Podnews, Megaphone is rolling out charts-2407.png">new charts and metrics, and an upgraded campaign management tool (here’s how to use it).
• Podcast hosting company Blubrry has launched AI-Generated Clip Highlights. It’s part of the company’s Podcast AI Assistant. clip-portrait.mp4">Here’s an example.

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