Most exciting news from Podcast Movement? Perhaps this from All Access:A new organization has been formed to advocate for podcasting and podcasters on a global basis. The INTERNATIONAL PODCAST ASSOCIATION (IPA) plans to offer "community support, training, resources, best practices, local events calendars, discounts, news, and industry representation," according to a press release from the organization. The founding members of the group, hailing from around the world, include "BEN FRANKLIN'S WORLD" creator/host LIZ COVART (BOSTON); PODNEWS founder and ALL ACCESS columnist JAMES CRIDLAND (BRISBANE); PODCAST ENGINEERING SCHOOL founder CHRIS CURRAN (COLORADO SPRINGS); "PODCAST JUNKIES" host and FULLCAST founder HARRY DURAN (LOS ANGELES); attorney and "ENTERTAINMENT LAW UPDATE" host GORDON FIREMARK (LOS ANGELES); HORSE RADIO NETWORK founder GLENN HEBERT (OCALA, FL); "12 MINUTE CONVOS" host ENGEL JONES (TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO); FLINT STONE MEDIA/FLORIDA PODCAST NETWORK/WEDDING BIZ NETWORK's JAIME LAGAGNEUR (BOYNTON BEACH, FL); and "SUNSHINE POWERCUTS" host HEATHER WELCH (NEW ZEALAND). Find out more at internationalpodcastassociation.org. And take their short survey! Podcast Movement is doubling in size next year. The team have announced that Podcast Movement 2020 will be in Dallas TX next August, while a new event, Podcast Movement Evolutions, will be in February in Los Angeles CA. More from Podcast Movement thanks to Radio Ink highlighting Tom Webster’s keynote: (an even more detailed look at Edison Research’s numbers thanks to Inside Radio)bf7b-11e9-bdf5-73b56db21b2d.html">http://www.insideradio.com/podcastnewsdaily/what-is-a-podcast-new-research-reveals-the-medium-is/article_c6346e20-11e9-bdf5-73b56db21b2d.html">bf7b-11e9-bdf5-73b56db21b2d.html Webster advised podcasters to do three things: 1) Be where the listeners are because they will encounter your content, not seek it out. 2) Live where they are because they are where they are. 3) Love where they are because they are not going to be corralled anywhere else. What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: https://www.planetbroadcasting.com/our-shows/suggestible/ Jay’s Pick: Interesting news story happened last week in the NFL. They announced a partnership with Jay-Z and Roc Nation. But the African-American community thinks Jay-Z sold out. I didn’t see it that way so I investigated and I found some interesting podcasts:The Breakdown with Shaun King: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-breakdown-with-shaun-king/id1457725100The Breakfast Club (syndicated iHeartRadio show from NY Power 105.1): https://feeds.megaphone.fm/the-breakfast-club

The most powerful people in podcasting...not quite my list:Sarah Van Mosel, CRO of Stitcher (missing)Jarl Mohn, NPR CEO (missing)The hosting companies are in the “honorable mentions”http://www.insideradio.com/top_podcasters/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-08-09 Entercom the latest big broadcaster to get real serious about podcasting - summary from Podnews:Entercom, a large US radio broadcaster that owns 235 stations, has bought podcast studio Pineapple Street Media for US $18m, and bought the 55% of Cadence13 it didn’t already own, valuing the company at $50m, according to the Wall Street Journal. Pineapple Street Media will be re-christened Pineapple Street Studios as part of the deal. In a separate announcement, Entercom has also announced the launch of the RADIO·COM Sports Digital Network, consisting of live programming and podcasts. Google showing podcast episodes in searches. However, I search for Next Fan Up and I find my Apple link, my Spreaker link, my old BTR link, my horrible website...not a single podcast episode. https://rainnews.com/google-adds-podcast-playback-in-search-results/ Captivate makes some new friends...reminder, Mark, I’m available: https://rebelbasemedia.io/captivate-advisors/ App Sumo deal for SocialBee.io that Joel mentioned: https://appsumo.com/socialbee-2019/?ref=socialbee__s=mkvssngxsvwmr9qpm5s4 Hmmmm...no word on how much this is going to cost...but exciting news for now: bac5-11e9-b9e8-ab37c6688249.html">http://www.insideradio.com/podcastnewsdaily/soundexchange-sourceaudio-form-alliance-to-bring-music-to-podcasts/article_7356a138-11e9-b9e8-ab37c6688249.html">bac5-11e9-b9e8-ab37c6688249.html Libsyn and Triton are now IAB certified. Podnews says Podtrac is too but not on the certification list (a link Podnews shared and is below...which by the way, brings me more questions that I need to dig into because some companies that are helping podcasters with ads aren’t certified for ads???) Congrats.bd21-11e9-b9b8-6f33605f481c.htmlhttps://iabtechlab.com/compliance-programs/compliant-companies/#podcast">http://www.insideradio.com/podcastnewsdaily/libsyn-is-latest-podcaster-to-complete-iab-s-v-certification/article_cb0ba6ae-11e9-b9b8-6f33605f481c.htmlh">bd21-11e9-b9b8-6f33605f481c.htmlhttps://iabtechlab.com/compliance-programs/compliant-companies/#podcast?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-08-13 Ummmmm…(from Podnews) Westwood One’s founder Norm Pattiz now owns PodcastOne, who have launched a new, always-free, podcast hosting platform for independent podcasters. LaunchpadDM promises that podcasters retain full ownership of their podcast and relationships with podcast aggregators, and when a show “begins to gain significant listenership, the creator may be offered the opportunity to become an official PodcastOne partner, including production and sales resources and support”.Still not IAB certified...

Apple Podcasts Categories are BACK! Libsyn’s got a new look: https://libsyn.com Joe Rogan is the “biggest name” in podcasting: https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/188428/coleman-insights-study-shows-joe-rogan-topping-pod Podsights has the right idea...but will the execution stick the landing??? They have presented their code on how they compute downloads and made it open source for everyone. It’s a little different than IAB 2.0 but it costs companies $45k to be certified...and that certification needs to be renewed. https://podsights.com/blog/open-downloads/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2019-08-05 So, Pandora’s CEO who is SiriusXM’s CEO agrees (from Podnews): Pandora reckon that discoverability continues to be an issue for podcasting. Speaking in an investor call, the owner of Pandora, SiriusXM’s CEO Jim Meyer, says that podcasting is “like a flea market,” and that content “is up there, but nobody can find it easily”. “Right now, it seems to be a race as who can put the most stuff up,” he also said, “which personally, I don’t believe is what is going to win.” Pandora currently lists 3,000 podcasts The Apple vs Spotify war...more paying subs on Spotify and podcast audience is growing on Spotify.https://9to5mac.com/2019/07/31/spotify-subscribers/More about that Spotify info from Revenue call (from Podnews):Spotify have released their first quarter 2019 earnings results, and a fancy infographic. Revenue is up 31% year-on-year. Of note from the report: Our podcast audience grew 50% quarter-on-quarter and has nearly doubled since the start of the year … We are seeing increased demand for podcast advertising … Over time, our ambition is to reinvent the podcasting ad experience by building a new tech stack to enable targeting, measurement, and reporting capabilities like we have for our core Ad-Supported offering. What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Teen Creeps - https://www.teencreepspod.com Jay’s Pick: This Week In Marvel and the whole family: www.marvel.com/podcasts

The Apple Podcasts category watch is on. From Podnews: It’s now day seven without any categories in Apple Podcasts apps while the company reworks them. Numerous hosting companies are scrambling to change their categories for your RSS feed. Most of them have already done so...the big ones anyways. Overcast Recommendations Engine: https://marco.org/2019/07/21/overcast-summer-update From Podnews: RAJAR, the UK audio measurement company, has published the latest edition of their MIDAS study for summer 2019, which claims 16% of UK adults listen to podcasts weekly. That figure increases to 26% of 15-24 year-olds. The data also says that 92% of all listening to podcasts is done alone: that figure compares with just 54% of live radio. The numbers aren’t directly comparable with the Edison Research data seen in other countries. More info on the Nielsen Power Buying club - it’s all about getting more details about the consumer so you get better advertising (or is there something more nefarious going on): https://www.mediavillage.com/article/to-polish-up-podcasting-nielsen-service-marries-consumer-data-and-listening/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-07-30 Westwood One surveys audience and finds some interesting and redundant podcast insights:https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/apple-continues-to-be-the-dominant-player/ From Podnews: 39% of internet users consume podcasts every month, according to research from GlobalWebIndex and compiled in DataReportal’s Global Digital Statshot. The data is based on an online survey of 16-64 year-olds. From HotPod contributor Caroline Crampton: Yet before I saw Ferriss announce that he was stopping his experiment, I’d been mulling over a different phenomenon around this. Several podcasters I’ve spoken to who offer ad free versions of their shows said they had been contacted by paying listeners frustrated that they were now missing out on the discount codes and promotions offered to free listeners in the sponsor reads. One host said that they’d gone as far as to start posting all of the sponsor promotions in their supporters-only Facebook group, so that the paying listeners could still benefit from the deals. Almost as if someone on this show said you should be buying this stock...from Podnews: Shares in Libsyn are cheap - it “trades at half the valuation of its peers”, says an article in Seeking Alpha. They’re trading at near record levels; double where they were last year. What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Cheers Weekly - https://cheersweekly.libsyn.com/ Jay’s Pick: Talk is Jericho - http://www.westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/talk-is-jericho/

The Bloomberg Apple article original content:From Nick Quah: assuming the Bloomberg report holds true, Apple is now another major buyer, and that’s good news for a certain kind of audio producer, creator, and entrepreneur.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/apple-plans-to-bankroll-original-podcasts-to-fend-off-rivals Apple category changes and Blubrry explains what this really means inside Apple:These new categories and subcategories will now have their own top 200 shows featured within them, which will give over 13,000 podcasts top 200 exposure in the Apple podcasts directory. https://powerpresspodcast.com/2019/07/17/how-the-2019-apple-podcast-category-changes-affect-for-your-podcast/?sfns=mo Tom Webster’s article on “What will kill podcasting”...some interesting insights as always from the Wise Webby and he starts with what WON’T kill podcasting: - No one has a right to an audience. Though your cause be just and your hearts be pure, you don’t get handed an audience. You don’t deserve one. Not one single pair of earballs. And thus, podcasting simply becomes like every other medium known to humankind. No blogger has the right to an audience, either. Wilkie Collins out-Dickensed Charles Dickens and wrote the first detective story before Poe. But we read Dickens and Poe today, not Collins. Dickens had his own magazine. Go figure.- The atomic unit of the podcast is not RSS. It’s the show. (Alex Carter pointed out on Twitter that it’s actually the episode, which is fair.) And anyway, it’s never been up to the creators. It’s always up to the audience. If I put my show on Spotify, it may no longer be a podcast by definition. But what do you think the average Spotify listener will call it? We’ve done a pretty good job normalizing what is a pretty wonky technical term: “podcast.” Why screw this up now?- Now, where I sort of disagree with TomPut yourself in the shoes of a media buyer. You’ve got a buy from a leading national advertiser, and on the one hand, you’ve got a podcast network offering something risky — host-read content, or something bespoke to the show, at (say) a $25 CPM, or another network offering reach across all their shows, using your existing audio/radio creative, for a $5 CPM. What is the safe bet for your media buying career? Great content is expensive to produce, and great advertising native to that content’s form and delivery is well worth a premium. But if several large players in the space start taking poorly executed, irrelevant ads at ultra-low (for podcasting) CPMs, that’s going to have repercussions on the economic feasibility of great audio content.(By the way, revenue reports have been trickling out and Audioboom Acast report record growth in revenues. What do they use? Those “cheap ads”. https://medium.com/@webby2001/what-will-kill-podcasting-6996cf898977 Blubrry charging for dynamic advertising:https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/19/07/n14058249/blubrry-podcasting-releases-dynamic-advertising-insertion-for-professional-podcasters Last week’s Hot Pod:One more thing on Stitcher. Before I move off this topic, I wanted to flag something I found interesting: Stitcher appears to be in the process of changing platform vendors for hosting services provided by Midroll, the company’s sales division. Midroll’s preferred platform had been Art19, but it’s now switching to Omny, the Australian hosting platform that Triton Digital acquired in June. Here's some matryoshka doll action for ya: EW Scripps, Stitcher's parent company, acquired Triton Digital last December. “Over the past few months, Stitcher has been testing Triton Digital’s ad serving infrastructure and programmatic exchange in our Stitcher app and through a sample of our owned and operated podcasts," said Diehn in a statement, forwarded yesterday. "Triton’s acquisition of innovative podcast hosting company Omny Studio represents an exciting opportunity to explore the powerful new capabilities this platform integration will unlock for Stitcher and its partners - improved content management, better data and insights, increased monetization opportunities and a growing suite of data-driven advertising solutions. At Stitcher, our goal is always to keep the interests of our partners at the forefront and we look forward to serving them with the introduction of a new set of tools later this year.” Jay: Don't forget, 2 members of Stitcher/Midroll's team went to Art19. Triton/Omny used by all the big broadcast radio people - Stitcher owned by Scripps.  Nielsen has been looking to get into the podcasting game from an advertising perspective and it looks like they’ve cracked the door with the usual players they’re used to playing with: https://rainnews.com/nielsen-joins-with-six-podcast-publishers-to-launch-new-audience-intelligence-service/ New people coming into the podcast space are from outside this ecosphere - there are pros cons to this: Crooked Media taps former Netflix exec Sarah Geismer for creative development post and American Public Media has hired Liliana Kim, formerly the vice president of MTV International Content Strategy Brand Management, as its new managing director of podcasts. What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Inside Legion - http://comicbookclublive.com/category/inside-legion/ Jay’s Pick: Rocked Up part of the Mat Men Podcast Network produced by Jason Bryant - https://podnews.net/podcast/1454428294

Interesting data on podcast length...but there is a major flaw: Because we are looking at data from the podcasts’ RSS feeds and not from our own Megaphone platform like in our previous posts, we do not have the download numbers for these podcasts. But we can use the number of Apple Podcasts ratings (ratings in the iPhone Podcast app and from iTunes) as a proxy for download numbers to show which podcasts are more successful than others. The idea is that the more times a particular podcast receives a rating, the more listeners have downloaded that podcast. https://medium.com/megaphonepods/podcasts-are-getting-shorter-a876cfa2f56a How long are listeners listening? Voxnest releases their study: https://blog.voxnest.com/do-listening-behaviors-vary-based-on-a-podcasts-category/ Tim Ferris stops his crowd funding campaign...sigh: https://tim.blog/2019/07/11/why-im-stopping-the-fan-supported-podcast-experiment/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-07-16 RadioPublic’s PodFund announces 3 new investments: https://rainnews.com/radiopublics-podfund-announces-first-new-podcast-investments/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Underlords Academy Podcast: https://podnews.net/podcast/1468585769 Jay’s Pick: My series of sports podcast listening for Barrett Sports Media is now live. It’s called “5 Podcasts in 5 Days” and I listened to 5 note worthy sports podcasts. Day 1 was released on Monday with my review of Mystery Box by Dan LeBatard and Friends. Day 2 features my review of The GM Shuffle with Mike Lombardi and Adnan Virk. Big surprise - I’m super critical of all the podcasts I listened to but it’s only because I care. https://barrettsportsmedia.com/

Podcast News Daniel J. Lewis’ research into hosting speed and bot counting. A lot to unpack here:https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/who-offers-the-fastest-podcast-hosting-tap335/?fbclid=IwAR0sl4VBeKtPL-ILd3s7b2KpLbgfFL1cZ1VUcbDo9dbjGaBse1Xje6PAgWM Wooshka announces free dynamic ad insertion and free transcriptions on their Forever Free plan, but there are limitations:  https://www.whooshkaa.com/blog/upgraded-free-plan-and-new-pro-plan?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-07-02 From James Cridland’s Podnews: Exclusive: Spotify-owned podcast host Anchor is seemingly bypassing the Apple Podcasts approval process, and this lets their users post tests​ and even illegal copyright material un-checked to Apple Podcasts and others, we’ve discovered.Sort of related: There are now 706,000 podcasts, according to Blubrry. How many are still in production? About 280,000, according to this article by Amplifi Media - 18% of the podcast catalogue. The iHeartRadio Top 100 Podcasts...interesting stuff to go over, like the one podcast from Libsyn:https://news.iheart.com/charts/podcasts-top-100/latest/RAIN compared iHeart’s list to Podtrac’s: Podtrac’s monthly list includes the company’s measurement clients only. So we might speculate that The Joe Rogan Podcast is not a Podtrac client because that very popular program does not appear. Conversely, This American Life does not appear in iHeart’s large list of 100 shows, even though it is #2 on Podtrac’s list of 20 shows. A broader search of iHeartRadio does not bring up This American Life at all, so presumably,​ it is not distributed in iHR’s app. Another factor to keep in mind: iHeartMedia radio stations (850+ of them) can promote its “family” podcasts, of which Ron Burgundy is one, which might boost listening. And in the “Success Breeds Success” theory, the Podcasts Top 100 list will drive some amount of listening traffic to top shows. One final quirk: Stuff You Should Know, the flagship Stuff Media (owned by iHeartMedia) podcast, ranks higher in Podtrac (#3) than in iHeartRadio (#11). Rhodes Perry from The OutEntrepreneur joins us to talk about Apple Podcasts Categories and the LGBTQ family/other minorities that are left out. Find Rhodes show, work, ​and book at https://www.rhodesperry.com What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Cocaine Rhinestones -  Season 2 has been announced. https://cocaineandrhinestones.com/ Jay’s Pick: A tease - coming soon, I did a special 5 Podcasts in 5 Days listen for Barrett Sports Media dot com. Jason Barrett is a former colleague of mine from ESPN and he consults many sports radio stations. This is his 3rd session of podcast listening and reviews and I was honored to be asked to do this for him. All 5 podcasts are sports podcasts but I believe he’s looking to publish that starting next week. I’ll let you know on my social media when it’s live.​

Podcast News Marco Arment Overcast doing the Lord’s work: https://twitter.com/overcastfm/status/1143333749817524224 Some Libsyn follow up from the hall of famer himself, Dave Jackson: Gents, Libsyn has had dynamic ads since 2006ish. (Libsynpro.com )We are  working on updating our interface, in the ad marketplace wasn’t officially announced, James Cridland found out about that by digging through the financial stuff, hence why it seems to be taking so long. - Dave Jackson More Libsyn follow up. Thanks to James Cridland and PodNews for continuing to follow the story:After a minority shareholder threatened to replace Libsyn board members by calling for a special meeting, the Libsyn board have changed the company bylaws to require a vote from the majority of shareholders to make such a change. Big note on advertising in podcasts:Cumulus Media’s EVP of Marketing and Westwood One President Suzanne Grimes says the combination of podcast brand awareness ads and branded content spend doubled from 2017 to 2018. “Direct response podcast spending was only up 22%. Brand advertising represented nearly three-quarters of the entire spend increase in U.S. podcasting and is growing five times faster than direct response. Once dominated by direct response, podcast revenues are nearly split between brand and direct response. In 2016, direct response represented 73% of podcast spend. Brand campaigns made up only 25%. Comparing 2016 to 2018, brand spend grew from 25% to 38%. Branded content rose from 2% to 10%. Direct response’s share of podcast revenues dropped from 73% to 52% from 2016 to 2018. Combined, brand spend represents 48% of 2018 podcast revenues versus direct response at 52%.”https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/radio-executive-brands-turn-to-podcasting/ Just in case you, Mr. Indie Podcast, thought you could compete with the NPR podcasts out there. Remember this...In The Dark which was cited as evidence in helping to overturn the conviction of Curtis Flowers, cost American Public Radio $100000 per episode to make. Host Madeleine Baran says: “From living in and reporting from Mississippi for almost a year to the time spent writing, producing and editing, it’s a time-intensive, expensive project to bring you each episode and ultimately help lead to a result like this one.”https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/this-podcast-cost-100000-per-episode/ Daniel J Lewis doing some investigative work on being IAB Certified. He’s running bots on his podcast and checking how the download numbers are being reported. 3 companies that claim to be “IAB Compliant”, erroneously counted his bot. He’ll be running a full report on his Audacity to Podcast website. https://www.facebook.com/groups/podcastmovement/permalink/2238788499542093/ A word on investing in podcasts. It might be slowing down, but a big year already. Jonathan Gill, founder of Backtracks, says “remaining gaps—content monetization, deep analytics, and even the discovery of a podcast that is even interesting in the first place—in the podcasting space are opportunities for startups.” https://news.crunchbase.com/news/beyond-gimlet-and-luminary-a-look-into-podcasting-investment-in-2019/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-06-11And Audioboom just got $4million more to buy content:https://rainnews.com/audioboom-raises-4-million-for-new-podcast-content-deals/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: David Tennant Does a Podcast With: https://overcast.fm/+QWOW8TRtU Jay’s Pick: I wanted to hear an award winning show. 2017 Peabody Award winner, Uncivil, tells the stories of the Civil War you probably didn’t hear in school and from the black perspective. Three episodes I want to highlight (binged all 13 episodes): “The Song” - the storytelling and production at the end of this episode is absolutely beautiful. Don’t skip to the end...listening to the entire episode is what delivers the pay off and brought tears to my eyes. Phenomenal. “The Paper” - my favorite episode about a con artist who unwittingly becomes a war hero, even if he’s not really given credit for it because ultimately the man himself wasn’t a hero. “The Fugitive” about George Washington’s escaped slave, Ona - great tease going into their commercial break. A real cliff hanger.https://gimletmedia.com/shows/uncivil

Podcast News Triton Digital (a trusted ad service by big broadcasters) acquires Omny (podcast host with some of the biggest broadcasters). Um, the split between Big Podcasting and I’ll call it Independent Podcasting is widening at an alarming rate: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190612005078/en/Triton-Digital-Announces-Acquisition-Podcast-Powerhouse-Omny And to that degree, what does this story mean for Independent’s. This is the continuation of a story that was first published weeks ago but I kept putting it off because it probably won’t amount to anything...but what if it does?: https://rainnews.com/libsyn-shareholder-complains-of-executive-compensation-and-calls-for-new-board/ In Q1 Libsyn says its podcasting revenue grew by 30%, and in total the company earned double the amount of revenue year on year: earning over US $22m. The company has $11m in the bank. I find this data to be extremely questionable...New York and LA aren’t in the top 10? https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/where-are-consumers-listening-to-podcasts/ Why would anyone NOT want to be on Google Podcasts? Is there something we don’t know about? From Podnews: Enterprise podcast host ART19 has made a number of updates to their service, including a setting that allows publishers to block their podcast from appearing in Google Podcasts. (We spoke with a few publishers at Podcast Day - and it sounds like some want to remove podcast play buttons from appearing within Google search, while still allowing them in Google Podcasts itself. This option, however, would entirely remove podcasts from all Google products). Not sure if it’s related, should probably ask in the Facebook groups...but I learned that while Blubrry is IAB Certified, some of the services from which they report stats from, are not - such as Spotify. Now, Spotify stats are presented as different listens on the Blubrry platform. Not on the Spreaker platform which is also IAB Certified. Are listens from Google IAB Certified? What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Swamp Thing Radio - https://overcast.fm/+P4tVB8fOA Jay’s Pick: Crime Stories with Nancy Grace https://www.crimeonline.com/podcast/

Podcast News New Apple Categories: https://podnews.net/article/apple-changed-podcast-categories-2019 A few words about MP3 conversion: https://twitter.com/evoterra/status/1137733848140148739?s=21 From RAIN News: Dan Misener of Pacific Content highlights the colors used in podcast artwork https://rainnews.com/the-podcast-artwork-rainbow-an-overview-of-popular-podcast-color-schemes/ I’m sharing this story because it’s from one of radio’s most trusted consultants. If they start consulting their stations to get into the UGC game, podcasters are primed to be the stars of this - and I can tell you how...but you’ll need to pay me. :) https://jacobsmedia.com/building-your-radio-brand-with-ugc/?utm_source=Jacobs+Media+Strategies+Blogutm_campaign=42d91a3efb-Blog_Daily_FullInfoutm_medium=emailutm_term=0_5007ff924d-42d91a3efb-179855645 What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Adapt - a show all about iPad - https://www.relay.fm/adapt Jay’s Pick: Binging Timesuck

Apple Podcasts is coming to Mac! Joel breaks down two big pieces of news from Apple's WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) and the two big pieces of misinformation that have come out of it. Also from Apple’s WWDC - in the next version of iOS on the iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple Podcasts will be on the front screen, “right next to one of the most used apps in the world — the App Store”, notes Vox Media’s Zach Kahn in a tweet. He says this will help first-time listeners discover podcasts. Podcast Revenue is UP! https://podnews.net/update/podcasting-ad-revenue-2018 (From PodNews) The Tim Ferris Show is trying a new experiment: no ads, no sponsors, just a donation model. A blog post explains why. My man-crush, Tom Webster, had a great tweet about that: It’s easy to monetize like Tim Ferris. Step One: Already be Tim Ferris. For more on that point, a blog post from Jake Rhysider of Darknet Diaries: https://lime.link/blog/find-great-podcaster-role-models/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-05-31 Speaking of Tom Webster, Edison Research released a study on Social Media Habits. It could also be re-described as “The Death of Facebook”. Check it out here: www.edisonresearch.com/the-social-habit-2019

It’s the biggest TV show in history and it’s finally over. Whether you watched every episode and listened to recaps or never even had HBO during this run, there are lessons to take away from this cultural phenomenon even for the most indie of podcasters. Jay and Joel talk about some of the chief takeaways in this “very special episode” and keep the spoilers to a minimum. Seriously, if you’ve seen memes about GoT’s final season, you likely won’t spoil anything new in this discussion. What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Movie Crush - https://www.moviecrush.show Jay’s Pick: Inside Star Wars from Mark Ramsay and Wondery - https://wondery.com/shows/inside-star-wars/

Podcast News Why I hate ABSOLUTES… from PodNews: A company called “Podcastier” is sending mail to podcast owners claiming to be a “big fan” of your podcast and to offer to edit your podcasts for half price. They’re just scraping from your RSS feed, and we’d recommend you avoid any company that lazily spams you in this way. Hmmmmm...going through Certification process I believe… https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/podcast-downloads-down-drastically-in-april/ An extremely comprehensive guide on how to grow your podcast audience: https://lowerstreet.co/podcasting-guide/grow-your-podcast?fbclid=IwAR2xUjdACONXVFSrY_JwJ-pK9S0XXAhbdJZkH-uOTdd-oj7ITXmIsMGoZj4 Speaking of which, how should a podcaster format their podcast episodes now that Google is making audio search results more relevant to more people who may not listen to podcasts? I have some tips especially if you have advertising in your podcast. (Time to re-think and re-define the “Pre-roll” ad) What day and time should you release your podcast? https://medium.com/megaphonepods/what-time-should-you-publish-your-podcast-18b9925c2f75 What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Trivial Warfare - Blitz : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trivial-warfare-blitz/id1458066436 Jay’s Pick: An absolute show that doesn’t take itself seriously… www.AdamSandlerPleaseStop.com

Podcast News Podfund:  https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18531565/podfund-launch-investment-podcasts IAB Certification: 3 new companies join Blubrry and NPR - Art19 (whom everyone talked about on Friday), Voxnest (barely heard anything) and Australia’s Wooshka. Why did everyone talk about Art19 and not the other two? 7341-11e9-ab6f-53100537b161.html">http://www.insideradio.com/podcastnewsdaily/growing-momentum-for-iab-certification-art-voxnest-latest-to-join/article_d754a390-11e9-ab6f-53100537b161.html">7341-11e9-ab6f-53100537b161.html And some great questions to consider from Nick Quah re: Google and Spotify moves:Assuming Spotify and Google does indeed each accrue meaningful podcast distribution power, should we read their podcast activities as competitive with, or additive to, the podcast world Apple has fostered? In other words: is this necessarily a zero-sum game? Is it possible to sketch a theory of the ecosystem that sees “Big Podcasting” as a separate from “Open Podcasting/Everything Else,” the latter as perhaps mediated by Apple? Is it possible for the two things to exist in parallel? With regards to Apple, there’s an obvious question, and there’s a less obvious question. The former: how will Apple respond? The latter: should they respond? This should bring us to a more root question: what is the game that Apple plays, and what is the best version of that game specifically within the podcast context? If Spotify and Google do end up commandeering the bulk of new podcast listenership, what’s the move for third-party podcast apps? What new opportunities are they best positioned to pursue? Should they double down on niche communities? There are other factors in here as well (I’m curious about Liz Covart’s promotion on Apple and it’s effect…https://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/getting-itunes-feature/ ) but I’m tired of hearing “New Noteworthy” doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter in the way how many new people think it does - but it does matter being front and center to a majority eyeballs.content.com/apple-featured-my-indie-podcast-on-their-front-page-heres-what-happened-next-e6c22e52fc42">https://blog.pacific-content.com/apple-featured-my-indie-podcast-on-their-front-page-heres-what-happened-next-e6c22e52fc42 What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick: Smodcast 414: Markus and McFeely Make Mine Marvel - https://soundcloud.com/smodcast/414-markus-and-mcfeely-make-mine-marvel Jay’s Pick: Marvel Cinematic Universe. They’ve been doing it for years. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marvel-cinematic-universe-podcast/id907175322

Podcast News Just to be fair, Luminary listened and made changes. Not so sure about the apology, but better than before. Could still be too little too late because the next story I think has a better future.https://medium.com/hearluminary/updates-to-luminary-99806e782fd6 This could be a game changer. Why aren’t more people talking about this? Is it because they’re leary of it actually working?https://rainnews.com/acast-enables-podcasters-to-go-premium-with-portable-paywalls/And look at this company that got no coverage (until Podnews readers pointed it out):  https://www.supportingcast.co/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-05-03 From James Cridland’s weekly newsletter (not Podnews):I’ve spent the week without my MacBook Pro, which after just 26 months began to suffer from the tell-tale signs of an expanding battery. I’m getting a bit worried, given I’m doing two presentations next week - one to Rogers on Wednesday, and one at Canadian Music Week on Thursday (and no, they won’t be the same). I sure hope it’ll be ready to collect when Apple told me it will.Instead of my AUD$2699 MacBook Pro, I’ve been using my AUD$640 Chromebook for everything over the past week (using the same keyboard and big screen in the office as I always do). It’s been very interesting how capable the machine really is, and in many ways I rather prefer it. If you use Chromebooks, ChromeOSv74, which came out last week, has audio playback from Linux apps, so you can use Audacity or the much more preferable Reaper to edit audio if you want. I’ve been using my USB microphone and Auphonic Edit, instead.Joel, as the resident expert on podcast production on different devices, would love to hear your thoughts. Something to note here: Spotify has half a million more daily active sessions than Pandora. iHeartRadio is 3rd and Radio.com, Cumulus, NPR appear tied for last on this chart and if you combine the bottom 4 they don’t even account for half of Pandora. Once you pick an app...you stay on that app. https://rainnews.com/webcast-listening-january-2019/ This article both encourages me and infuriates me at the same time:https://rainnews.com/spotify-dramatically-revolutionize-podcast-advertising-earnings-follow-up/ Avengers Endgame Discussion (it’s all post-show, so you don’t have to worry about spoilers if you haven’t seen it) We forgot to talk about it, but here is TMR (Matthew Berry)’s Avengers Endgame Cameo explained and discussed: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-fun-story-behind-an-avengers-endgame-cameo-you-pro-1834418343

Ruston, LA Hit with Tornado, Help the Rebuild and Recovery Efforts recovery.php?fbclid=IwAR308Kf-njC3XFy17_VynnQPf5Byqi7u2R-9a1gaLj4jF18ucKKK0LILwIU">https://www.ruston.org/storm-recovery.php?fbclid=IwAR308Kf-njC3XFy17_VynnQPf5Byqi7u2R-9a1gaLj4jF18ucKKK0LILwIU Podcast News Marco Arment on Luminary (@marcoarment) Tweeted:Some testing appears to confirm @hearluminary’s claims of 1:1 proxying.So this should be easy for them to fix: change it to an HTTP redirect, and these problems immediately disappear. https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/1121437502823387136?s=17 ★ All Podcasts Are Shows; Not All Shows Are Podcasts—Daring Fireballhttps://daringfireball.net/2019/04/not_all_shows_are_podcasts Luminary’s Controversy: debut-podcast-controversy.html">https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/luminary-podcast-controversy.html">debut-podcast-controversy.html Now here’s a different story about a smaller start up: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/29/18522031/redcircle-podcast-service-hosting-analytics-cross-promotion But look at Spotify’s financials and see where the problem lies with advertising as the main revenue generator…(HINT: you need MASSIVE scale)https://rainnews.com/spotify-100m-subscribers-217m-total-monthly-users-emphasis-on-podcasting-earnings-call/ Overcast adds Clip Sharing!: https://marco.org/2019/04/27/overcast-clip-sharing

Podcast News I still have my doubts re: Apple Watch downloadshttps://medium.com/megaphonepods/apple-watch-podcastings-stealth-success-story-2c6861df9fbe You know what makes me angry? You know what makes me sick? (in my best Earl Pits voice): https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/could-podcasters-deal-with-the-pressure-of-being-a88-radio-host/?fbclid=IwAR3pIKHTJcMvDgkJCEVX69iraznmumEyNuUlqn_N3bg3pvKvolV50u5Pq5k A very well thought out counter point to above opinion piece:https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/the-other-side-of-the-burnout-debate/ I have always believed that with many different perspectives, you find the truth. Well, sit back true believers, because I don’t think you’ll like this perspective.https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/are-podcasts-killing-music-or-just-wasting-our-time/2019/04/17/0aa08770-5acc-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?noredirect=onutm_term=.97f19a1ddc39 I would like to know the financials of this partnership, but understand, there’s not a single independent podcaster that could pull a deal like this off. https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/wondery-umg-to-develop-podcasts-together/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - Welcome to Level 7 - Podcast about the Agents of SHIELD and the MCU. https://welcometolevelseven.com Jay’s Pick - NFL Draft time - if you aren’t listening to my podcast, Next Fan Up, I highly recommend Scout’s Honor w/Dave Te’ Thomas (and Paul Crane). Dave has been writing the NFL Draft Prospect review book for the NFL for decades. He’s tied into a number of teams, including the world champion Patriots. He knows a thing or two about the NFL Draft. https://www.spreaker.com/show/scouts-honor

Podcast News Podcast Consumer 2019: https://www.edisonresearch.com/the-podcast-consumer-2019/ Techsurvey 2019: https://jacobsmedia.com/10-things-learned-techsurvey-2019/ Apple Podcasts on the Web: https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/10/apple-podcasts-web-interface-redesign/ Coffee w/Envision: Tuesday April 23 - A radio webinar, free, focusing on air talent.https://radioink.com/2019/04/08/free-envision-webinar-will-focus-on-air-talent/ Podcasts Business Journal on She Podcasts Live: https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/she-did-it/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - She Podcasts:  https://www.shepodcasts.com Jay’s Pick - Game of Thrones Season 8 premiere. Only one GoT podcast had a new episode to react - Post Show Recaps w/Rob Cesternino. https://postshowrecaps.com

Podcast News iTunes breakup is coming: https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/1114261872029700098?s=21 Great news. This is from the CEO of Oxford Road, an ad agency, educating businesses on how to be successful advertising in podcasts. https://www.business.com/articles/advertising-on-podcasts/ More education on how ads work:https://podsights.com/blog/frequency/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=webutm_campaign=adfrequency:2019-04-08 An attempt to explain IAB 2.0 using pizza as a metaphor:content.com/jimmy-and-the-magic-pizza-shop-3c547eeb17db">https://blog.pacific-content.com/jimmy-and-the-magic-pizza-shop-3c547eeb17db Story about the Bright Sessions in today’s Hot Pod. https://hotpodnews.com/making-money-part-one/ Dates for your diary: Edison Research reveal The Podcast Consumer on Thursday April 11th. You can register for the webinar here. Jacobs Media Techsurvey: A survey of radio listeners with some podcasting info. Monday, April 15th: https://jacobsmedia.com/10-things-learned-techsurvey-2019/ Coffee w/Envision: Tuesday April 23 - A radio webinar, free, focusing on air talent.https://radioink.com/2019/04/08/free-envision-webinar-will-focus-on-air-talent/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - Upgrade from Relay.fm - https://www.relay.fm/upgrade/240 Jay’s Pick - Wolverine: The Long Night.  https://www.wolverinepodcast.com/

Podcast News Cleanfeed goes Multitrack! https://blog.cleanfeed.net/multitrack-is-here/ Happy 700000? From Chartable: https://twitter.com/dzohrob/status/1111290514907844608?s=09utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-03-29 Underserved categories according to Podtrac:https://rainnews.com/new-podtrac-release-indicates-possible-under-served-podcast-categories-rain-analysis/ Putting podcasts behind a pay wall...um, might want to wait a minute: https://jacobsmedia.com/why-data-is-a-double-edged-sword-for-radio/ Spotify’s Podcaster Dashboard Date for your diary: Edison Research reveal The Podcast Consumer on Thursday,​ April 11th. You can register for the webinar here. What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - Just Podcasting with Carrie Caulfield Arick https://yayapodcasting.com/category/just-podcasting/ Jay’s pick - Blackout - I started listening because I saw in one of the many newsletters that I’m subscribed to - Blackout is great but these ads are killing me. https://www.endeavoraudio.com/podcasts/thriller-podcasts/blackoutNow, to hear a fictional podcast that does ads right:https://thewickedlibrary.com/

Podcast News Google Podcasts is coming to the web! https://podnews.net/update/google-podcasts-web But BBC Podcasts are leaving Google Podcasts: https://podnews.net/update/bbc-pulls-podcasts Data on those listeners who use the almighty “pause” button:https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/185027/data-nugget-on-finishing-a-podcast-listening-sessi?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=webutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-03-22 Quarter 1 is ending and earnings reports are in. Cumulus (Westwood One, CBS): Cumulus’ overall digital business – what’s called C-Suite – grew by more than 60% in 2018. Starting off at 46% growth in Q1 of 2018, digital revenue in Q4 grew by 76% according, to CEO Mary Berner, In 2016, according to Berner, Cumulus’ podcasting division generated $100,000 in revenue. In 2018 she says podcasting generated $12.5 million in profitable podcasting revenue.Libsyn: Libsyn says its podcasting revenue grew by 30%, and in total the company earned double the amount of revenue year on year: earning over US $22m. The company has $11m in the bank.Difference - Westwood One is running mostly re-purposed audio and according to my “money tree”, they are right on point with the numbers I could find that are public. Libsyn is mostly a podcast hosting company...their revenue is coming from people paying them to host their podcast. Which has bigger upside??? Also from the Libsyn statement (not sure why the news outlets skipped this part): In 2019, we plan to expand our Podcast hosting product to target Spanish speaking podcast producers as well as launch, what we believe to be, a revolutionary podcast advertising platform built specifically for the podcast industry.” Apple Event - https://www.polygon.com/tv/2019/3/25/18202503/apple-tv-plus-channels-streaming-service What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - Backsliding to Glory, http://backslidingtoglory.com  Follow Jay on Twitter at @therealpodvader or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PodVaderPage/ and Joel at @therogueslife on Twitter or for everything else at ProPodcastingServices.com Find us online anytime at AlwaysListeningPod.com and email us your questions to AlwaysListeningPod@gmail.com You can subscribe to the show in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.If you need help with your show, both Jay and Joel are available for consultation, just email us your needs.

Podcast News Shots fired! https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-03-13/consumers-and-innovators-win-on-a-level-playing-field/ Shots fired back!https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47582094 Gimlet employees unionize…https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/gimlet-media-podcasts-spotify-union Nick Quah on CNN:https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/15/media/nick-quah-podcast-business/index.html The ever intelligent Tom Webster - Think about the audience!content.com/10-big-podcasting-takeaways-from-2019s-infinite-dial-research-1818580b4847">https://blog.pacific-content.com/10-big-podcasting-takeaways-from-2019s-infinite-dial-research-1818580b4847 Tying in with that last point - Rob Walch’s data on podcast length:https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/theres-no-such-thing-as-too-long/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - Akimbo by Seth Godin: https://www.akimbo.me/ Jay’s Pick - Mark Maron’s 1000 episode with his producer Brendan MacDonald: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1000 Follow Jay on Twitter at @therealpodvader or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PodVaderPage/ and Joel at @therogueslife on Twitter or for everything else at ProPodcastingServices.com Find us online anytime at AlwaysListeningPod.com and email us your questions to AlwaysListeningPod@gmail.com You can subscribe to the show in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.If you need help with your show, both Jay and Joel are available for consultation, just email us your needs.

Followup Podfest 2019 recap Podcast News Infographic for 2019 Infinite Dial: https://www.facebook.com/121833881211665/posts/2252431714818527?sfns=mo The 2019 Infinite Dial Report (free to download at www.edisonresearch.com)https://www.edisonresearch.com/infinite-dial-2019/ Follow Jay on Twitter at @therealpodvader or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PodVaderPage/ and Joel at @therogueslife on Twitter or for everything else at ProPodcastingServices.com Find us online anytime at AlwaysListeningPod.com and email us your questions to AlwaysListeningPod@gmail.com You can subscribe to the show in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. If you need help with your show, both Jay and Joel are available for consultation, just email us your needs.

Followup Ad insertion in the middle of a sentence. It'll be fixed from now on. My apologies. Podcast News Apple’s Scary Email and what you should or should not do about it! Chartable on the “Golden Age of Podcasting” - essentially repurposed Edison Research Share of Ear report (which a new one is coming on March 5th). But want to address this specifically:“Many of these listeners are new to podcasts. In other words, Spotify didn't “steal” listeners who were already listening to podcasts on Apple Podcasts, they created new listeners by exposing them to podcasts for the first time.”https://chartable.com/blog/golden-age-of-podcasts?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-02-22 Spotify agrees: https://rainnews.com/panoply-spotify-may-be-bringing-new-listeners-to-podcasts/ Voxnest says Spotify is already beating Apple in some countries:https://blog.voxnest.com/what-is-the-current-status-of-apple-vs-spotify/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-03-05 And Podnews adds: Spotify was launched in India on February 26th. Android has a 90% market share in that country. Dave Jackson’s visit to On Air FestBecause of the focus on stories, almost every podcast I heard about uses seasons. I also heard phrases about “funding.” Such as “I’m working on season three, but we are still waiting on funding.” Speaking of funding…. Jenna Weiss-Berman from Pineapple Street media shared how she can make an entire season of a podcast using 5% of the budget for a TV pilot. According to my first Google search you can make a 30-minute TV pilot for $2 million. If that is accurate you are looking at $100,000 to create a season of episodes.  When I looked at shows by Pineapple Street, I saw seasons with 6-12 episodes, which means they are charging between $8,300 and $16,000 per episode. https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/1648-2/ From HotPod: Lisa Chao is now a senior editor on The Daily, Leaving Gimlet where she was the host of the Startup podcast Scripps, who own Triton Digital and Stitcher, have seen revenue grow by 41% in Q4 2018, according to new results from the company. Revenue for Stitcher, which includes Midroll, was up 64% to $16.7 million.  And yet Lex Friedman their former Chief Business Development Officer and Korri Kolesa their former CRO left for Art19. Want to make it to Podfest 2019?: http://bit.ly/2ELBo9K Want to get some deals, even though you can't go?: https://propodcastingservices.com/podfest/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - Ben Franklin’s World - https://www.benfranklinsworld.com Jay’s Pick - Timesuck with Dan Cummins. - https://timesuckpodcast.com/ Follow Jay on Twitter at @therealpodvader or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PodVaderPage/ and Joel at @therogueslife on Twitter or for everything else at ProPodcastingServices.com Find us online anytime at AlwaysListeningPod.com and email us your questions to AlwaysListeningPod@gmail.com You can subscribe to the show in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.If you need help with your show, both Jay and Joel are available for consultation, just email us your needs.

Podcast News Year one of Paid Listens from Radio Public: https://about.radiopublic.com/2019/02/12/year-one-of-paid-listens/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-02-14 Tom Webster is a very very very smart man: https://medium.com/@webby2001/how-big-should-podcasting-be-fac8c2c7f85f Trivial Warfare crew up for Trivia Hall of Fame - want to discuss podcasts looking for validation in their niche instead of just among their podcast peers. Vote for the TWA crew: http://www.triviahalloffame.com/vote/vote.php What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - The Ron Burgundy Show discussion Jay’s Pick - The Ron Burgundy Show discussion https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-ron-burgundy-podcast-30270227/

Followup Joel talks about the New Orleans MBMBaM Live show and supporting podcasters through live shows period. Podcast News Predictions for Gimlet/Spotify/Anchor fallout: https://twitter.com/nbashaw/status/1093210854747598848 iHeartRadio recommendation engine review… the writer’s premise is flawed if he ignores the initial recommendations… https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuadudley/2019/02/11/iheartradio-looks-to-grow-the-podcast-audience-with-personalized-podcast-recommendations/#1a85ca536f1c Funny because it’s true. https://www.facebook.com/groups/podcastmovement/permalink/2021121927975419/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - When in New Orleans, go ‘Beyond Bourbon Street’ with Mark Balogna http://beyondbourbonst.com Jay’s Pick - Challenge Mania - MTV Challenge Recap show w/former Challenge contestant https://www.spreaker.com/show/challenge-mania Follow Jay on Twitter at @therealpodvader or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PodVaderPage/ and Joel at @therogueslife on Twitter or for everything else at ProPodcastingServices.com Find us online anytime at AlwaysListeningPod.com and email us your questions to AlwaysListeningPod@gmail.com You can subscribe to the show in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. If you need help with your show, both Jay and Joel are available for consultation, just email us your needs.

Jay and Joel hold an emergency podcast to discuss the titanic news that broke this morning. Spotify has aquired BOTH Gimlet Media AND Anchor. What does it mean for podcasting? Well, that’s what this episode is about. Followup You know that thing we were talking about yesterday? - https://investors.spotify.com/financials/press-release-details/2019/Spotify-Announces-Strategic-Acquisitions-to-Accelerate-Growth-in-Podcasting/default.aspx

Followup Sound issues - Joel was experimenting w/video, should be better from here on out. Good lesson not to put the cart before the horse. Podcast News Spotify to buy Gimlet: https://www.recode.net/2019/2/1/18207198/spotify-gimlet-podcast-acquisitionMore from Spotify courtesy Todd Cochrane (trying to license No Agenda): https://www.facebook.com/cochrane/posts/10155807689166360 In theory, this is 100% correct. https://rainnews.com/steve-pratt-who-is-going-to-scale-the-podcast-industry/ What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - Schmanners - headed to New Orleans this weekend to see MBMBaM live, they’re opening up with Schmanners and Sawbones. https://www.maximumfun.org/shows/shmanners Jay’s Pick - So cheating again because I’m a sports guy. Scout’s Honor is from Paul Crane (TV broadcaster) and Dave Te-Thomas who is head of scouting and has the ears of almost every NFL team. Good show to listen to now that the NFL offseason is here. Loads of inside info: https://www.spreaker.com/show/scouts-honor Follow Jay on Twitter at @therealpodvader and Joel at @therogueslife Find us online anytime at AlwaysListeningPod.com and email us your questions to AlwaysListeningPod@gmail.com You can subscribe to the show in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. If you need help with your show, both Jay and Joel are available for consultation, just email us your needs.

We meet our new host and discuss the new format, argue the merits of Apple featuring Anchor in new advertising, talk about the top 20 shows, and debate whether Apple Watch stats are real or really inflated for now. Intro Explanation Who we are, how we know each other and what the show is about to become The story of PodVader: https://propodcastingservices.com/alwayslisteningepisodes/podvader Podcast News commentary on the same OCCASIONAL interviews/conversations with guests from the industry Lots of advice on how to keep your show current, growing and profitable Weekly tips for shows to listen to in “Currently Listening” Podcast News Anchor's new Apple Ad: https://youtu.be/lStdWKDZuWI Top 20 Podcasts in Dec… note the companies, how many are “independent: http://analytics.podtrac.com/blog/2017/7/21/top-20-podcasts-june-2017-tr9gy-ndn3d-j9l9y-w6mpb-azykr-fgk7e-xfskm-nkhsw-zjenn-mw988-wcn9l?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-01-22 Interesting prediction from Todd...but why is Apple Watch being broken out from iOS and now that the stats are certified, have the problems with Watch stats been fixed?: https://powerpresspodcast.com/2019/01/21/podcast-stats-soundbite-prediction-apple-podcasts/?utm_source=podnews.netutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-01-22 Jay wanted to go toe to toe with Tom, but he can’t. It’s perfectly said: https://medium.com/@webby2001/the-secret-sauce-of-podcast-advertising-57f45ae73b95 What are you Currently Listening to? Joel’s Pick - Mueller She Wrote https://www.muellershewrote.com Jay’s Pick - Almost Champions - http://www.spreaker.com/show/almostchampions Follow Jay on Twitter at @therealpodvader and Joel at @therogueslife Find us online anytime at AlwaysListeningPod.com and email us your questions to AlwaysListeningPod@gmail.com You can subscribe to the show in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. If you need help with your show, both Jay and Joel are available for consultation, just send us an email with your issue.

*Explicit Language Warning* Cam has a colorful manner of speaking and I don't edit it down for this episode. Watch the little ears!* Cameron Reilly, cohost of The Bullshit Filter, Life of Caesar and more, joins Joel to talk about his life in podcasting, and independent media which started in 2004. With claims to "fame" as the first Australian podcaster and the first person to use a recorded Skype call for a podcast in the world. Cam is a straight shooter who spends most of his days shooting straight at Ray Harris, his cohost for Life of Caesar, BS Filter and other podcasts and projects across the interwebs. If you like learning about the beginning of things, hearing about the future of podcasting or learning some of the inside workings of a popular podcasting empire from Down Under, this episode is perfect for you. Keep up with Cam's latest efforts at http://DeepDiveDocumentaries.com or http://CameronReilly.com And subscribe to any of his podcasts by visiting: http://thepodcastnetwork.com Yep. He's THE podcast network. That's another thing Cam was first at.