Another podcast accused of copying

Another podcast accused of copying

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  • Another accusation of plagiarism has surfaced. Josh Levin, Slate’s National Editor, has accused improv podcast The Dollop of lifting an article he’d written about welfare fraudster Linda Taylor over three years previously. His thread covers other accusations against the podcast team.

  • From today, Spotify is rolling out user-generated Podcast Playlists. The feature is designed to help discoverability of podcasts. Users will be able to make their own podcast playlists, and also mix podcasts and music; and share those lists with others. Spotify will also continue to work on their own curated Podcast Playlists. The rollout will be complete by the end of next week.

  • New figures for smart speaker sales have been released. Amazon appears to be the leader; Baidu is the #2 most popular smart speaker, despite only being available in China. Google is #3. (The figures include separate smart speakers only, rather than Google Assistant-enabled devices).

  • US broadcaster Westwood One have also released data about smart speakers

  • A British football website highlights the growing podcast coverage of the sport, arguing that as television declines, podcasting and radio is keeping interest in the sport alive.

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  • The county commissioners in Shelby County TN, USA, are spending $110,000 on production and marketing of two podcasts, claims a news story. The podcasts are an attempt to reach tax payers.


    Aug 16 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
  • Ken Lagana has been announced as Entercom’s Executive VP of Digital Sales, looking after Entercom’s podcasting and radio·com business. He joins from Megaphone. The US broadcaster bought Cadence13 and Pineapple Street earlier this month.

  • The Podcast Host reviews Captivate, a growth-oriented podcast host, and seem to give it a good bill of health. (Disclosures)

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