Audiobooks pitted against movies: which are more emotionally engaging?
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What is Shortwave, a rumoured new audio app from Google (Aug 13)? We still don’t know for sure. But today, we know what it looked like a while ago - a product based on short pieces of snackable audio content.
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Research: which is more emotionally engaging: audiobooks, or films? Audible Deutschland share a study from University College London (the video’s in English, with German subtitles available).
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Turner Podcast Network shows, including brands like CNN, Cartoon Network, and Bleacher Report, are now available on Spotify.
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PRX have also announced their Q3 2018 preview.
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Inside Jaws (Wondery) is profiled by Mandatory today; meanwhile, Berkhamstead Revisited is the subject of a piece in the Irish Times
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Podbean was recognised with the first Latin Podcast “Global Diversity” Award.
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Jovem Pan, the largest commercial radio network in Brazil, has selected Triton Digital and Omny Studio for podcast distribution and monetisation.
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Andy Mills, credited as the co-creator of The Daily and Caliphate, is interviewed about how he got started in podcasting.
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Where can you go to discover new podcasts? Erik Jones has a great big list.
Opinion
- Allan Tépper writes about the benefits of owning your own RSS feed.
- New, strategic types of programming can pave the way for a new generation to adopt podcasting, and condition current non-listeners to adopt podcasting, says Rob Sanchez in The Word From Mouth.
IAB Podcast Upfront announcements
- At the IAB Podcast Upfront event in New York yesterday, “downloads were just the beginning. Here come the distribution deals, live events, and albums.”
- Westwood One launched The Empow(h)er Podcast Network, debuting with nine podcast series, to inspire the medium’s rapidly growing female audience.
- NPR announced three new investigative and history podcasts: the first, Believed, comes in late October.
- Midroll announced a number of partnerships including a widened deal with Oprah Winfrey, and the general release of Wolverine: The Long Night.
- Wondery is teaming up with Ellen Degeneres to launch Ellen To Go, built around highlights from her daytime talkshow.
- WNYC Studios announced a partnership with authors John Green and Hank Green to “to remaster and relaunch two of their current podcasts, and co-produce a new one focused on science”.
Podcasts
- As the Australian school holidays get ready to kick off, the ABC has launched a set of new kids podcasts, as well as reminding parents of the existing 100+ episodes.
- Shattered: White Boy Rick is a new eight-episode season of an original true-crime series featuring the youngest ever FBI informant turned drug dealer. (Graham Media Group / Panoply / Megaphone)
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- Growth Marketing Manager (Stitcher, New York NY, USA)
- Senior Marketing Analyst (Stitcher, New York NY, USA)
- Jobs are free with Podnews. updates@podnews.net
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October 6: The Women in Podcasting Festival, Chicago IL, USA
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September 29: The 4th annual SMG Podcast Marathon, Chicago IL, USA: “13 hours long featuring original content consisting of 20+ podcasts performed live”
Aug 5 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
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