$1m podcast fund for Australia, new US stats for podcasting, and London Podcast Festival
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The Australian ABC announces a AUD$1m (USD$890k) podcasting fund, for smaller community podcasters. “The fund will also be used to commission podcasts around specific communities and their interests across a wide range of activities including sport, culture, lifestyle, comedy and the arts.”
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Australia’s NOVA Entertainment announces that they will sell ad inventory for Acast in Australia.
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The Publisher of podnews, James Cridland, spoke this morning on ABC RN’s breakfast show. We’ll link to James’s keynote speech in Monday’s podnews, once we’ve added the pictures to it.
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Stats: Westwood One in the US release The Podcast Download, new stats about the US podcasting scene. Data about speed listening and ads.
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In the US, the IAB ran a pitching event for podcasters to woo advertisers, Podcast Upfront.
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Event: London Podcast Festival, September 13-17. Hosted at Kings Place, which is also the UK home of The Guardian, next to Kings Cross station.
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New content announced from Midroll, including NFL, true crime, and comedy.
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Today’s ludicrous headline: Podcast fans want more ads. The stats linked-to say they would tolerate more ads.
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