Australian Podcast Awards Winners

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• The rise of native advertising bodes well for the podcasting industry, says Kurt Laufer. “We must do a better job to further educate digital buyers on the value and responsiveness of podcast advertising.” Also on advertising, techworld posts Why podcast advertising is about to become so lucrative - citing Apple’s Podcast Analytics and Nielsen’s research.

• Amazon announced their new “In-Skill purchasing” system, to allow skills authors to make revenue with smart speakers.

• Photography website FStoppers covers a photography podcast, On Capturing Stories. “I began On Capturing Stories as an experiment to learn the steps of putting together a podcast while reconnecting with interesting people I’ve met”.

• In Melbourne, the winners of the Australian Podcast Awards were announced. The venue was filled to capacity (and most of the ceremony was streamed live). The winners are:

  • Comedy: Childproof - Bad Producer Productions
  • Documentary Style: Trace - ABC Radio
  • Storytelling: Am I Funny - Leon Sjogren
  • Lifestyle & Health: Ladies, we need to talk - ABC Radio
  • Branded Podcast: Hello, Bump - Mamamia Podcast Network
  • Arts & Entertainment: Across the Aisle
  • Sport: By Association - James Parkinson
  • Technology & Science: The Next Billion Seconds - PodcastOne
  • Host of the Year: Book Who’s Talking
  • News & Current Affairs: The Little Red Podcast
  • Business & Marketing: The Small Business, Big Marketing Show
  • Family & Kids: The Beanies - Kinderling Kids Radio
  • Popular Vote: The Weekly Planet
  • Career & Industry: Pomegranate Health - Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Newcomer of the Year: Dating Upside Down

• Blake Emal writes “Podcasting 101: How to Start Right, Build Fast, and Succeed Perpetually”

• The Tri-City Herald covers their local podcasters. “I think that we’re having conversations that everybody has with their friends.” Meanwhile, here’s a story about podcasters from Arizona.