The biggest podcast hosts

• Anchor, Buzzsprout and Spreaker were the podcast hosting companies who published the most new episodes in March. John Spurlock’s monthly data shows a significant rise for Libsyn (possibly due to the launch of Libsyn Studio, its free podcast hosting alternative).

• Spurlock has also published the top episode trackers for March. Both Podsights and Chartable saw an increase in market share, despite their purchase by Spotify.

• Podchaser has launched their third annual Reviews4Good program, giving $0.25 per review left on Podchaser. Get started by leaving Podnews a review.

  
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• Dan Misener analyses the different types of podcast on YouTube.

• In France, Acast is working with Amplifon, a hearing healthcare company, to sponsor podcasts and demonstrate hearing loss in them.

• Daniel J Lewis is celebrating 15 years in podcasting.

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The Tech Stuff - with RSS.com

• Alberto Betella has suggested a podcast:verify tag, designed to removed the need for podcasters to expose their email addresses in RSS feeds. It was designed after informal discussions with others at Podcast Movement Evolutions.
• PodcastGenerator v3.2 is at RC stage. The code is an open-source publishing tool for podcasts.

Podcast News - with Acast

From Acast: Food with Mark Bittman comes back for the long-awaited Season 3. On the podcast, the bestselling author and former New York Times journalist explores all aspects of food — from personal topics like what to have for dinner, how to raise healthy children and how to make a perfect meringue, to big-picture questions about climate change, sustainability and global hunger.

The Long Haul is a new independent podcast taking a fresh look at Australia’s relationship with sport. A Ranieri and Co and Headline Productions Podcast, it’s hosted by Emma Murray and is a compassionate and candid look at the unexpected challenges of being an Elite sportsperson, told by some of the biggest names in Australian sport.