Brené Brown gets two Spotify exclusives

• Spotify/Parcast has announced a new partnership with Brené Brown. Her current show Unlocking Us will become a Spotify exclusive from January; Dare to Lead is a new exclusive podcast from Spotify, “a mix of solo episodes and conversations with change catalysts, culture shifters, and as many troublemakers as possible”, that launches next month. The writer and thought-leader has also collaborated on a Yacht Rock playlist.

  
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• NPR has released The NPR Podcast Report, containing data and case studies about the broadcaster’s podcasts. For Q2 2020, weekly podcast users are up 20% year-on-year, and downloads have risen 26%. Podcasts from NPR and public radio account for 32% of time spent listening to podcasts in the US, according to the report, which says sponsors see their brand awareness increase by 19%.

• Spotify is testing listener polls. The feature is live on Spotify exclusive shows like The Rewatchables to most users. Like video and sharing cards, it appears to be another proprietary feature for Spotify shows only.

  
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• Adam Curry’s No Agenda disappeared from Spotify earlier this week. “I never submitted our feed, and last I checked it was not associated with my email or account,” Adam says.

• After leaving Spotify on Sep 19, after a two-hour rant on Aug 26, Joe Budden has announced The Joe Budden Network. The first non-Budden show will be See The Thing Is, hosted by Bridget Kelly, Mandi B and Olivia Dope. “Not sure what they’ll say because I’m staying outta women’s business lol”, says Budden, adding that the show will be “on most DSPs”.

• Spotify has also launched Your Daily Drive in the UK. We see content in there from The Times, talkSPORT and The Evening Standard; we’re told The Economist, the FT and The Smart 7 are also included. The BBC, Global Radio and Bauer Media are not taking part.

  
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• Later today, the RAIN Digital Canada 2020 summit is taking place. The event is online and free; our Editor, James Cridland, is moderating the opening session.

• The Australian Podcast Awards has given you extra time to enter. You’ve now got until midday AEST on Monday.

• Blubrry has a fancy new website design.

• In Australia, the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia has been awarded funding to help its members gain access to podcast platforms and its own app.

• Jon McTaggart, the President and CEO of APMG, is to step down. APMG is the parent company of APM, American Public Media, and MPR, Minnesota Public Radio. The company has been criticised recently for race and gender issues. McTaggart claims his decision to step down is unrelated.

  
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• PRX Remix, a podcast radio station in the US, is celebrating ten years on-air. During that time it has aired 1,080 audio creators. The first producer was Roman Mars.

• Podcast Movement Virtual has announced Mark Cuban as a keynote speaker, in conversation with The Newsworthy’s Erica Mandy.

• The Kurier, a newspaper in Vienna, is now broadcasting podcasts from a pop-up studio and café in Mariahilfer Straße, the main shopping street in the Austrian capital.

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