A new threat to podcasters: extortion

Are you at risk of extortion? A concerning post today from Rebel Base Media highlights a worrying new development: people threatening to flood your podcast with low ratings, or worse, unless you pay. Our advice is to never respond to “podcast promoters”, no matter how interesting their offers might appear.

SiriusXM, the US satellite radio operator and new owner of Pandora, plans original podcasts and shows for Pandora’s podcast platform. More than twenty SiriusXM shows will also be reformatted into podcasts.

Lauren Shippen from The Bright Sessions has given her reasons for making The AM Sessions podcast a Luminary exclusive. (Hat-tip: Inside Podcasting)

Contest: Deezer Germany and digital culture conference re:publica are looking for new podcast ideas; you’d win €5,000 and get a production contract. Here’s the competition website - wenn Sie Deutsch sprechen.

DAX, the audio advertising platform, has expanded its relationship with SoundCloud to now include Canada. DAX has represented SoundCloud in the UK since 2016, and launched in Canada in November 2018.

• DAX has also been confirmed as the headline partner for the British Podcast Awards.

Want books about how to do great podcasts? Here are 19 books for you to look at.

People: Slate has a new Editor-in-Chief, Jared Hohlt. Analytics company Chartable has hired Karo Chakhlasyan as Chief Operating Officer.

Here’s how UK newspaper The Economist is using podcasts to drive revenue. Job: they’re looking for a podcast audience producer.