Future-gazing into podcasting in 2024

• In the Podnews Weekly Review this week, hear from 21 people across podcasting about their highlights of 2023, and predictions for 2024. More consolidation for podcast publishers, diversity in monetisation techniques, big-name retirements as podcasting reaches 20, and the benefit of multi-platform podcasting, it’s all in this episode: speakers include Acast’s Ross Adams, Vox Media’s Nayeema Raza, Skye Pillsbury from The Squeeze, Ausha’s Jennifer Han, and many more. Listen here.

• The speaking schedule for Podfest in Orlando next month has been published. Fun fact: the Podfest hotel this year is opposite the only McDonald’s in the world that still sells McDonald’s Pizza.

• Lifehacker publishes its “best podcast episode of 2023” list. Included: Search Engine’s “Why don’t we eat people”, which got our vote.

• We notice a YouTube Podcasts homepage has appeared for the UK: here’s how it looks.

  • There’s only one show from the UK there - Diary of a CEO - even though very popular UK shows like Pod Save the UK or The Rest is Politics are available on YouTube (in video).

• Podcast host RSS.com has published its year in review for 2023.

Podcast News

In the Podnews Weekly Review this week, also listen out for one introduction James had to do on a plane as he was editing it. The show is sponsored by Buzzsprout.

In Podcast Bestie, the Podcast, Kyrin Down from Mere Mortals talks to Courtney Kocak about a way of monetising your podcast called “Value 4 Value”. It works best with a new podcast app, like Fountain or TrueFans.

Podcast promotion in the wild

Podnews reader Arielle spotted this in San Marcos, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, for this podcast (we’ll not name it for fear of the corporate email censors). It’s not obviously a podcast from this slightly faded sticker, though.

In other news, at least one of our readers gets to holiday in Guatemala. We’ve only been in South Wales! So far…

Spot some marketing for podcasts in the real world? Hit reply and send us a (landscape) photograph.