Google's new launches, Podomatic does a deal, PodcastOne hires new execs

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  • Podomatic, a podcast host, has done a deal with Weebly, a website host, to “offer podcasters the ability to create a first rate website for their podcasts”

  • PodcastOne has hired a few big hitters for sports and “special programs”.

  • Nick Quah goes into the history of podcasting for Wired, writing about the “three fundamental moments of podcasts’ crazy rise

  • On-demand music streams are up in the US by 40% year-on-year.

  • The new iOS 11 is apparently resulting in a big increase in RSS traffic.

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  • Podtrac release their September podcast stats.


    Jul 26 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
  • Google announce their new Pixel 2 phone, their flagship Android device. It doesn’t have a headphone socket. They’ve also announced two new versions of the Google Home smart speaker - one just US$49.

  • Not to be out-done, Sonos have released a new smart-speaker with Amazon’s Alexa built-in. Alexa is also available to existing Sonos units as an upgrade. Initial feedback on Twitter isn’t amazingly positive, though.

  • Google’s “Android Excellence” collection, which they use to highlight really good Android apps, includes a podcast app called CastBox. It’s a fully-featured podcast app with some good recommendations based on episodes.

  • Discovered today - users of Pocket Casts can paste an iTunes link into the search box, and it’ll let you subscribe to that podcast. Neat.

  • New from the Australian ABC: The Boyer Lectures. “Fast, Smart and Connected: What is it to be Human, and Australian, in a Digital World?”. (Boyer? He was a ABC Board Chairman).

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