Behind Moonshot, the NYT Daily, and politicians are poor podcasters

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  • A helpful piece from the makers of Moonshot on how they’re doing so far. We covered their launch in July. “Some people say getting featured in apps does nothing for your podcast —but for us it changed the whole game.”

  • An interview (with audio) from the host of the New York Times Daily podcast, Michael Barbaro. One stat point: 100m total downloads so far. Averaged out, that’s about 600,000 downloads per show.

  • Politicians are bad at podcasting, says the New York Times, pointing out that there are no journalists trying to take them to task or even to fact-check.

  • Newsletter: Stabl features podcasts recommended by others, from their website. (UK)

  • Newsletter: Catchup_OnDemand, with nuggets from across the on-demand industry, including podcasting. (Australia)

  • Newsletter: The Bello Collective, with recommendations for podcasts to listen to. (US)

  • Event: We Are Podcast, in Brisbane QLD, Australia, this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets have all sold out. (Coming? Let us know - we live here).

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