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Infinite Dial 2024 to be unveiled at Evolutions

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  • The Infinite Dial 2024 (for the US) will be unveiled at Evolutions by Podcast Movement in Los Angeles on Mar 28. The gold-standard study from Edison Research is America’s longest-running survey of digital media consumer behaviour. This year, it’s with support from Audacy, Cumulus Media, and SiriusXM Media.

  • Spotify for Podcasters is removing its own audio editing tools, in favour of a partnership with Riverside. Spotify users will get Riverside’s free plan, which offers up to two hours free to get going, after which podcasters will need to pay which actually offers unlimited single-track recording.

    • Spotify is removing Music + Talk, which allowed you to present a music show (launched as “Shows with Music”); interactive audience tool Voice Messages, remote recording tool Record with Friends, and Background Music and Sounds. The company tells us it’s a shift away from legacy creation tooling, and towards tools for better audience growth and engagement.
  • Apple Podcasts is now correctly ingesting supplied WebVTT transcript files from compatible podcast:transcript RSS feeds. The transcripts appear in Apple Podcasts Connect - here’s ours vs theirs. Selecting our transcripts to be used in Apple Podcasts Connect gives an attribution in the Apple Podcasts app (which will publicly launch in a few months). We’ve updated our FAQ.

    • Additionally, downloadable WebVTT files from Apple Podcasts Connect now validate correctly.

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  • Message > Metrics, says Ozeal Debastos, reminding us to not lose sight of how our listeners feel rather than how many of them there are

  • If you like numbers, though, RedCircle writes more detail about Understanding Your Download Numbers.

  • How does Europe listen to podcasts? In the latest episode of Sounds like Europe, Edu Alonso, Head of Podcast for Southern and Eastern Europe at Spotify, explains how the Spotify charts work and what characteristics a podcast should have in order to be included in the rankings; and differences between European podcast listeners.

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Podcast promotion in the wild

Another Girls podcast

Another Girls Podcast
Podnews reader Chris spotted this in Chicago over the New Year. If the sticker is still there, it’s just outside the “Blowtique”, a hair salon on the corner of State and Huron. It’s for the Another Girls Podcast: “India and Gwen are your unapologetic, outspoken besties providing insightful commentary through the unique lens of both a black and white woman.”

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Podcast data for Feb 9

#1 in Apple Podcasts
US flag The Joe Rogan Experience (Joe Rogan)
ZA flag The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (DOAC)

#1 in Spotify
US flag The Joe Rogan Experience (Joe Rogan)
ZA flag What Now? with Trevor Noah (Spotify Studios)

Over the last week, 205,433 podcasts published at least one new episode (down 0.8%). source

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