Podcasting workshop to be held in Jamaica, and new Spotify hirings

Podcasting workshop to be held in Jamaica, and new Spotify hirings

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  • In Jamaica, Heneka Watkis-Porter, host of The Entrepreneurial You, and the Jamaica Stock Exchange are hosting a Beginnner’s Podcasting Workshop on October 31st. She reports “a brand new wave of podcasters on the shores of the tropical isle of Jamaica”.

  • What’s the difference between a dynamic microphone and a condenser microphone for podcasting? You might have heard that dynamic microphones pick up less room noise: but that’s not really true. We bust the myths.

  • Spotify has hired David Rhodes (ex CBS News) to help develop their news programming; and Amy Hudson (ex Facebook, Turner Sports, NBC Sports) to oversee their sports shows.

Podcast Revenue

  • You can make money in Spanish-language podcasting, according to Álex Barredo, host of mixx·io. He sells sponsorship for €750 per episode (US$830). With this revenue, and other income, he’s quit his full-time job as writer for La Vanguardia.
  • Courtney Carthy argues that a strategy for online news publishers with a subscription product should be really simple: no ads, just promote the subscription product.

Podcasts

    Frozen Truth
    Play trailerSpreaker Prime: Frozen Truth is a deep dive, on-the-ground investigation of a new mystery each season. The most recent season investigated the 1995 disappearance of television news anchor, Jodi Huisentruit, from the parking lot outside her apartment in Mason City, Iowa. They’re using Spreaker Prime to increase exposure and maximize monetization.
    Power Corrupts
    Play trailerGeorge McDonagh, the producer of Power Corrupts writes what he learnt when producing the first season. He notes that the podcast has had half a million downloads. (Libsyn)
    People of the Pod
    The Times of Israel and the American Jewish Committee have launched a new podcast. Called People of the Pod, it “examines political events, the people driving them, and what it all means for the Jewish people and Israel.” It replaces (and is in the same feed as) the AJC Passport podcast. (Soundcloud)
    My Dad Wrote A Porno
    Play trailerMy Dad Wrote A… is back for season five. Their HBO Comedy Special is also available on on-demand platforms; and they will tour Australia and New Zealand in January; the US and Canada in March and April; and have European dates later in the year. (Acast)

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