Should Kim Kardashian listen to your podcast?

Should Kim Kardashian listen to your podcast?

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  • Is this the day podcasts go mainstream? Kim Kardashian has discovered podcasts, and she wants to know what to listen to.

  • Spotify is moving too slowly and tentatively, says Fast Company’s David Lidsky. It points out that the $1m Amy Schumer 3 Girls, 1 Keith podcast isn’t exclusive (it’s on Apple and Google), and that 'windowing’ has historically “failed miserably”.


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  • David Oxenford, a (very nice) broadcast lawyer, writes about getting releases from interview subjects. Getting a release may help lessen legal risk, he notes.

  • Podcast Insights compare embedded players for your podcast’s website.

  • Podcasts:

    • The Verge’s “Pod Hunters” column covers Drawn, a podcast about the story of animation. (From HowStuffWorks and Cartoon Network; hosted by Knit)
    • Outward is a new LGBTQ podcast. (Slate, Megaphone)
    • In comedy, Babyology launches 2 judgy mums: two judgemental mums discuss their lives and impressions of other families lives in a different location each week: this week, at the side of a swimming pool. (Babyology, Acast)
    • Fired Up! is an “inspirational and funny” podcast with “high profile people from a variety of walks of life who have been fired or faced a downturn, and managed to turn things around to achieve greatness”. (Cascade Media, Libsyn)
    • Ben Franklin’s World is a podcast about early American history; host Liz Covart became a personal supporter of Podnews at the end of last week. Be like Liz. (Libsyn)
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  • Event: September 4, Melbourne VIC, Australia: “Experts advise how to disseminate high quality podcast content” at Podcasting Cities: A Users Guide as part of the Festival of Urbanism.


    Aug 5 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

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