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COVID-19

“I’ve seen people assume that podcast consumption will go up as we have all of this time at home. I wouldn’t make that assumption. COVID-19 represents a giant disruption in people’s patterns, and those patterns include how podcasts fit into their typical day, which for now doesn’t exist. If you used to listen to podcasts on your commute, well, many of us aren’t commuting. And while we now have all of this time at home, which Infinite Dial and Share of Ear both tell us is the top location for podcast consumption, many of us (myself included) now unexpectedly have kids at home, which doesn’t exactly leave much time for podcasts. As we’ve seen with other significant world events and disasters, media patterns disrupt in unpredictable ways, like a snow globe being shaken up. I’m not saying all podcasts will go down, but some will. Love NBA podcasts? There aren’t any games. Politics junkie? Primaries are canceled. Some people run to bad news in times like this, while others who normally regularly consume news will studiously avoid it. I think you keep doing your show, but don’t expect the same results. And all of this holds true for radio, too.” -- Tom Webster, SVP, Edison Research, who releases The Infinite Dial on Mar 19

  • Podcast hosts should not be forced to remove inaccurate or false information about the coronavirus, says entertainment lawyer Gordon Firemark in an article for Podnews today. “We haven’t seen anything yet,” says Buzzsprout’s Alban Brooke, “but if somebody uses Buzzsprout to promote fake 'cures’ that would be a violation of our TOS and we’d 100% remove it.”
  • In common with many US shows, topical news quiz Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me was recorded in an empty Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta GA, USA. “It’ll be unusual for us to make our little jokes without anyone laughing, but on the other hand… no it won’t,” said host Peter Sagal.
  • RØDE is donating podcasting kits to schools in their home state of NSW, Australia, “to enable teachers to quickly record lessons as podcasts to distribute to students in the event that schools are closed”.

  • Aug 22 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
  • The Outlier Podcast Festival, in Columbus OH, USA, has been cancelled.

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