New Hindenburg features
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At the NAB Show, audio editor Hindenburg announces forthcoming software updates: import/export for Pro Tools; new loudness export levels (-14 for Amazon; -18 for the BBC’s podcast standard); and support for ASIO sound cards.
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Blubrry continues to give traditional radio broadcasters ideas on how podcasting could be useful to radio, ahead of the NAB Show which starts on April 7th and has a 'podcasting pavilion’.
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How many downloads per episode is 'good’? A great piece by a redditor, explaining the stats. In short - above 1,453 downloads per episode is 'good’ - at least, that’s a sensibly calculated average.
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SonicAI, a voice tech company, publishes Look, no hands!, an ebook on tips for your voice strategy. It’s a chunky 17 pages of decent research and advice.
Aug 1 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
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Heard Well, a record label, has announced Heard Well Now, a new podcast - working with Castbox (and hosted with Audioboom). Surprisingly, it launches with 80 episodes. Eighty.
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A new reader to podnews emailed to say hi: he’s Jason Skinner, of The Business Made Easy Podcast.
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Podcast Review interviews the producer of Intercepted, the podcast of The Intercept. He’s Jack D’Isidoro.
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Listicle corner: Corn Nation’s top 5 (sports related) podcasts; and Time magazine’s The 50 Best Podcasts To Listen To Right Now - of which, Midroll claims one-fifth of the list.
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Jacobs Media runs surveys of radio listeners across North America, and they tease a significant growth in weekly reach for podcasts.
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A profile of altBR, a podcast exploring the social issues affecting Baton Rouge LA, USA. “We just want to change people’s perspective on the city.”