Next Radio on now; and music licences for podcasts

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  • Next Radio, the radio and podcasting conference, is on now in central London. Speakers include Omny Studio, Acast, and a number of independent podcasters. Later in the week we’ll link to videos from the event.

  • DAX has been named as distribution and monetisation partner for America 2.0, a new political drama serial to be released on September 19. ADT Security and Geico have signed up as its first advertisers.

  • Podcraft are testing a new Podcraft Produce dashboard, which helps you plan and produce podcasts. They’re giving Podnews readers free access during the development process.

  • An article in Dutch about music licensing for podcasts, interviewing Buma/Stemra, the Dutch collection agencies. Good news: there is a licence you can get to use music. Bad news: “These Buma / Stemra licenses only apply to music that is aimed at the Netherlands. If your online radio station or podcast is successful internationally, you will have to make separate licenses abroad.” - and “When uploading music, we can not always arrange that for you because we do not manage the rights to the recording.”

  • Author and podcaster Mike Luoma looks back at a dozen years of podcasting.

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  • Manoush Zomorodi and Jen Poyant are profiled in the New York Times, promoting the second season of ZigZag.

Podcasts

    Tales of the Trade
    Play trailerUAE podcast Tales of the trade returns for a new season, focusing on Dubai’s entrepreneurs, and “a few stories we believe that haven’t been told”. (Amaeya FM / Podiant)
    SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human
    Play trailerSAPIENS: A podcast for everything human is a podcast at the intersection of science and storytelling. The producers take one question about the human experience per episode, and answer it using anthropology. (House of Pod / Libsyn)

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