Podnews adds a new jobs board; and Paramount signs a new podcast movie

As the podcast industry grows, Podnews has added a (bare-bones) jobs board. It’s free for now as we build up its technical capability: you can add your position by emailing updates@podnews.net. We plan to add an area for job seekers soon, too. You’ll find jobs today in Sweden, the UK and the US.

Are you listed in Google Podcasts? Chances are: yes. Podnews did some research on a set of podcasts we analysed in February; 97% of them were available in Google Podcasts. (Search for your podcast to find your link; here’s our FAQ).

A horror film about a killer podcast: the rights to a new film called Meet Jimmy have been acquired by Paramount. The plot: “a mysterious podcast that once listened to, has horrific consequences”.

On Friday we reported that Spotify have removed 'selected episodes’ of the Alex Jones Podcast. Stitcher has removed the lot.

The NYT talks about self-help podcasts, in a piece entitled The Podcast Bros Want to Optimize Your Life. “Podcasters may offer a lesson to politicians and activists: to build a following, find a way to provide the sense of affiliation, daily rhythm and ultimate purpose that humans crave.”

DAX, a programmatic ad platform, has opened an office in the US. It’s owned by Global, the UK’s media and entertainment group. Ryan Rose will head up the unit.

Even my grandma has a podcast now - Jonathan Greene is worried that the industry is now over-saturated.

New York cable news channel NY1 has launched its first podcast. Off Topic/On Politics is billed as NY1's political podcast.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting covers a recent public radio presentation about podcasting. “Just 1 percent of the half-million podcasts in the Apple iTunes store generate enough audience to attract sponsorship” - but “the top three podcast publishers in the U.S. are NPR, WNYC and PRX”.

In a review, Cabana describe Podcast Movement as electric. Resonate Recordings uses the word energized.

What is a podcast? And what’s in it for me? A free webinar on Wednesday Aug 15.

In The Word from Mouth - what will it take to move beyond the 17% of US podcast listeners? Do we choose broad listenership, or squabble over an increasingly competitive space with thin margins?