Patreon patron-exclusive content now in Spotify

• An integration between Patreon and Spotify has been announced, allowing all creators to offer patron-only content to Spotify listeners. “You can connect your Spotify and Patreon accounts to access patron-exclusive podcasts right where you’re already listening to your favorite audio content,” the company says; Supporting Cast and Supercast are also supported in the Spotify app.

  • You can support Podnews via Patreon, as the fine people below all do: your support funds our reporting and tools for the whole industry.

• Podcast editing tool Descript has launched a slew of new tools in beta. Regenerate uses AI to rebuild words or phrases; Eye Contact edits video to keep your eyes on the camera, even if you were looking somewhere else; Replace Selection lets you change a part of the audio or video you’re working on without messing up the timings of everything else. The company’s changelog also reveals a new web interface.

• First look: Airwave Podcast Network has signed a distribution deal with SpokenLayer, including marketing and programmatic monetization of 24 podcasts from major media brands like The History Channel, WIRED, Fast Company, IGN and TechCrunch. Airwave are currently sponsoring our Podcast News section, below.

• Public radio broadcaster KQED has acquired Snap Judgment Studios, which produces Snap Judgment and Spooked.

• In Russia, Apple Podcasts was fined 400,000 rubles (US $4,250) for not deleting content “with incorrect information about the conflict in Ukraine”. We reported two content providers on Monday who were temporarily removed from Apple Podcasts following a complaint from the Russian government. Podnews is not available in Russia and Belarus: the countries illegally invaded Ukraine in February last year.

• What goes around, comes around: Arrow Media will represent Acast in Queensland, Australia; the company also represents Yahoo. Acast was initially represented by NOVA Entertainment across Australia, in a deal based out of NOVA’s Queensland offices, until 2020.

• smol-podcaster is open-source code that takes your audio and will produce a transcript, chapter points, and ideas for titles and tweets.

• In the UK, the Radio Academy has opened its annual 30-under-30 list. Any individual who has been working in UK radio or a UK based audio business for at least 12 months is eligible (as long as they’re aged under 30, obvs).

• Further reading: City AM report How Spotify’s $1bn bet on podcasts failed to make any money, and we learn in Pod Bible that Annie Macmanus doesn’t listen to our podcast.

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Tips and tricks - with Pod Predictor by Coleman Insights

• We Edit Podcasts gives us 100 podcast tips in ten minutes “Say “NO!” to fluff!” is tip number 18, while “always create a podcast trailer” is #23. Quite apart from anything else, that means your show automatically goes into our New Podcast Trailers feed if we feature your show.

• Talking of podcast trailers, Arielle Nissenblatt is on the Podcast Besties podcast this time round, talking about the art of the podcast trailer.

Podcast News - with Airwave

Part of the Airwave podcast network: Big Picture Science looks at modern science research, through smart and funny storytelling. Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley host a show which recently has looked at tapeworms and parasites, tiny robots that can travel through our blood vessels, the last day of the dinosaurs, and why the US hasn’t gone metric.

A new edition of The Podcast Academy’s Podcast 360 is out today, with Donald Albright interviewing… James Cridland, our Editor. Expect to hear why you shouldn’t call your podcast 'Real Talk’ - not if you want anyone to find it, that is.

From Better Homes & Gardens, The Better Buy returns for a new season, to delve into the full home buying process, from house hunting and moving to interior design and landscaping. Each episode will progress through this homeownership journey, with host Mélanie Berliet talking to both experts and celebrities who will share their stories, practical tips, and advice.

Podcast promotion in the wild

We mentioned The Explorers Podcast yesterday: it seems that Elon Musk must read Podnews, because he then tweeted 𝕏ed about how much he is enjoying the Airwave show. “We’re loving your work, Elon”.