Sennheiser launch three-in-one microphones

• Sennheiser has launched Profile Wireless microphones that work as clip-on, as handheld, or on table-top. The microphones, which feature wireless connection and internal recording, come with a charging bar which doubles as a handheld mount. You can also use lavalier microphones too. They start shipping in a few months.

• A new ten-part podcast about NASA’s Space Shuttle era, 16 Sunsets, has been announced with Acast. The show is from TellTale Industries and Antica, the team behind 13 Minutes to the Moon - for which this show appears to have been planned as a third season in 2023 by the BBC - but which never happened, for some reason. The show raised £97,274 (US $125,000) on Kickstarter: the notes there say: “this time the series is not affiliated with the BBC”.

• Podcast marketing and monetisation platform DeepCast Pro has announced enhancements to its marketing suite, including to transcript editing and content distribution.

• For the first time in eight years, Pantheon Media is looking for investors - and is running a crowd equity funding round. The company is looking to raise up to $1.2mn; the funding round values the company at $10mn.

• SiriusXM Media has launched a “data clean room” for GroupM clients for privacy-respecting ad measurement and activation.

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Podcast News

Waiting For October launches today with a prologue episode of a queer supernatural fiction podcast from the producers of the award-winning series, Moonbase Theta, Out. The story is set in the world of October - a place of monsters, a place of fiction, where were-creatures run through the city streets while kaiju roar beyond the mountains and the Moon always fills the midnight sky.

The Handsome podcast has joined Headgum. The comedy show is hosted by Tig Notaro (The Morning Show, Star Trek), Fortune Feimster (Good Fortune, Fubar), and Mae Martin (Feel Good, SAP), as the show celebrates 20 million listens in just over a year.

lABLEd returns for a new season today, with engaging conversations, thought-provoking topics and inspiring guests. The podcast is a leading voice in disability, illness and difference, and offers a diverse range of perspectives and experiences.

5 Random Questions returns for a new season today - where guests are asked five questions provided by a random question generator - leading to laughs, unpredictability, and honesty.