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  • After a petition with over 300 signatures and wide condemnation about tweets many considered highly offensive, The Podcast Academy issued a statement that Daniel J Lewis no longer serves on the Board of Governors, acknowledging that the podcast community were questioning Lewis’s commitment to inclusivity. Podnews asked Lewis for a statement, but after receiving it, we have declined the opportunity to publish.


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  • The IAB US Podcast Advertising Revenue Study will be presented this morning at Podcast Upfront: we’re expected to learn how podcast advertising grew in 2021, and whether the US podcast ad market is now over $1bn. In 2020, the report suggested it had reached $842m.

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