Data: true crime hits it out of the park

• Wonder why so many big companies are still pitching true crime shows? Because true crime is most likely to be a hit podcast, says Edison Research, comparing “the batting average” of more than 20,000 shows in different genres. News, comedy, science and history also have a better-than-average chance of hitting a home run, says the data.

• In Los Angeles CA, USA, Entropy Media has been launched by Hollywood executive Anjay Nagpal, working with talent from Gimlet, Serial Productions, VICE, and Wondery. We’ve the video trailer for their first release, Brokers, Bagmen, and Moles.

• Podcast hosting company Libsyn’s publishing and content management platform is now available in Spanish.

• Podcast hosting company Ausha has been ranked in the top 100 companies in France as a great place to work; and #12 in those with fewer than fifty employees. (Here are the company’s core values).

• The New Zealand Radio Awards has released the nominations for the 2023 ceremony. RNZ has the most nominations, 12, in the podcasts/features/documentary categories. Overall, eight nominations went to Today FM, a station that was suddenly closed last week by its owners.

Moves and hires

• People news at branded podcast agency JAR Audio: Mandy Elkoreh has been promoted to Director of Delivery. Jessica Wills is now Manager, Podcast Delivery. Chris O’Keeffe has been made Creative Director, and Rich Morgan has been promoted to Managing Director. The company has also announced JAR Fridays - “rotating Fridays all summer long where employees will be freed up to dedicate their time to individual creative pursuits or community volunteering”.
• Thomas Barry is the new CFO of SiriusXM. He’s been with the company since 2009. He replaces Sean Sullivan, who leaves on Apr 28.

Tips and tricks

• What are the best ways to boost your confidence and creativity as a podcaster?

Podcast News

“When podcasting went mainstream, Big Tech saw the opportunity to monopolize podcasting and began implementing closed, proprietary systems that removed choice from listeners and creators.” Buzzcast covers the launch of The Podcast Standards Project, which the company was a founder member of.

From Ireland, Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is brand new on the Acast Creator Network. From Gold Hat Productions, the show “covers topics from sport to politics, love to losses, the human condition and how to fix the world - with guests from across the planet, including Nigerian princes, former Prime Ministers, ex-convicts, footballers, boxers and extraordinary people from every walk of life.”

After being the #1 rated morning show in Ottawa ON, Canada for fifteen years, The Hot Tub Podcast is the podcast debut for Mauler, Rush, Jenni and Brady. “We are thrilled to be sharing our show in this new and exciting way!” all four of them said in a press release.

How Can We Help? is new today from The Sonar Network in Canada. Comedians Jackie Pirico and Mark Little share perfect, unimpeachable ideas on how to improve your life. No question is too difficult for these experts in unsolicited-advice-giving.