Adobe demonstrates automatic de-umming

• Adobe have given a preview of automatic de-umming, in a piece of work they’ve called #ProjectSoundSeek powered by Adobe Sensei. They also demonstrated #ProjectAwesomeAudio, a way to remove noise, fix EQ, compression and more at the touch of a button. The sessions are described as 'Sneaks’, and the website notes that “some of these innovations actually make it into Adobe products”, so it’s unlikely that they’ll be launched imminently.

• Anchor has launched a product to produce trailers for your podcast. Here’s an example.

• Podtrac has released new top ten publisher rankers for US audience. NBC News debuts at #9. The data’s opt-in. The number of iHeart listed shows have increased from 268 to 299 - iHeart has declined to send us a list.

  
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• French podcasting means business, says Sarah Toporoff, who went to the second annual Paris Podcast Festival and tells us that professionalisation was the message from the event.

• The share of time spent listening to spoken word audio has increased 20% since 2014, and this growth is cutting into time spent with music. So says the to-be-released Edison Research and NPR Spoken Word Audio Report: you can register for the free webinar here.

• Oli Walters has joined Podfront UK as Head of Sales. Walters joins the Wondery/Stitcher joint venture from Audioboom; he’s also worked for UK commercial radio operators Bauer Media, KM Group and Global Radio.

• Google Podcasts has had a small tweak, reports Android Police, enabling multple episode select. You’ll need to be running the latest beta of the Google app to see it. The product still has no automated downloads.

  • Google Podcasts was launched 17 months ago. Google Play Music Podcasts, an entirely different product, is still, confusingly, operating in some countries.
  • We, and podcast hosts in general, are still unable to programmatically check whether a podcast is listed in Google Podcasts, after changes the company made in early August.

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Conversations from Media 2.0 will feature some inside conversations from an off the record event the investment bank, LionTree, holds in LA each year. The first episode features Chris Balfe, who is partner of Red Seat Ventures, helping talent from traditional radio and television help build their digital businesses. (Kindred Media)