Update for Castro, US music rights, automated podcasting
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Castro, a podcast app for iOS from Supertop which lets you choose episodes rather than blindly subscribe to everything, releases a new update. It adds “enhanced audio” (a dynamic compressor/limiter), and a continuous play function. #15 trending news app recently. $4.99; produced in Canada and Eastern Europe.
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Ever wondered why can’t music be played in podcasts? Here’s the (US) view from David Oxenford.
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Vulture publishes its “most anticipated podcast launches” for May/June/July, by Nicholas Quah.
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Australian company Whooshkaa launches automated podcast service, produced by Amazon’s Polly text-to-speech algorithm.
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Millennials love podcasts, according to the JacobsMedia TechSurvey. (Note: respondent base are radio station website members, so favourable to radio content).
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Event: RAIN Podcast Business Summit, June 21, New York NY, USA.
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