E and J Gallo launch a new wine podcast

• One of the world’s largest wineries, E&J Gallo, has launched a podcast helping wine novices. The Wine Down by Wine Dialogues features Ben Schwartz, “a wine expert and a guest comedian to talk, taste and break down all things wine”.

• Podcast host Podbean has released what the company calls a “fully IAB-compliant” stats system. Podcast stats from the company will probably appear 10-20% lower, they say. (Who isn’t, yet, compliant?)

• Are you planning an event around podcasting? We’d love to hear about it for our Podcast Conferences and Events page, which we’ll properly shout about once it looks a bit nicer. We’re at updates@podnews.net

• Job: The Ringer is looking for a Senior Sports Podcast Producer, based in Los Angeles CA, USA.

  
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• A podcast we’d recommend: The Word From Mouth. Insider insights on podcasts and audio, including a weekly news roundup from… us.

• “I’ve been reviewing radio for 12 years and I have no doubt that podcasts have saved the audio medium”, says Miranda Sawyer of London’s The Observer. She reviews three new podcasts from the BBC, and lists 'Podcasts that teach you how to be an adult’.

• TuneIn adds a new subscription service just for Amazon Alexa devices: $2.99 for Amazon Prime members, and $3.99 for non-Amazon Prime members. It offers a variety of output including news, talk and sports.

• DAX, the programmatic audio advertising solution from the UK’s Global, have released thirteen pages of research into the market, particular around UK advertisers’ attitudes to podcasting. It’s a good read.

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