Sponsored by Beamly. Build your podcast business on your terms. Beamly gives you direct payments, memberships, and full control of your audience. Popular podcast app Pocket Casts has added a new feature called ‘playlists’. You can create a manual playlist yourself, or automate a Smart Playlist based on rules. The feature is already available on web and desktop, and is rolling out to mobile. Ausha launched the PSO Category Benchmark, which compares your show to others in its category. It tells us that Podnews’s show notes are shorter than others in our category. And, it says our Podnews Daily show could do with a few more reviews in Apple Podcasts. Just a hint. Podfest has published its schedule. The event is Jan 15-18 in Orlando FL, USA, and will be its eleventh year. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereFrustrated at the time taken to edit? — Save hours and scale faster. Seven Million Bikes Podcasts is the trusted production partner for creators and agencies worldwide. Reliable turnaround, pro quality, and pricing that makes sense.Ads don’t sell themselves. (But we do.) — BackBeat Media has been matching podcasters with great sponsors for over 20 years. Got 10k+ downloads an episode? Let’s talk. New thoughtful podcast - The Collators — Dive into the philosophy and practice of analysis and information sharing, with insights from leaders in tech, academia, intelligence and beyond on how they make sense of the world.Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, PodMatch, Sounds Profitable, The $100 MBA, Cloud10, The Podglomerate, Resound, Podscribe, Simplecast,