Sponsored by Riverside. Create studio-quality podcasts, anywhere. Riverside is your all-in-one platform for professional podcast creation, with remote high-quality recording, editing, and publishing. Trusted by top creators worldwide. Podcast Movement announced the first set of confirmed sessions for the event in Dallas next month. And - Podnews can add news of one more speaker: none other than the “podfather”, Adam Curry, who is returning to Podcast Movement thanks to SoundStack. The co-inventor of podcasting, the Podcast Index and Podcasting 2.0 will be on the company’s stage on August 19th. You get a discount on selected Podcast Movement passes for being a Podnews reader. Podcast Movement announced the winners of the PM25 Scholarship Class, with nearly fifty up-and-coming podcasters who are attending with complimentary passes. TIME released its TIME100 Creators list for 2025 - and nearly 50% of the honorees host podcasts, a PR company acting for Spotify tell us, which is apparently evidence of “Spotify's place at the center of podcasting” (though many of the shows aren’t actually theirs). The list includes Mel Robbins, Alex Cooper, Steven Bartlett, Joe Rogan, and “Hawk Tuah” girl Haliey Welch. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereBook Some Time with John Wordock — Hope to end 2025 strong? 20-year pro John Wordock lives where content strategy meets audience and revenue. He works with everyone, from networks to newbies. So book a confidential meeting today.Podcast Host? Score $500 for Growing your Audience — PodSnacks uses AI to summarize your episodes, shares them via email updates, and includes Spotify and Apple links. Got 1k+ contacts? Join now and receive a $500 Amazon gift card!Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, PodMatch, Sounds Profitable, The $100 MBA, The Podglomerate, Cloud10,