Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. Join the webinar to learn how podcast networks can use AI to maximize their sales output using Claude, agents and ChatGPT. Book the free webinar now Dish from Waitrose is the world's most successful branded podcast, according to a release today. The show has had more than a billion downloads, views and listens since launching in 2022; and is the only branded podcast featured in both Apple and Spotify's top 100 charts. The show is sponsored by Waitrose, a UK supermarket. Apple's WWDC made a number of announcements. Relevant updates, coming soon, include a redesigned Podcasts app on tvOS (which will likely bring podcast video to the Apple TV device), and a customizable EQ feature for AirPods. We expect more detailed announcements as the conference continues. Fire TV is to launch "in the coming months" in the UK, Germany and Canada - it's already live in the US. In the UK, Bauer Media Audio has announced that it is a launch partner, and will bring its podcasts and radio stations to the platform. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereWhere thinking becomes performance. — Start with a live AI conversation, shape it into a script, and turn it into content worth sharing.You've heard the podcast - now buy the book — Books about podcasting, and books about podcasts. Every purchase helps Podnews - and helps your local bookstore.Ad-blocking and protection - at home and away — NextDNS is the new firewall for the modern Internet. It protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps, and provides a safe and supervised Internet. And it works wherever you are.Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Podbean, The $100 MBA, The Podglomerate, Cloud10, Cohost, Simplecast, Podscribe, RedCircle,