This is sponsored by Understood, from CBC. From CBC, Understood goes deep on the current events, people, and cultural moments shaping society. Seasons span four episodes, hosted by journalists with an existing expertise on the story. Now accepting pitches.Visit https://podnews.net/update/look-back-2024-harklist for all the links, and to get our newsletter.Happy holidays - for many, it’s a last day in the office before two quiet weeks. For many more still, it’s podcasting as usual over the break, so we will be publishing as normal across the holiday period. We’ve got you! A special “Hark List” has been published: a look at the state of podcasting in 2024, with clips from a number of different shows. It’s hosted by our Editor, James Cridland, with clips from Buzzcast, Vergecast, our own Podnews Weekly Review, and plenty more. You can listen to it here, or, better, download the Hark app to listen and explore more new shows to listen to). The Podnews Weekly Review this week interviews, among others, Jessica Cordova-Kramer, the CEO of Lemonada Media. She talks about how the company has maintained high ad rates, and how they’re doing video, too. Here’s the full 30-minute interview on Podnews Extra. The Texas Creator Awards have been announced. Nominations are open until the end of January. Classifieds - your job or ad hereLet's be Podcast Besties! 👯 — Podcast Bestie is a newsletter, podcast, and best friend to podcasters trying to grow and monetize their shows. Join the squad now.AudienceLift: AI Podcast Growth – 12% Off Now! — AudienceLift.com: Your AI-Powered Podcast Growth Partner Trusted by industry leaders to grow audiences and build subscriber databases. Start your first campaign today with code Podnews12 for 12% off! The iHeart app has been upgraded with lots of new features, a brave choice the day before a Christmas closedown! That Goalhanger ad we covered earlier in the week has got a lot of attention. One UK correspondent with a good memory has remembered this similar ad for BBC Sounds from October 2018. (The lack of now-playing thumbnails in the BBC