Sponsored by SpotsNow's webinar - today. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. Join today's webinar (2pm Eastern) to learn how podcast networks can use AI to maximize their sales output using Claude, agents and ChatGPT. Book today's free webinar now Podnews has learnt that YouTube is an undisclosed member of AMP - the Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting which is seeking to enhance measurement standards. A Google spokesperson has confirmed to us that "YouTube has been participating in the AMP led conversations". It's widely believed that a "view" in YouTube is 30 seconds of content played - at least for larger shows - aligning with the AMP definition (though YouTube has never published a definition itself). YouTube is often cited as the most popular destination for podcasts; with Spotify as an already-announced member, it adds significant credence to the AMP task force's work. Meanwhile, AMP has walked back part of its definition of a "play". Defined in their original press release as "30 seconds of content played, audio or video, once per user per session", the corrected text drops any definition of a session length, becoming just "30 seconds of content played, audio or video". A new AI podcast company is flooding podcast directories with hundreds of shows. Fastcast, which has 603 AI-generated shows under "The Daily News Now!" brand, is now selling sponsorships for individual categories. The shows, all hosted by "Corey with the story", are short timely updates. Unlike competing AI podcast company Inception Point AI, Fastcast episodes always acknowledge that they are AI generated: compliant with Apple Podcasts content guidelines. In

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. Join the webinar tomorrow to learn how podcast networks can use AI to maximize their sales output using Claude, agents and ChatGPT. Book tomorrow's free webinar now Podcasts in Canada now reach more Canadians than ever before, according to Triton Digital's fourth annual Canadian Podcast Report, which recorded the largest single-year increase in listeners to 46% a month. (For English-speaking Canadians, that number is 49%.) The data shows that YouTube is the most-used podcast platform in the country; with Apple Podcasts the #1 RSS-based podcast app - 49% of all new episode downloads went to Apple. The iHeartRadio app (operated by Bell Media in the country) accounts for 3%. The report includes demographics for each player - with Apple Podcasts users, predictably, being twice as likely to earn over $100,000 than YouTube users. Canadians are also listening to more podcasts each (4.1 in 2025; 3.5 in 2023); Francophone consumption has rebounded back up to 33% a week. Triton Digital also released its Australian Podcast Ranker for May 2026. Hamish & Andy are yesterday's men; they've lost the #1 slot to Mamamia Out Loud. The highest new entry was from NOVA Podcasts at #88, with a show we'll call DYFM. AMP's proposed cross-platform measurement framework might solve a measurement problem; but it won't fix the money for independent podcasters, suggests Losh Moodaley, writing for Podnews today. She argues that podcasting's costs are going up with the advent of video, and while the production standard has moved closer to broadcast, the monetisation model has not; and she makes suggestions of other ways to build revenue. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds -

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. Join the webinar this Thursday to learn how podcast networks can use AI to maximize their sales output using Claude, agents and ChatGPT. Book Thursday's free webinar now Exclusive: New data released by Edison Research at SSRS today shows that Americans are spending almost four times longer with podcasts than they were ten years ago. This year, Americans are now spending 812 million hours each week consuming podcasts. That's a 5% increase in the total time spent with podcasting in just twelve months, and shows that podcasting has grown almost four times bigger for Americans over the last decade. It's the second year that we've worked with Edison Research to discover the real size of podcasting - and how it continues to grow. Gabriel Soto, Senior Director of Research at Edison Research at SSRS, told us: “Total podcast consumption time, a measure that accounts for both consumer growth and the increase in time we commit to podcasts, showcases to advertisers just how massive the medium has become. Ten years ago, I remember having to teach college friends how to listen to stand-up comedy podcasts on their journeys to class. Today, I study how that medium evolved into a mainstream cultural staple, a staple in the marketing playbook that advertisers cannot ignore.” The company recently released The Podcast Consumer 2026, which is now available as a free download. Netflix has signed another three shows from iHeartMedia. Shows include The Martha Stewart Podcast and Sibling Rivalry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson, as well as a new show from Lele Pons. The Locked On Podcast Network celebrates its tenth annive

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. Join the webinar this Thursday to learn how podcast networks can use AI to maximize their sales output using Claude, agents and ChatGPT. Book Thursday's free webinar now With a new definition of a podcast "play" being "at least 30 seconds of content consumed", we wondered what would happen if the definition of a "download" also changed to "at least 30 seconds of content downloaded". Below in the "Tech Stuff", we ask one of the world's biggest podcast hosts whether they could recalculate their stats to see how much of a difference it makes. In Australia, The Infinite Dial 2026 was released by Edison Research at SSRS and Commmercial Radio & Audio. 55% of Australians consumed a podcast in the last month (the US figure is 58%); 45% in the last week (on par with the US). In news that will please Apple: 27% of video podcast consumers say they consumed a video podcast on Apple Podcasts in the past month. The fieldwork for this study was done April 12-28: starting less than three weeks after the feature publicly launched. That figure is 37% for Netflix, 47% for Spotify, and 89% for YouTube. The ACMA, the media regulator, also released data. How we watch and listen to content says that 52% of Australians listened to podcasts in 2025. Spotify was the most popular for audio. Spotify recently launched a verification badge for some podcast creators. That's good, says Eric Johnson, writing for Podnews - but, he argues, Spotify can and should do more. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newslet

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 Spotify has adopted the Alliance for Podcast Measurement definition of a "play" in their metrics, announced yesterday as part of a wider set of new data and charts within the Creators dashboard. Spotify first introduced a "play" in May 2025, but didn't explain how they were calculated; as of today, a "play" is now defined by Spotify as 30 seconds of content played once per user per session (audio or video). Spotify claim their data "helped inform" AMP's definition; the technical details of that have yet to be published. The IAB, which is not involved in AMP, has no definition of a play in its Podcast Measurement Guidelines, under which many podcast hosting companies certify their data. Its technical document defines a valid download as something where "enough of the podcast content to play for 1 minute should have been downloaded", one per user per 24 hours; that's twice as long as AMP's 30 second figure. (A play is not a download; a download may never be played.) Apple Podcasts, which is not involved in AMP, defines a play in Apple Podcasts Connect as "the number of plays on unique devices where the play duration is greater than 0 seconds" - and isn't limited to one per user. In practice, a "play" appears to measure every touch of the play button (even, one suspects, after pauses for turn-by-turn instructions while driving). As one example, in May, the Podnews Weekly Review podcast saw

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 Ahead of the Jun 26 closing date for this year's award entries, The Signal Awards has published a new report, Recognizing The Risk Takers: Eleven Podcasters Making Bold Bets; the report features creators from WaitWhat to Psychopedia to Lower Street, each of whom made a bet on experimentation and are sharing what they've learned. "The willingness to experiment, it turns out, is its own form of excellence," the report finds. In the UK, Global has launched AdPower - the first self-service ad platform to let you book both mainstream audio and outdoor media. The tool gives access to live and on-demand radio, but not, yet, to Global's podcasts - they'll be added later, we're told. In the next version of iOS, Apple Podcasts video will add transcription features that, until now, have been only available in audio podcasts. An Apple spokesperson tells us that from iOS 27 - "Video playback will, for the first time, support read along with transcripts with the ability to search and seek to a specific part of the episode by clicking the transcript text. Chapters are also available for ease of navigation." > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereArtifacts: The Internet We Remember — A storytelling podcast exploring forgotten technology, internet culture, and the feelings we still carry from them. Listen now on your favourite app, or online at ArtifactsPodcast.com.🚨 Final Chance to Book June Podcast Campaigns — Only 5 days left to lock

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 Apple released more information on upcoming features, as part of the company's WWDC event. In the announcement, we learn that from "fall" this year - Mac users will get access to video podcasts in the Podcasts app; Apple Podcasts on tvOS also will support video playback and will have a full redesign; and there is a new "search within a show" feature to find an episode. Apple Podcasts video allows creators to include an optional 4K version of their show, which, while overkill on a phone, will look good on the big screen. Typically, these new features roll-out in mid-September, with public betas in July. Development betas are available now, though are confidential (so, we can't report on them). A Canadian podcast network has agreed to pay CAD $885,000 (US $634,000) in a negotiated settlement after an unfounded allegation in a podcast. The founder of Canadaland, Jesse Brown must make an apology on the website and the podcast. The show appeared to repeat a false claim from a 1996 magazine article as a statement of fact; and Canadaland did not seek comment before publishing. In 2024, a judge suggested Brown showed a "callous disregard of reputation and personal damage". CTV News reports that it is one of the larger sums paid in recent years. Podnews has learnt that Canadaland was fully insured for the settlement amount. Jesse Brown told Podnews: "The WE Charity Scandal was never about anything Theresa Kielburger did. It was about what Craig and Marc did, and what Justin Trudeau did. That’s

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 a

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. RFPs, vetting, outreach: handled with custom agents. Your sellers close 30% more. Book a free demo at Spotsnow.io A measurement tool combining data from different sources, the Bumper Dashboard is now available for every podcast, free. The tool's new "Bumper Score" will also be available - what the company calls a standard benchmark that compares podcast performance in context. The company has also announced MCP server access for AI assistants. Koolio.ai, a podcast production platform, has unveiled a significant upgrade. The tool aims to combine recording, editing, sound design and publishing; it now allows collaboration and automated audio cleaning and mastering tools. It's Black Music Month, and The Almanac of Rap podcast is celebrating with a "podcast mixtape", highlighting a handpicked collection of independent podcasts covering music, culture, history and wellness. The list is available on Castbox. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad here🎯Are you getting new clients from your podcast?💰 — Subscribe to the FREE Podcasting Business School newsletter and get fresh tips every Thursday for podcast growth & listener to client conversion strategies. Join over 4,000+ Pod Pals on this list. AudienceLift.com - YouTube Growth + Subs 🌟 — 🌟 AudienceLift.com – YouTube Growth + Subs Get real subscribers, more views, and lasting channel growth. Your shortcut to YouTube success. Book Now!Gold supporters:

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. RFPs, vetting, outreach: handled with custom agents. Your sellers close 30% more. Book a free demo at Spotsnow.io Podcast producer Goalhanger has become the fastest-growing company in the UK, according to The Sunday Times 100 ranking. Employing eighty people, the company made £37.9 million (US $50.8 million) in sales in 2025, a 321% average annual growth in the last three years. The company makes the popular "The Rest Is..." series. Confirmation that The Rest Is Football will be available globally on Netflix for the World Cup. Most podcasts on Netflix are just US-only. The Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting (AMP) has announced its "cross-platform alternative to the podcast download". The group has defined a "play" for podcasts, as part of four exposure definitions. We're promised more information in mid July. The definition differs from the widely-supported IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines, and from definitions from Apple Podcasts and YouTube, who are not part of the group. PAVE Studios is to work with A+E to turn six of its unscripted TV shows into podcasts. Shows include history shows History’s Greatest Mysteries, and Modern Marvels; and crime show The First 48. They will roll out later this 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 hereNot another chatbot. A c

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. RFPs, vetting, outreach: handled with custom agents. Your sellers close 30% more. Book a free demo at Spotsnow.io You've heard the show - now buy the shoe. New Heights is working with OluKai to bring "a football-inspired design lens to a premium leather silhouette with all-star appeal" (or, what the Australians call a decent pair of thongs). We're told that the $160 shoes, called the Mea Ola Nu‘u, continue the company's tradition, merging premium materials with personality-driven design. And, of course you can buy them on Amazon. In Q1/26, 14% of Americans say they have used Netflix to consume a podcast; and 4% said they use Tubi. The data, from Edison Research Podcast Metrics US, will only increase - Tubi announced a slew of new content this week including shows from SiriusXM and Audiochuck, while Netflix's The Rest is Football is being heavily promoted ahead of the World Cup. The Edison Research Podcast Consumer 2026 was released in a webinar. The data shows that a majority of podcast consumers think that AI is a threat to the credibility, creativity and quality of podcasts; and 75% disapprove of a voice hosted by AI. Using data from Sports Poll by SSRS, we also discover that US podcast consumers are more interested in the World Cup (55%) than the population as a whole (47%). Got a great pitch for a sports podcast episode or series? CBC Podcasts is now accepting pitches for a new narrative sports feed - specifically, looking for narrative-driven storytelling, and particularly things around the Olympic Ga

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. RFPs, vetting, outreach: handled with custom agents. Your sellers close 30% more. Book a free demo at Spotsnow.io Popular Apple-focused website Six Colors is asking its readers to help fund a podcast about Apple's history. It hit its stretch goal of $60,000 in less than 24 hours; at the time of writing, it's just hit $100,000. (The website also has a yearly report card - huh, there's an idea.) Some of SiriusXM's biggest podcasts are to be streamed on Tubi, including Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, Rotten Mango and What Now? with Trevor Noah. These shows also stream on YouTube, and that won't go away. Advertising sales for video podcasts on Tubi will be shared between Tubi and SiriusXM Media. Podcast website company Podpage wants to help your podcast get found - so it's launched an AI-powered SEO assistant, to help you tune your podcast's titles and descriptions for better results in search engines. It can even be set to run automatically. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereAudio Post-Production Specialist: Kyle Hopkins — Broadcast-quality audio post-production for podcasts, YouTube & social video. From essential cleanup to full sound design. Responsive, consistent, deadline-safe support for creators, studios & brands.10,000+ Finance Episodes. Here's What Works. — We've produced finance podcasts since 2015 for RIAs, allocators, PE firms, and VCs

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. RFPs, vetting, outreach: handled with custom agents. Your sellers close 30% more. Book a free demo at Spotsnow.io Podcasting is cooked. So said Transistor's Justin Jackson, and the Podcast Marketing Academy's Jeremy Enns, in a talk at The Podcast Show in London (which they filmed themselves). Video is taking over podcasting, AI slop will drown out the good stuff, and audio-only podcasts are a thing of the past. They take a look at the data and provide simple tactics for thriving in podcasting - which, yes, is still absolutely possible, they say. Continuity announcements have been part of broadcast media for ages - "in half an hour, The Waltons. Now, though - here's Lucille Ball." Audio Always thinks they have a place in podcasting, with continuity announcements to introduce new shows to listeners. The company has written up how well they've worked. The Podcast Haven has produced an analysis tool to help you find topics to grow your show. The AI service, which requires registration, sends a seven-point plan, including SEO and guest ideas. Here's ours - suggesting we should cover government regulation, accessibility and inclusivity. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad herePodcast Growth & Monetization tips every Thursday! — Subscribe to the FREE Podcasting Business School newsletter and get fresh tips every Thursday for podcast growth, monetization, and online busi

Sponsored by SpotsNow. SpotsNow is the AI operating system for podcast advertising. RFPs, vetting, outreach: handled with custom agents. Your sellers close 30% more. Book a free demo at Spotsnow.io What works and what doesn't in podcast trailers? Coleman Insights has a free webinar this Wednesday to unveil its research - how can you make promos and trailers that work better for your show. Want to hear some trailers for shows in the meantime? Our New Podcasts feed lets you listen to some of the best. Get the podcast here - or add your show. SpotsNow has launched what it calls an AI operating system for podcast advertising. The tool automates planning and pricing, and is custom-built for each individual podcast network, to connect to the way the team already works. "The agents we custom build take the repetitive load off the floor so sellers can do the part only people can do, which is build the relationship and close the deal," says CEO Cam Pritchard. A new AI promotion tool called Kompozy has launched. Promising to "turn one idea into a month of content", the tool ingests a podcast, RSS feed or blog post, then composes a set of social posts and schedules them into different platforms (if you let it) over an entire week. We gave it Friday's newsletter; it gave us a set of decent-looking posts, including quote cards, LinkedIn-like posts, an

Sponsored by Supporting Cast. The shows you listen to probably already use us. 🎙️ Supporting Cast powers subscriptions for some of the most trusted names in podcasting—because when your business depends on subscriber trust, the platform behind it matters. Let's talk about what we could build together. "Advertisers run multiple attribution systems because media players won't align on how to measure ad response. We can't even agree on a shared definition of a podcast." So says the Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting (AMP) - launched to create "the first podcasting measurement framework". Brought together by Oxford Road, the group, including voting members from Spotify, United Talent Agency, SiriusXM, DraftKings, Libsyn and others, have been working in secret since last summer, driven by what it calls industrywide confusion: both a lack of standardized metrics and disagreement about where podcasts end and social videos (as well as other forms of video) begin. The group suggests that "a billion dollars of demand is sitting on the sidelines"; it plans to introduce a new unified framework for use across audio and video at Oxford Road’s upcoming CAO Summit on July 22nd-23rd at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes CA, USA. Our take: A definition of "podcast" is vital - because, without it, it's impossible to track the growth of this medium, and the budget going toward it. The formation of this group, which appears to be representative of the podcast business overall - is a welcome step. It's notable, however, that this group does not include the IAB, which runs existing podcast measurement guidelines, nor the trade association Sounds Profitable. The Australian Audio Awards took place last night -

Sponsored by Supporting Cast. The shows you listen to probably already use us. 🎙️ Supporting Cast powers subscriptions for some of the most trusted names in podcasting—because when your business depends on subscriber trust, the platform behind it matters. Let's talk about what we could build together. Smart TVs are the new place to watch podcasts, according to new data released this week from Signal Hill Insights and FlightStory - with almost half of UK podcast consumers using their smartTV to watch podcasts. The data suggests that podcasts are competing directly with linear TV and streaming, and most consumption happens 7pm-11pm. It's, says Paul Riismandel, "a fundamental shift in how UK audiences are spending their evenings." FlightStory also released its own data alongside the study. (Of note: while you can watch Spotify video podcasts, Apple Podcasts has no support for video on TV as yet - and, unlike Apple TV, doesn't have an app on other platforms.) Our take: For this audience, video is probably a required part of the experience, although the full research says 21% used their smart TV just to listen. This might also be a marketing opportunity: 42% say they consumed a podcast on a Smart TV with someone else (the typical number for co-listening to audio podcasts on a phone is around 10%). Supporting Cast claimed yesterday that it was the first podcast subscription platform to deliver gated, subscriber-only podcast video on Spotify. Competitors Supercast beg to differ: they claim Supercast has had creators publishing gated video on Spotify since April 27th. The upshot of all of this is that we now have twice the opportunity to offer video as a paid-for upsell (on Spotify). Just a day after we carried an Ankler story with a senior Spotify executive saying they don't do exclusives any more,

Sponsored by Supporting Cast. The shows you listen to probably already use us. 🎙️ Supporting Cast powers subscriptions for some of the most trusted names in podcasting—because when your business depends on subscriber trust, the platform behind it matters. Let's talk about what we could build together. Supporting Cast has become, it claims, the first podcast subscription platform to deliver gated, subscriber-only podcast video on Spotify. The company launches the new feature with two shows - Libero, a football podcast, and Legacy, a history podcast. Partnerships with Goalhanger, Vox Media, Jim Harold's Campfire, Filmspotting and Betches Media will follow later this quarter. While video was launched on Apple Podcasts earlier this year, it's currently not possible to offer paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts any access to video. Supporting Cast is our title sponsor this month; we suspect we'd have made this #1 story today even without that. LATER: They're not first, say competitors Supercast, who say they have had creators publishing video using Spotify’s Distribution API since April 27th. That service is now fully rolled out for all Supercast creators. We're happy to make that clear. In The Ankler's Like & Subscribe newsletter, Spotify's global head of podcasts Roman Wasenmüller is interviewed. Wasenmüller talks about the reversal of the company's exclusive shows - "we now have more ability to find new audiences for our content across all platforms and also monetize it to the same extent, instead of just monetizing on Spotify" - and revealed that the reason Spotify leant into video was that "We were struggling wi

Sponsored by Supporting Cast. The shows you listen to probably already use us. 🎙️ Supporting Cast powers subscriptions for some of the most trusted names in podcasting—because when your business depends on subscriber trust, the platform behind it matters. Let's talk about what we could build together. Goalhanger, the maker of The Rest Is History, has launched a new investment and partnerships arm, Goalhanger Ventures. The company announced an investment in Invisible Media, and a new commercial partnership with Backyard Cricket. Websites on Podpage can now update the minute you publish a new episode, thanks to full support for podping, announced today. Podping is supported by many large podcast hosts, as part of Podcasting 2.0. Frank Racioppi writes about three recent Podcast Hall of Fame inductees, including our Editor. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad hereAudio Post-Production Specialist: Kyle Hopkins — Broadcast-quality audio post-production for podcasts, YouTube & social video. From essential cleanup to full sound design. Responsive, consistent, deadline-safe support for creators, studios & brands.NEED A STUDIO IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND? — PodLab is NZ's go-to podcast & video studio, run by Radio icons Jay-Jay & Dom. Live-switched cameras, pro audio, interchangeable sets. Perfect for

Sponsored by Supporting Cast. The shows you listen to probably already use us. 🎙️ Supporting Cast powers subscriptions for some of the most trusted names in podcasting—because when your business depends on subscriber trust, the platform behind it matters. Let's talk about what we could build together. The biggest shows are getting even bigger, according to new research from Edison Podcast Metrics UK, presented at The Podcast Show London. In 2023, to reach 50% of all podcast listeners, you would need to advertise on the top 43 shows. But two years later, you only need the top 27 shows to reach half of all podcast listeners. The data was part of a preview of the upcoming UK Podcast Consumer 2026, to be released later this summer; the US version will be unveiled next week in a free webinar. SpotsNow has launched an Advertiser Campaign Planner, to help advertisers build a high-quality host-read campaign on the right shows for their brands. The tool is free, and is available from today. 51% of RSS.com's podcasters are recording video in some form, according to a new insights survey published by the podcast host. A majority of them say that video has helped grow their audience. The full results are published on their website. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad herePodcast Growth & Monetization tips every Thursday! — Subscribe to the FREE Podcasting Business School newsletter and get fresh tips every Thursday for podcast growth, mone

Sponsored by Supporting Cast. The shows you listen to probably already use us. 🎙️ Supporting Cast powers subscriptions for some of the most trusted names in podcasting—because when your business depends on subscriber trust, the platform behind it matters. Let's talk about what we could build together. Spotify announced a set of new podcast features. "Users can ask Spotify questions about the podcast they’re listening or watching, and get answers in real time." - this feature is available in the US, Sweden and Ireland for Premium users. Dynamic Creator Sponsorships are now available for creators in the Spotify Partner Program. The feature allows sponsorships to be dynamically scheduled. Memberships (which "will launch for select creators soon") appears to be an equivalent to Supporting Cast, Patreon or Apple Podcasts Premium Subscriptions. Pricing and details weren't given. Personal Podcasts are coming next month to Premium users in the US. It's a tool that lets listeners generate and schedule short, private audio episodes tailored to their interests and their listening habits. Examples given are "Help me understand economics in five minutes", or "Share my daily city updates". After a free set of credits per month, listeners will have the option to purchase more. Spotify also highlighted how its rebuilt ad platform is driving growth (major changes for podcasting go live in July); announced a paid tool to let you remix songs, including by using AI; and