This is sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Transform Your Podcast Guest Lineup - Central Talent Booking delivers top-tier guests—celebrities, influencers, thought leaders, and compelling experts—to elevate your podcast. Discover more.Visit https://podnews.net/update/political-podcasts-uk-25 for all the links, and to get our newsletter. The winners of the UK’s Political Podcast Awards were announced. Podcast of the year was Goalhanger’s The Rest is Politics, but Persephonica’s Political Currency and Electoral Dysfunction from Sky News won two awards. Acast shows won the most awards. Yesterday, we linked to a presentation from German podcast marketers and publishers promoting the benefits of audio-only podcasts. It was in German. Sadly, viele Menschen sind faul und sprechen keine anderen Sprachen. The good news is - it’s now also available in English. How does Acast market itself to potential advertisers? By podcast advertising, of course. The company has shared a bit of knowledge of how they do it. Classifieds - your job or ad hereHost your podcast videos the right way! — Video podcasts have the potential to attract millions of viewers and listeners simultaneously. Disctopia allows you to upload podcast videos and automatically add them to your RSS feed - It'

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