Special Guests: <ul><li>Rob Lowenthal - Spotify/Megaphone</li><li>Sharon Taylor - Triton Digital</li><li>Darby Dorras - Listen</li><li>Tom Billington  - The Podcast Show</li></ul>News: <ul><li><a href='https://storage.mfn.se/6fe206ca-e97f-4dfa-8915-3c1bbc5131c8/acast-q1-2023-eng.pdf?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-10'>Acast released Q1/23 financials</a>.  Acast now hosts more than 100K registered podcasts globally and they’ve also exceeded 100mn monthly unique listeners. They have now paid more than $250 million out to their creators since Acast began.</li><li><a href='https://www.amazon.com.au/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=10771209051&amp;utm_source=podnews.net&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-08'>Amazon Music is paying some Australian listeners AUD$5 (USD$3.39) in vouchers just for listening to a podcast on the platform</a>. </li><li><a href='https://nypost.com/2023/05/05/amazon-acquires-artificial-intelligence-firm-snackable-ai-to-boost-podcast-features/?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-08'>Amazon quietly acquired Snackable, an AI platform</a>.</li><li>The Podcast Show 2023. You can still <a href='https://www.thepodcastshowlondon.com/?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-09'>buy tickets</a> for the event - the code PODNEWS will get you a discount.</li><li>Bumper looks at ways to look at Listen Time as <a href='https://wearebumper.com/blog/3-ways-to-use-listen-time-to-measure-your-podcast-audiences-attention?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-08'>a method to measure your audience’s engagement with your podcast</a>. </li><li><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-04/youtube-s-podcast-deals-with-npr-slate-and-new-york-times-are-flopping?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-05'>Podcasting on YouTube is a flop so far</a>, reports Ashley Carman in her newsletter.</li><li><a href='https://podnews.net/press-release/newsguard-launch'>NewsGuard, a “news reliability data service”, has announced its entry into podcasting today</a>. </li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support">Support the show</a>Connect With Us: <ul> <li>Email: <a href='mailto:weekly@podnews.net'>weekly@podnews.net</a> </li> <li>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/jamescridland'>@jamescridland</a> / <a href='https://twitter.com/Podnews'>@podnews</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/samsethi'>@samsethi</a> / <a href='https://twitter.com/JoinPodFans'>@joinpodfans</a> </li> <li>Lightning/NOSTR: <a href='https://emojipedia.org/high-voltage/'>⚡</a><a href='https://getalby.com/p/james'>james@crid.land</a> and <a href='https://emojipedia.org/high-voltage/'>⚡</a><a href='https://getalby.com/p/sam'>sam@getalby.com</a> </li> <li>Mastodon: <a href='https://podcastindex.social/@james@bne.social'>@james@bne.social</a> and <a href='https://podcastindex.social/@samsethi'>@samsethi@podcastindex.social</a> </li> <li>Support us: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support'>www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support</a> </li> <li>Get Podnews: <a href='https://podnews.net'>podnews.net</a> </li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Special Guests: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rob Lowenthal - Spotify/Megaphone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sharon Taylor - Triton Digital&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Darby Dorras - Listen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Billington  - The Podcast Show&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;News: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://storage.mfn.se/6fe206ca-e97f-4dfa-8915-3c1bbc5131c8/acast-q1-2023-eng.pdf?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-10'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acast released Q1/23 financials&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Acast now hosts more than 100K registered podcasts globally and they’ve also exceeded 100mn monthly unique listeners. They have now paid more than $250 million out to their creators since Acast began.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.amazon.com.au/b?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;node=10771209051&amp;amp;utm_source=podnews.net&amp;amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-08'&gt;Amazon Music is paying some Australian listeners AUD$5 (USD$3.39) in vouchers just for listening to a podcast on the platform&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://nypost.com/2023/05/05/amazon-acquires-artificial-intelligence-firm-snackable-ai-to-boost-podcast-features/?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-08'&gt;Amazon quietly acquired Snackable, an AI platform&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Podcast Show 2023. You can still &lt;a href='https://www.thepodcastshowlondon.com/?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-09'&gt;buy tickets&lt;/a&gt; for the event - the code PODNEWS will get you a discount.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bumper looks at ways to look at Listen Time as &lt;a href='https://wearebumper.com/blog/3-ways-to-use-listen-time-to-measure-your-podcast-audiences-attention?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-08'&gt;a method to measure your audience’s engagement with your podcast&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-04/youtube-s-podcast-deals-with-npr-slate-and-new-york-times-are-flopping?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp;utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-05'&gt;Podcasting on YouTube is a flop so far&lt;/a&gt;, reports Ashley Carman in her newsletter.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://podnews.net/press-release/newsguard-launch'&gt;NewsGuard, a “news reliability data service”, has announced its entry into podcasting today&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Connect With Us: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Email: &lt;a href='mailto:weekly@podnews.net'&gt;weekly@podnews.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Twitter: &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/jamescridland'&gt;@jamescridland&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/Podnews'&gt;@podnews&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/samsethi'&gt;@samsethi&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/JoinPodFans'&gt;@joinpodfans&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Lightning/NOSTR: &lt;a href='https://emojipedia.org/high-voltage/'&gt;⚡&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://getalby.com/p/james'&gt;james@crid.land&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://emojipedia.org/high-voltage/'&gt;⚡&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://getalby.com/p/sam'&gt;sam@getalby.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Mastodon: &lt;a href='https://podcastindex.social/@james@bne.social'&gt;@james@bne.social&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://podcastindex.social/@samsethi'&gt;@samsethi@podcastindex.social&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Support us: &lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support'&gt;www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get Podnews: &lt;a href='https://podnews.net'&gt;podnews.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

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Broadcast to Podcast; plus, a look ahead at The Podcast Show

Broadcast to Podcast; plus, a look ahead at The Podcast Show

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