PodcastOne launches LaunchpadOne, a free podcast host

• First look: PodcastOne has launched LaunchpadOne, a new, free podcast host. The platform includes PayPal donations, a learning center and the opportunity to get discovered by PodcastOne.

  • PodcastOne’s CTO, Jim Ballas, has more details about LaunchpadOne later today in the Podland ▸ podcast.

• PodBooking - the social network for podcasters - will have a new section tomorrow containing the latest podnews, jobs and events from the Podnews network. You can download PodBooking, free, on the Apple App Store or the Google Play store.

• Libsyn shows can now be added to JioSaavn, India’s largest music streaming service with more than 100m monthly users. “I see the partnership with JioSaavn as a key opportunity to expand interest for podcast creators and listeners globally,” said Rob Greenlee, Libsyn’s VP of Content and Partnerships.

• How loud is your podcast? This website will tell you - it appears to use JavaScript. Here’s more about loudness.

• iHeartRadio is still the #1 US podcast publisher according to Podtrac’s ranker of participating publishers.

  • Here’s what else you need to know today: The Daily ▸ is still the #1 US podcast.

• The first Arabic sports podcast network, Studio Al Jumhour has launched seven new shows covering a number of sports.

• New on Android, Lisny is a “fast, beautiful and fun” listening experience.

• AdsWizz has made an agreement with AI Music to “automatically adjust the background music of the ads to the listener’s music genre”. It’s being used by Dunkin’, a US food and coffee brand, within music streaming services.

• Have you voted for The Podcast Awards yet? Podnews is in the “Politics and News” category. We would really appreciate your vote.

• Podcasting’s growth during the pandemic is all thanks to Hollywood stars is The Hollywood Reporter's take of a new report from Stitcher. New listeners are younger, more diverse, and spread out across the whole nation.

• iHeartMedia has announced four new shows coming to the My Cultura podcast network, iHeart’s new podcast network for Latinx voices and creators.

• Spotify is basically killing podcasts, says Mike Masnick, the editor of Techdirt.

• The Office Actors Launch Podcast Urging Fans To Try Watching Something New is a new article from America’s finest news source, The Onion. “iHeartMedia announced the launch of a new podcast Monday in which actors from The Office will get together and urge fans to try watching something new,” says the piece. We previously thought this was a satirical website.

Tips and tricks

• Inspiring Podcasters and What We Can Learn From Them (Audry)

• The BBC has been recording comedy shows, with audiences, using Zoom. Here’s how they work

Podcast News

The Mosaic Life Podcast with Trey Kauffman ▸ has signed with the Bleav professional podcast network; but, more importantly, reached episode #100 a few days ago. The podcast aims to explore and unpack the concept of happiness and what it means to each of us as individuals.

None But The Brave ▸, the Springsteen Podcast for the true aficionado, has joined Evergreen Podcasts.

One Year ▸ is new from Slate and the Slow Burn team. Hosted by Josh Levin, the podcast’s first season focuses at 1977, “a year when the nation’s rules seemed on the verge of getting rewritten”.

A new season of HELGA ▸ launches next week, WQXR host and performing artist 'Helga Davis interviewing creatives including Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad and artist Nick Cave'.

Podjobs

• NEW: Podcast Planner , ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network Australia - Sydney / Melbourne NSW / VIC, Australia

• NEW: Host for a Branded Podcast, Wavelength - Melbourne VIC, Australia

• NEW: Podcast Host, Wavelength Creative - Melbourne Victoria, Australia

• NEW: Social Media Manager/Content Creator, Ebonistas Podcast - Remote, working with a USA-based team

• NEW: Senior Associate, Market Development & Strategy, Digital Audio Measurement, Triton Digital - New York NY, USA

• NEW: Executive Producer - Entertainment Shows (New York), Somethin' Else - London England, UK

• Sr. Content Acquisition Manager - Podcasts, Amazon Music - Mexico City MX, Mexico

• Assistant Manager, Client Relations, Sports Podcast Group - Remote, working with a USA-based team

• Creative, Listen - UK

• Manager, Business Development, Lemonada Media - Remote, working with a USA-based team

• Operations Manager, Lemonada Media - Remote, working with a USA-based team

• Senior Software Engineer, Backend or Full-Stack, SpokenLayer - Remote, working with a USA-based team

• Freelance Factual Producers, Somethin' Else - London England, UK

• Freelance Factual-Entertainment Producers, Somethin' Else - London England, UK

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Podevents

• RTX Podcast Festival · Jul 8 · Virtual · free · just added

• An Introduction To Audio Editing · Jul 13 · Virtual · free

• The Smart Audio Report · Jul 13 · Virtual · free

• MIC's Podcast Club - w/ BBC Sounds & Podcast making QnA · Jul 14 · Virtual · free · just added

• Focusrite: Audio Interface for Podcasters with Libsyn · Jul 15 · Virtual · free · just added

• Podcast Movement 2021 · Aug 3 · Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, USA

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