US podcast ad spend up by almost a quarter

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MediaRadar suggests that US podcast advertising spend increased by almost a quarter in the first five months of 2021. The number of advertisers also increased 15%.
After advising younger listeners not to get vaccinated, advice criticised by White House officials, Joe Rogan has said he has COVID-19. We hope he gets better soon.
Apple has been forced to allow media apps to link to websites for payment. The change should allow simpler methods to pay for third-party content that isn’t subject to Apple’s 30% commission. The new policy takes effect in early 2022.

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Spotify is now producing the audio section of US airline Delta’s in-flight seatback entertainment. The service contains mixtapes of music, and 42 podcast series including Gimlet’s Science Vs ▸, The Ringer’s The Dave Chang Show ▸ and WSJ/Gimlet’s The Journal ▸, as well as Crime Junkie ▸ (which isn’t a Spotify show). Spotify’s original deal with Delta was announced two years ago: at that time it was podcast-only, and Delta was seeing around 16.5m passengers every month; JetBlue also signed with Spotify in November 2019. Podcasts are also on other airlines.
Podcast Movement sessions from PM21 in Nashville are now all available on the PM virtual platform. You can buy access now.
Launched last month, Snippet calls itself 'the world’s first short-form podcast publisher’, producing high-quality shows that are 20 minutes or less. (They’re hiring).
Cisneros Interactive, which is the exclusive sales house for Spotify’s audio ads in sixteen Latin American countries, is now fully-owned by Entravision.
Podopi is a new website that “helps you get more value out of your blog by creating a podcast from it without effort on your part”.
Podcast consultant Dave Jackson has a Zoom meeting tonight (9.00pm Eastern) about podcasting and Bitcoin. We’ll be taking part.
Podnews has published its first ranker - the people and companies who we’ve written about over the past 90 days. The data will update monthly. The top 3 is dominated by podcasting’s heavy hitters - a comedian and UFC commentator, a podcast researcher, and a podfather.
Wondery is hiring a Head of EU, Podcast Content, based in London.

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Jack Rhysider, the host of Darknet Diaries, is very keen on baking pies: you should bake pies for other people, he says, rather than just reaching for your slice. On the same menu, see Dan Misener’s essay about the magic pizza shop.
The Amplify Podcast Network has released a free 50-page ebook, A Guide To Academic Podcasting. The book contains tips and information on how to plan your podcast, choose your style, find your audience and make it count.
Podcastpage details how to list more than one podcast on the same website - not just a promotion for their own product, it also highlights the benefits of doing so.

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Dan Taberski’s 9/12 ▸ has been launched on Amazon Music and Wondery+. The show will be available on RSS on Sep 8. It focuses on people for whom 9/11 changed everything.

For one group of people, 9/11 meant a big change. King of the World ▸ is hosted by Shahjehan Khan, and explores the past 20 years from the perspective of a Pakistani American Muslim as he graduated from high school.

Wondering how to Build Your Brand ▸? Alisha Marfatia, a social media expert, hosts a show with social media tips and insights for any company (and, perhaps, podcaster) that wants to grow their online presence. It’s new from NOVA Entertainment today.

The Financial Times has launched a new culture podcast, FTWeekend ▸. Hosted by Lilah Raptopoulos, the podcast will explore today’s culture, big ideas, nuanced questions and what it means to live a good life.

Soverign ▸ is launched today from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, telling the stories of four Native American tribes in Maine who are fighting to restore their rights.

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NEW: Marketing Coordinator, Snippet - Irvine, CA CA, USA
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Vice President, Marketing, The Podglomerate LLC - Remote, working with a USA-based team
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