Harbinger renews with PodcastOne for 'high seven figure deal'

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Congratulations to podcast host Jordan Harbinger, who has renewed with PodcastOne for what is described as a “high seven-figure deal”. He will remain with the network for the forseeable future. Harbinger does almost 11m monthly downloads.
Podcast hosting and monetisation platform Megaphone says it has “launched in Germany, Spain, France and Italy”.
- We’re… not entirely sure what the company is announcing here. Megaphone tells us that the Spotify Audience Network is not launching there yet; and we’re told the platform will continue to be only available in English. It doesn’t appear to include any local support (support is “through email or chat”); and we can only find one Megaphone staff member in these countries on LinkedIn: that person is not a new hire. Further, Engle, a French podcast publisher, signed with Megaphone 16 months ago.
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Podcast hosting company RSS Podcasting has announced improved podcast analytics.
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Spotify appears to have a new(?) in-app feature recommending guest appearances of, in this case, UK comedian James Acaster. It popped up on the screen of Podnews reader James Potter, who wonders if this is humanly curated, or if they have been working on credits data.
Apple announced new MacBook Pro laptops with a notched screen, because everyone wants a laptop with a notched screen. Logic Pro gets an upgrade for spatial audio support. There are new AirPods, which everyone will buy, and more colours for the HomePod mini, which nobody will. There’s also a new cheap 'voice plan’ for Apple Music, for people who like being misunderstood by Siri.

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