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📢  Audacy Races Against the Clock to Avoid Looming Default on Interest Payments. A December 11 SEC filing states that Audacy will be closely watched as it works with lenders to extend the grace period and reduce default risk before Friday.

📢 Unlock Spotify's Audience Network: Exciting Expansion with Warner Bros. Podcasts. Spotify and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a podcast distribution and monetization partnership across their brands.

📢  Economic Reality Unfolds at TWiT: Key Team Members Part Ways. The 2005-founded tech podcast network This Week in Tech has laid off three people due to a “rapidly changing world.”

📢 Podcasters Fearing Negative Impact of Artificial Intelligence, Survey Reveals. More than 40% of podcasters expect artificial intelligence to negatively impact podcast production, according to a new survey.

• Edison Research Unveils American Audio Habits: Rise in Podcasting, Changes in Radio Listening. The authoritative American audio time study is Edison Research's quarterly “Share of Ear” study. Edison Research surveys 4,000 Americans annually to measure audio reach and time spent.

• Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights' latest Podcast Download report calls this YouTube's podcast ambitions' “banner year”. It finds that weekly podcast listeners who only watch podcasts have increased from 8% to 14% since April 2022. YouTube is used by 28% of weekly podcast listeners, more than Apple Podcasts and Spotify combined.

• October Sees Rising Podcast Ad Spend by Top Brands: Magellan AI Report. Magellan AI found that podcasting's top 15 advertisers spent more in October than September.

• Global Audio Market to Grow 7% with Podcasts Leading the Way - Deloitte Report. The audio entertainment market is poised for growth. The podcast, streaming music, radio, and audiobook market is expected to reach US$75 billion in 2024, up 7%. Podcasts have untapped per-user revenue.

• Nielsen Unveils Soaring Popularity of Podcasts Over Other Media Platforms. Americans prefer audio over video, even though there are plenty of video services. The Nielsen 2023 Consumer Survey found that 21% of consumers plan to listen to podcasts more in the next six to 12 months, more than any other media.

• Pokimane, Twitch's most-followed female creator, launched her first podcast today as she expands her brand to new channels.

• Liberty Media and Sirius XM Holdings Inc. Unite to Create New SiriusXM. SiriusXM and its majority shareholder Liberty Media have agreed to merge Liberty SiriusXM tracking stock group with SiriusXM to form a new public company under the SiriusXM name and brand.

Presenting New Voices AMPLIFIY! For independent creators who already have a podcast and are looking to expand their audience, there is an 8-week marketing accelerator available.

Selected participants will receive accelerated learning, mentorship from top industry professionals, and a $1,000 stipend. Participants will be a part of a cohort of independent podcasters with the chance to create long-lasting relationships, in addition to workshops and exercises on monetization, audience engagement, and promotional campaigns. You will have a tonne of knowledge and techniques at the end of the programme that you can use right away with your podcast!

The application period is now open!

• Former Audible and Gimlet executive joins NPR as head of podcast strategy. Colin Campbell will start new role this December.

• Westwood One will be led by Cumulus Media EVP of Corporate Strategy & Development Collin Jones starting January 1, 2024. He succeeds Suzanne Grimes, who left after eight years.

• AdLarge announced today Tom Brady has joined the company’s sales force. In this new role, Brady will work directly with EVP of Audio Sales, Robin Sloan.

• Rachel Williamson was elevated by Audacy to the position of President of Local Sales Strategy and Innovation, from Regional President. Williamson will answer to Chief Revenue Officer Brian Benedik in the newly created role.

• At the end of March, Spotify's chief revenue officer, Paul Vogel, will be leaving the company. Following a third round of layoffs that affected Spotify earlier this week, the announcement was made.

• After five years, Denise Viltola, who oversaw social media, PR, and influencer marketing at Bayer, announced her departure. She is still deciding what to do next.

• Jeff Howard will succeed James Warburton as Seven West Media's managing director and CEO, according to Seven West Media Chairman Kerry Stokes AC.

• Rachel Fountain has been appointed as Content Director, Audio (News, Sport, and Lifestyle) for NewsCast, News Corp Australia's on-demand audio division.

Adalyst Media, a network of podcasts with predominantly female and mom audiences, proudly welcomes The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast to its family of shows. With over 200 episodes and over five million lifetime downloads,1000 Hours Outside, with host Ginny Yurich, serves parents seeking inspiration to reclaim the finite moments of childhood through prioritizing outdoor play.

Research consistently underscores the crucial developmental advantages for children that come with unbridled outdoor play. In 1000 Hours Outside Yurich brings her own experience as a mother of five to her ongoing exploration of the profound impact of nature on childhood development. When her family discovered the incredible benefits of dedicating 4-6 hours a day to outdoor activities, what at first seemed excessive proved to be a transformative experience, shaping their family's most cherished moments.

“I couldn’t be more thrilled to be joining the Adalyst Media roster of podcasts. Their commitment to shows that produce content to enrich family life, both for parents and children, is something I’m honored to be part of,'' said Ginny Yurich.

Adalyst Media co-founder Margaret Ables expressed excitement about the new addition to the female-facing network. “Ginny Yurich’s work has been an inspiration to us, both as mothers and podcaters, and we are thrilled to welcome her voice to Adalyst Media. We are delighted to help Ginny’s show reach new listeners, and to help brands connect with her sizable, dedicated, and engaged audience of parents.”

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast joins a podcast roster at Adalyst that includes other popular shows like What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood, Couple Things with Shawn Johnson and Andrew East, Struggle Care with KC Davis, TILT Parenting, and more.

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• Breaking Down What Makes a Podcast Successful. Buzzsprout Conversations is a new-ish podcast where we dive into the real-life stories of podcasters and what makes them successful!

• New AI Tool Creates Podcast Launch Kits in Minutes. Showplanner AI generates a free podcast launch kit to help independent podcasters launch a new idea in minutes.

• 5 new tools to automate podcast production, powered by AI. For the last 3 months, Resound, the AI podcast editor, has been quietly building, iterating and announcing a big step forward to achieving our mission of automating audio production.

• How to Make Your Podcast Recommended by ChatGPT. ChatGPT became the fastest-growing app ever, with 100 million active users in two months. During its initial launch, 13 million people used ChatGPT every day. That number may be much higher today.

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Here are our current featured roles. Check the job board for more jobs and some freelance gigs.

• Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is seeking a flexible and talented Casual Audio Editor/Sound Designer - for on-call assignments

• Bloomberg is looking for a Full-time and contractor Podcast Producer. Bloomberg is expanding its audio offerings and seeking an experienced podcast producer for a daily economy, world, and enterprise business news podcast.

• Google is hiring Associate Product Marketing Manager Whether you're on a consumer product (like Gmail, Search, Maps, Chrome, Android) or a business product (Google Ads, AdSense, Google Marketing Platform, Analytics), you take part in a complete marketing experience as you lead every facet of the product's journey. 

• Vice Media is looking for a Freelance Podcast Producer Series. As a producer you will be responsible for owning all aspects of pre-production, production and post-production of narrative audio documentary.

• Sinclair, Inc. is looking for an Associate Producer, Podcasts to assist in developing and producing a slate of audio series. 

• Nova Entertainment is hiring a Audio Engineer. NOVA Entertainment is Australia’s fastest-growing audio entertainment business.

• Rode is hiring a Social content creator. As a Social Content Creator specializing in TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts, you will play a pivotal role in our brand's growth strategy. 

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• Our first events for 2024 are now also open for registration with the year kicking off with our Sydney Audio Summit and Melbourne Audio Summit 

• How to mix – for producers. Mixing audio stories — creating balance and clarity with all of the audio elements in a story — is an essential part of the production process.

• Design a Great Podcast with Strategy In Mind. This class will take you through a design process that blends vision, planning, and strategy.

• Podbean is excited to announce "Revitalise Your Podcast in the New Year: AI Podcasting Tools", a virtual event that will change podcasting. Podbean experts will work with Radio Futurologist and Podnews Editor James Cridland on December 12th to unlock the potential of AI in podcasting.

• The Hot Pod Summit is returning to Brooklyn on February 28th, 2024, as part of On Air Fest for a day of in-depth talks, intimate conversations, and industry networking.

• My Joy, Frito-Lay's new advertising campaign, features rising creators like a tattoo artist, a color-obsessed creator, a Filipino-American DJ, a travelling duo, and Harlem Globetrotter Briana Green.

• In Series A funding led by Drive Capital, Allstar.gg raised $12 million to help gamers become social media stars by sharing gameplay clips.

• A new AI tool from creator commerce company LTK matches creators and advertisers for deals using its proprietary data.

• Pedestrian Group and Suntory BOSS Coffee will publish a special edition print of VICE Magazine Australia. VICE, a magazine launched in the mid-1990s, is published worldwide. A mix of journalism, photo essays, and culture, the magazine is the foundation of VICE.

• The option to pause newly posted comments is one of the new features that YouTube has announced for its creators.

• Bloomberg reported that Moonbug Entertainment, which makes Cocomelon for YouTube, is cutting staff and production and restructuring its studio.

• The Information claims that half of TikTok users' viewing time is devoted to watching videos that last one minute or more.

Welcome to the Podcaster Toolbox, a crowd-sourced resource for independent, DIY, and/or beginning home-based podcasters.

The Kangaroofern Media Lab team will review the resources submitted here and add them as soon as possible to the Podcaster Toolbox.

• 🏜️ Transistor.fm - is a powerful and simple podcasting platform. The ability to host multiple podcasts on one account makes it ideal for podcasters with multiple shows.

• 🎙️ Acast - is a podcast hosting service that enables you to publish, share, and earn money from your podcasts.

• 🎧 Epidemic Sound - is a company that provides content producers with access to a sizable library of royalty-free music.

• 🚗 Niceboard - modern job board software, helps communities and organisations create and manage job boards.

• 📼 Tubebuddy - is a complete tool for YouTube channel management and growth.

• 📹 VidIQ - is a website for learning that focuses on offering video tutorials and analytics to aid users in expanding their YouTube channels.

The complete Toolbox can be seen at https://www.podworks.io/p/toolbox

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