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📢 Early Access, Ad-free Listening Now Available Globally through BBC Podcasts Premium. BBC Studios' commercial arm, BBC Podcasts Premium, offers "the very best of our audio journalism and storytelling," exclusively on Apple Podcasts.

📢 Revolutionising Podcast Advertising: Deeper Listener Profiles Now Available through Podcast Metrics Demos+ . Publishers in the Australian Podcast Ranker now have access to updated demographic information and audience profiles, providing them with knowledge about their audiences' interests, media consumption patterns, age and gender, purchase history and intent, and number of listeners and downloads.

📢 Private Media Announces Redundancies Amid Tough Economic Conditions. Crikey publisher Private Media laid off workers due to ‘a tough economic climate and falling revenue,’ according to reports. 

📢 Showcase Your Podcasting Expertise at The Podcast Show 2024: Apply Now!. The Podcast Show 2024, held 22–23 May at the Business Design Centre in Islington, is now accepting speaker and session applications.

📢 AdNews Confirms: Spotify in Search of New Global Media Agency for 2023. Spotify is looking for a global media agency, AdNews reports.

• Spotify Announces Departure from Uruguay Market Following Copyright Law Changes. Spotify threatened to leave Uruguay last month over proposed music copyright law changes.

• Amidst 100-Year Celebration, Radio Poised for Surge in Digital Audio Ad Revenue. Commercial radio in Australia celebrated its 100th anniversary this week and expects “double-digit” digital audio ad investment growth.

• Spotify Announces Departure from Uruguay Market Following Copyright Law Changes. Spotify threatened to leave Uruguay last month over proposed music copyright law changes.

•  Glenfiddich Leverages Podcasting for Audience Growth in Southeast Asia. According to Acast's Sound Smart Asia 2023 report, 82% of South East Asian consumers listen to podcasts daily or weekly, making Acast a podcast advertising powerhouse.

• ARN's iHeart and Magellan AI reveal top 15 Aussie podcast advertisers. This week, ARN's iHeart and Magellan AI revealed Q3 2023's top 15 Australian podcast advertisers, with Amazon again topping the list.

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•  Peter Manten, the regional head of sales for Spotify in Australia and New Zealand, has been named by Vudoo, the company that specialises in content commerce and in-stream checkout, as its new MD for the Asia Pacific area.

• Sam Keogh has been named head of agency sales - Sydney by SCA chief commercial officer Seb Rennie. Keogh joins SCA with over 11 years of experience in media sales and management, having previously served as group business director at JCDecaux.

• The health and wellness social shopping app Spree named Phil Ranta its new CEO. Ranta was COO of digital management agency We Are Verified.

• The Acast Australia group business director resigns to join SCA's LiSTNR team. Following his February departure, Acast Victoria group business director Bryce Crosswell will join Southern Cross Austereo's LiSTNR as head of digital sales in Melbourne.

Acast's Bubble Trouble just released its 100th episode with former Enron CFO Andy Fastow as the guest.

In this 100th episode of Bubble Trouble, hosts Richard Kramer and Will Page discuss the inner workings of business and financial markets, shedding light on their truths via conversations with their guest, former CFO of Enron, Andy Fastow.

They discuss the key factors that led to the downfall of Enron, including the exploitation of accounting 'loopholes' and the destructive impact of mark-to-market accounting and how it leads companies into a risk-laden gray area of business. They also cover the issues surrounding operating leases, addressing the ethical debate of 'genius' vs 'evil'.

Furthermore, they delve into insightful examples of business mishaps and financial irregularities including the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank. Fastow expresses his regret and responsibility for Enron's downfall, highlighting the difference between technically following the accounting rules and creating misleading financial impressions of a company.

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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 and 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. ChatGPT was used daily by 13 million people during its launch. 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.

• PMX is looking for The Head of OOH & Audio will be responsible for the development and management of Publicis Groupe’s converged OOH & Audio products.

• 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.

• Tiktok is hiring a revenue strategy and operations manager. Livestream Team is committed to creating real-time interactive scenes. As a new form of content, livestream creates value for all parties in the ecosystem.

• 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

Please mention Podworks.io or Podwires in your application.

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• Magellan AI Market update: September podcast advertising spend. Join us for the monthly briefing where we look back at the month's trends in spend and creative

• 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 

• Maker Mingle: Editing Your Podcast with Descript. Attend the PRX Podcast Garage at KQED workshop on editing podcasts with Descript, an AI-powered audio and video software for audio word processing, transcription, and podcast and video editing.

• Music Crash Course: A how-to for all things musical in a podcast.Get ready for a mind-blowing crash course in all things music, where you'll learn about cues, tags, stingers, and how to use them.

• Cumulus Media & Signal Hill Insights' Podcast Download – Fall 2023 Report. A exclusive podcast webinar where they share everything brands and agencies need to know about how Youtube fits into content consumption.

• New Class: Managing Productions to Managing People: A Guide for Producers and Editors. The most experienced producers and editors are expected to manage people and productions without training.

• Tech Giants' Expansion into New Markets Risks Consumer & Competitive Harm: ACCC Report. The ACCC's latest report released today found that Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft's continued expansion into emerging technologies and other markets highlights the need for regulatory reform.

• Meta Platforms' senior leaders thwarted teen well-being efforts, according to newly unsealed portions of a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general against Facebook. A Meta spokesperson said the complaint “mischaracterizes our work using selective quotes and cherry-picked documents.”

• Long available on TikTok, Instagram now lets users download short-form Reels to their phones. The Instagram app previously only allowed users to save Reels for later viewing.

• A new group of creators, activists, and artists supporting Palestinians, Creators for a Better World, called for an end to U.S. and European support of Israel's military, or “genocidal war on Gaza,” and unrestricted humanitarian aid.

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