• The Fellas Studios is the first British podcast production firm to introduce a paid subscription-based streaming service. The Fellas Studios is the UK's premier digital-first podcast company for adults aged 18 to 35.

• New features, a redesign, substantial improvements, and a more user-friendly interface are all part of the updated and improved LiSTNR app.
  
  
  

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• Podcast Frenzy: Riding the Wave of Ever-Increasing Popularity is KS&R's new report. The report is based on an online survey of 5,000 13-76-year-olds in March and April 2023. With 28% watching less TV and 24% browsing social media less, podcasting appears to be replacing traditional media consumption.

• The Actively Established Podcast Report found 3.3% more podcasts last month. Over 120,000 independent interview podcasts are active, up 5.6%.
  
  
  
  

• Podcast advertising sales leader AdLarge announced today that HR Besties has joined the company’s podcast portfolio.

• Wondery Renews with Veritonic for Brand Lift, Providing Expanded ROI Measurement to Brands
  
  
  

APAC marketers pioneer AI-generated social media content.

As a world leader in social and media intelligence and data analytics, Meltwater just put out a report called "State of Social Media 2024." It shows that even though 47% of APAC teams think social media will be more important this year, they're more likely to keep their budget the same than to raise it.

Over 2,000 marketing and communications professionals from around the world were asked to fill out the survey. It found that APAC marketers think AI is more important for social media than marketers around the world (55% said it was somewhat important vs. 44% globally), and 64% use AI to help them write content for social media. [Continue reading ]

• Shea Simpson, who joined Amazon more than ten years ago, is coming back to assume the newly created position of Head of Podcast Business for Amazon Music. Simpson will be in charge of all facets of Amazon Music's podcast operations worldwide. The last two years, he co-owned Wondery and served as Global Head of Podcast Partnerships.
  
  
  

 From Book Deal to Bait & Switch: My Podcast Nightmare by Eamonn Forde

An extremely well-funded podcast company was pitched (by a third party) one of my books with the idea of turning it into a podcast series, the goal being that it could become a feeder project into something bigger.

This podcast company contacted me last year and offered me a consultancy role. I told them they would need to license the book from my publisher. They insisted that they were making a “different” podcast that was significantly broader in scope and that the specific subject matter of my book would only be a “small” part of the overall story (and, as such, they assured me there was no requirement to license the rights to the book).

I agreed in principle to be a consultant if that is what the podcast would be on. I had signed no contract with them. I was waiting to see the precise terms of a contract before informing my publisher to ensure that it did not compromise the rights around my book and that my involvement would not be in breach of my contract with my book publisher.

One person at the company asked me to send them a copy of my contract with my book publisher so they could check it and “reassure” me there were no clauses in it that could be a problem for them working with me. I would not agree to this.

The podcast idea had, I was told, been picked up by a major media company and that it would get the green light soon.

Thereafter the podcast company went quiet and did not respond to emails from me towards the end of 2023 asking for an update.

Then someone I had interviewed for the original book got in touch with me in late January to say they had been approached by the podcast company to be interviewed by them for the podcast. The podcast company had explicitly used my name and my involvement in their email to this individual. The individual wanted to check with me that it was legitimate and that I was involved. The email from the podcast company also made it clear that the proposed podcast was going to be about the specific subject matter covered in my book. Which directly contradicted what the podcast company told me last year when they initially spoke to me.

I informed the person who had contacted me that I was not involved. I immediately contacted my book publisher to alert them to this.

It subsequently emerged the podcast company had contacted a number of people where they explicitly used my name and my involvement in the project as a way to get access to sources and give the project a sense of legitimacy.

One of the producers working on the podcast eventually called me to talk about my involvement. They also asked me if I would introduce them to people I spoke to for the book, including (incredibly!) those I had spoken to who had only done so on the condition of anonymity. [ SOURCE ]

Realm, the world’s fastest growing independent podcast network with over 10M monthly downloads, today announced a partnership with Story Pirates, a renowned media company that brings together top comedians, musicians, designers, and best-selling authors to amplify the stories of kids on the world stage.

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• Join us for our AI & Creator Tools Summit to stay ahead of the game with various AI tools!

• The Podcast Show London is back, and from May 24–25, it will unite thousands of podcast enthusiasts from around the world under one roof at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

• The 2024 International Women's Podcast Awards will return on Wednesday, June 19. Podcasters, audio professionals, and podcast enthusiasts will gather at the IET London: Savoy Place for this 4th annual event to celebrate women in podcasting. A global livestream will be available.

• Podcast PR Workshop: Maximum Exposure on A Minimum Budget (Part 2) Join us in person at the Podcast Garage in KQED for a workshop with Maya Chupkov, host, producer, creator, and editor of multi-award winning podcast Proud Stutter, to learn DIY PR tips and tricks plus what’s actually worth spending money on.

• The Podcast Show London is back for its third edition and showing no signs of slowing down. Once again, it will bring together thousands from the global podcast community under one roof at the Business Design Centre, Islington, 22-23 May. 

• Radio Days North America, June 2-4, Toronto, with a Podcast Power-Up Summit on Sunday, June 2. Signal Hill's Paul Riismandel and Matt Hird will both be speaking.

• This summer, Crossed Wires festival will bring together the nation's top podcasters for a weekend in one city. From Friday 31st May to Sunday 2nd June, Sheffield's most iconic venues will host blockbuster lives shows, never-before-seen performances, and special guests hosted by the biggest podcasters in comedy, current affairs, culture, sport, family, and wellbeing.

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Articles and videos from around the podcast community that you might find interesting, as well as some people to check out, are included in this section.

👉  An excellent article by Tess Connery in Media Week talks about META and digital publishing in Australia.

👉 Neal Schaffer penned 17 strategies for leveraging generative AI in e-commerce to increase ROI.

👉 An interesting piece from Kia Abrera called 5 Ways to Master This 6-Figure Skill

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.

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