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The winners of the Global Podcast Ondas Awards. The latest from podnews.net with Podcastle:

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create, edit, publish and grow.

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The winners of the Spanish language Global Podcast Ondas Awards 2024 were announced.

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Our list includes the judges' reasons for each, plus hosting companies and an OPML file

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to import them into your compatible podcast player. You'll find it linked in our show

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notes and our newsletter at podnews.net.

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Think one mention of murder in your true crime podcast means no monetization? Well, not necessarily.

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Barometer and Sonnet have worked on a project to offer advertisers suitably separated ad

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placements, allowing them to reach your audience while avoiding unwanted alignment with the

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gory bits. The tool uses a contextual engine to set mid-rolls and other ad placements at

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a safe distance.

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Podcast host Ausha has launched a transcription service. The tool creates an Apple Podcast

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compatible transcript. Transcripts are available in 99 languages in compatible podcast apps

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and on your Ausha website. It uses the podcast:transcript standard from Podcasting 2.0.

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Remote recording tool StreamYard has been acquired by the owner of Evernote and Meetup,

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Bending Spoons. Terms weren't given.

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YouTube Music has unveiled improvements to the app, enhanced podcast sort options, a recommended

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show's shelf in the app, and improved search results. The company announced the changes

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on Reddit.

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Data newly available from OP3 and published by our sister publication Podcast Business

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Journal shows that the big three podcast apps, Apple, Amazon and Spotify, account for 74%

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of all downloads for the over 2,000 shows measured on the service. CastBox is the biggest

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independent podcast app at number four. The data is updated daily. And if you've got data,

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if you got it in a format that we can read, we'd love to carry it in that data section.

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Editor at podnews.net will find us.

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The campaign legal center has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission about

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iHeartMedia's $630,000 funding from ad sales associated with the podcast Verdict with Ted

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Cruz to a group supporting Senator Cruz's re-election efforts. The group called that

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"illegal." Shure has released the MV7+ microphone, which now has a USB-C connection and a redesigned

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LED display. John Gorforth from Magellan AI guests on Partner-up Profits to talk about

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how podcast advertising works. And 30% of listeners to The Bible In A Year don't listen

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to any other podcast, says Edison Research, which shares the top five shows for exclusive

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listeners today. Perhaps most surprisingly, also in the top five is iHeart's Steve Harvey

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Morning Show. That's a network with much to gain from cross-promotion to other shows,

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you'd think.

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I'm your host, Aliza Licht. I'm an award-winning marketer, two-time author and personal branding

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expert. And I am your trusted guide every week.

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Leave Your Mark, with Aliza Licht has joined the Money News Network, which says it's the

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number one finance podcast network. The show's already amassed more than 1.4 million downloads.

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A brand new comedy-parenting podcast, The Baby Bubble, is new from Mammamia today, hosted

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by twin sisters and first-time mums Jesse and Claire Stevens. It's sponsored by Big

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W, an Australian retailer.

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Scandal re-watch podcast Unpacking the Toolbox is back for a second season today. It's

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from Shondaland Audio, in partnership with iHeartPodcasts. And How Was It For You with

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Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstock is brand new this week from the two UK comedians. It's

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the show where everything, yes, everything gets a review and a star rating out of five.

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With Rachel and Marcus juggling gigs, radio, TV, a toddler, an obsession with cheese,

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Roy the Chameleon, live improvised Jane Austen shows in the West End, and two adult stepkids,

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they're never short of things to give the star treatment to. Five stars would listen again.

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And trailers for selected shows are in our podcast called New Podcast Trailers. We're

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