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YouTube rolls out something new

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, the latest from our free daily

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newsletter at podnews.net.

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YouTube's podcast tab, which we reported on Monday, appears to

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have globally rolled out, as promised, in its apps

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on both iOS and Android,

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willing to what it looks like today in our show notes and our

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newsletter at podnews.net. Meanwhile, Headliner has now

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generated more than 1.7 million

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full episode audiograms to places like YouTube the company

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produces audiograms including

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automated uploading. Podcast Ranker is out for March

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. I Heart Podcast is still number one for podcasts, though

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total downloads are down 8.3%. Wond

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ering at number two is up 8.1%,

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and NPR at number three is up 9.3% month on month,

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although March has 10% more

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days in it than February calendar

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fans. The highest new entry in

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PodTrack's top podcast list for

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US audiences is the Murdoch Murders podcast from Luna Shark

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at number 16. PodTrack measures

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participating publishers only and doesn't measure either

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Spotify's podcast studios nor

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SiriusXM. The Vivid Data has released the

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spring 2023 SCC study of the

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Canadian consumer. The data

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claims 29% of Canadians, 8.9

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million of them, listen to podcasts every week. That's up

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from 22% in 2021, and listeners

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spend nearly an hour listening

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to podcasts per day. 29%

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sounds a lot, but for Canadian

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radio, that reaches 78% of

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Canadians, and they listen twice as much. Comedy podcast

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network Starburn's Audio has

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closed reports Ashley Carmen in

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her newsletter Soundbite, a

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significant drop in advertising

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revenue was to blame, and the IAB has announced the agenda

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for the 2023 IAB podcast

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upfront. It's on May 11th in

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New York and virtual.

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In People News, Gavin Gaddis has been promoted to head of

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content at Sounds Profitable. They've worked for the company since

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February 2022. In podcast news,

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after winning many awards as a radio series on the BBC

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World Service until 2019,

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Catherine Kars, Where Are You Going?

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is back with creators Loftus Media for a new season of the

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show with a simple premise, asking people one question and

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seeing where it goes. Catherine explained how the show

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works in 2019 in a short 10-

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minute presentation in London's Next Radio, which we'll link

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to today. The Pod News Weekly Review this

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week has interviews with A-Cast Lizzie Pollitt and the

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Birmingham podcast festivals Nina Robinson

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as well as a look into the week 's podcast news. From

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Glassbox Media, Mega launches this Sunday a satirical and

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humorous take on religious critique for both believers and

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non-believers if you enjoy the original series of The Rise

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and Fall of Mars Hill. It

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should be a perfect listen. The hosts of the book, Case,

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Kate and Charlie Gibson were live on Good Morning America

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yesterday, talking about their latest

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season and how this week they 're exploring the business boom

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of audiobooks. There's a new podcast in Dutch, which I'm not

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going to try and pronounce, but it's called Through the

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Eyes of the King. It's a 10 episode podcast on A-Cast that

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looks back at King Willem Alexander's 10 Years on the Th

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rone of the Netherlands. And if the

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podcast we mentioned here have trailers, then new podcast

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trailers is where to find them, updated every day with new and

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interesting shows to listen to. If you've got a long weekend

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this weekend, snuggle down with a new podcast. You never know.

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You might find a new favourite. You'll find new podcast

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trailers wherever you found this podcast. And that's the

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latest from our newsletter. To read all the stories and subscribe,

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we're at podnews.net. (upbeat music)

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