From our daily newsletter, the latest from podnews.net with Understood from CBC. First happy holidays to you. For many it's a last day in the office before two quiet weeks, but for many more still it's podcasting as usual over the break, so we'll be publishing as normal across the holiday period. We've got you podcasting. A special Harklist has been published, a look at the state of podcasting in 2024 with clips from a number of different shows, it's hosted by me.
With clips from Buzzcast, Vergecast, our own Podnews Weekly Review and many more, there's a link to listen to it in our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net, or better, you can download the Hark app to listen and explore more new shows to listen to. The Podnews Weekly Review this week interviews among others Jessica Cordova-Kramer, the CEO of Lemonada Media. She talks about how the company has maintained high ad rates and how they're doing video too.
There's a full 30 minute interview in the Podnews Extra feed as well, in our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net. The Texas Creator Awards have been announced, nominations are open until the end of January. The iHeart app has been upgraded with lots of new features, which is a brave choice the week before a Christmas close down. That Goalhanger ad we covered earlier in the week has got lots of attention.
One UK correspondent with a good memory has remembered a similar ad for BBC Sounds from October 2018. We think the Goalhanger one is slightly more obvious if you ask us. And the AI audio platform Auddia is to sell up to 20 million shares at a tenth of a penny per share to raise more funds for the company, which makes an app that strips commercials out of podcasts and radio streams. It slips below a dollar a share in September and might come out of NASDAQ as a consequence.
It said last month that it might run out of money altogether early next year. And in podcast news, Time Suck with Dan Cummins seems to be advertising itself using fancy stickers in Brooklyn in New York. The show enthusiastically deep dives into everything from cults to killers to conspiracies, sharing the best of what is uncovered with everyone else. Podnews regional reporter Arielle Nissenblatt said, "It stopped me in my tracks."
We have a photograph of it in our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net. We've made up that title by the way: she is clearly not that, but who knows, it might be a thing. In September, Acquired had fancy billboards in San Francisco Airport. That show covers the stories that built the world's greatest companies. "Whoa, Acquired has billboards in the airport," said PodNews regional reporter Justin Jackson, also not his real title.
In August, the iHeart podcast Two Good Sports was super excited about appearing in billboards across Melbourne. That show is on pause while one of the hosts looks after a new addition to the family. But thank you, Podnews regional reporter Corey Layton, also not his real job. And in June, Calm History was recommended on NBC5 Chicago, according to the host of the show and Podnews regional reporter Harris, who only does one of those things in reality.
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