The Daily Mail expands its podcasts to the US. The latest from podnews.net with CoHost: For Better Podcast Insights. The UK's Daily Mail is expanding its podcasts into the United States. Head of podcasts for owner DMG Jamie East tells the PodNews Weekly Review today that podcasts like The Trial of Diddy are showing that expansion into the US will work well.
"We've got the facilities to do it, we've got the people, we've got the willing and the desire. So it's a pretty straightforward leap."
And he says there are wider opportunities too.
"All of a sudden you can have a 24 hour operation. There will always be an editor available to cut something if you've got someone based in Melbourne or Sydney and New York and London. There's not an hour where you can't have a team working away. So the efficiencies are brilliant."
You can listen to the full interview in the PodNews Weekly Review this week. You can find that wherever you found this podcast. Max Cutler from PAVE Studios writes that creators are the new Hollywoods with podcasts officially going mainstream, YouTube dominating streaming and engaged communities now directly connected to creators.
Audio processing company AIcoustics has launched a new AI model called Lark which claims that users can elevate their audio to professional-grade quality using advanced reconstructive technology to repair even the most distorted recordings, restore lost frequencies and add depth and clarity. You'll find a number of test files in our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net today for you to have a listen to that and to Adobe Enhance.
Sirius XM released its Q3 24 financial results. Podcast advertising revenue was up 6% QoQ and revenue for Pandora was down 2% QoQ though. Roads Audio is a new app bringing you closer to your friends through deep podcast-like conversations, particularly built for asynchronous chats. Those of us with long memories might remember AudioBoo which did much the same thing.
Kids and family podcast producer Pinna has presented a pristine and playful purple pictorial pattern - or if you like it better that way, a fancy new logo and redesign - Transistor now lets you build podcast networks and network websites, letting you organise multiple podcasts into a network and feature all of your shows in one place.
Independent podcast network Ossa Collective has joined forces with Coltur Media to launch the Coltur Podcast Network which aims to elevate creators who prioritise artistic vision, influence and authentic connections with their audiences. And most podcasters are amazed at the amount of attention that this new phenomenon has created. That's a piece from an article 20 years ago this week in the New York Times.
Its first article about podcasting, written by Cyrus Farivar, he quotes Adam Curry saying that he estimates among the 300 podcasters worldwide, thousands of people are either listening to or producing broadcasts. And a production fault yesterday meant some of our newsletter wasn't readable in certain email apps. We'd blame Microsoft if it was their fault but it wasn't so we won't.
But thank you for getting our podcast anyway, our newsletter is better and you can sign up to that at podnews.net to find out if we've fixed it today. In people news, Zoe Schiffer has joined Wired as director of business and industry and is the co-host of Wired's new flagship podcast Uncanny Valley. She joins from The Verge and Platformer and officially starts in Wired's West Coast offices in January.
And in podcast news, episode 600 of CNN's The Axe Files with David Axelrod flips the script with Anderson Cooper interviewing Axelrod to talk about the origin of the podcast, memorable moments, what David has learnt and what David will be watching for on election night.
Pantheon Media's The Metallica Report is now available in Hi-Res 24-bit resolution exclusively on the QoBuzz platform, a high-quality music streaming service with high-resolution tracks and editorial content, including the full discography of Metallica. And Stu Redwine, head of creative at Oxford Road and host of the award-winning podcast ad Infinitum, is venturing into fiction podcasting with Gypsy Vampire Slayers from Kansas.
In 1990, four teenagers in Faith, Kansas are forced to choose between devotion and doubt as they confront an ancient evil determined to destroy their town. It's co-created with audio producer Zach Hahn. This podcast is sponsored by CoHost. If you're looking for better podcast insights, CoHost has you covered with insights into download sources, audience demographics, listener behaviour and more. You can sign up today for a free trial. You'll find that special link in our show notes.
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