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We do not have vigilante justice. We don't have that here in the United States.
If you ask me, Luigi's a hero.
He's awoken the people to a true issue.
True Crime and Legal Network Law and Crime has launched a new show as an exclusive on Wondery+. Luigi will launch on March the 24th following the case of Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a health insurance company CEO and asks whether it's a standard murder case or a new cultural moment. Radiotopia from PRX released its new shows for Q2/25. Three podcasts are joining the network. We'll link to them all today.
California loves Conan O'Brien. Colorado prefers Anderson Cooper and Massachusetts likes Ellen Pompeo. That's the findings of the most searched for celebrity hosted podcasts in the US, according to podcasthost rss.com - the data also includes podcasts hosted by athletes. Spotify is rolling out an expanded set of emoji reactions to comments about your podcast. In YouTube, you can only thumbs up and thumbs down.
Eddy by Headliner now offers automated transcripts, helping podcast SEO and producing context-aware promo assets. The tool, which is included for all Headliner Pro users, learns from corrections you make too. So if you were also sponsored by CoHost, there'd be no changing the spelling of CoHost every time you produce a transcript. Ask us how we know. Looking for some website inspo?
Transistor has produced a podcast website gallery, which the company says is an archive of awesome and interesting podcast website designs for your inspiration. Google's Gemini now has a podcast generating tool called Audio Overviews, which appears to be the company's Notebook LM product, but now in the main free Gemini AI. The Australian Podcast Ranker was released for February, two significant changes in the top ten. It's a lot with Abby Chatfield, up 17 places to number five.
She interviewed the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, in mid-February. And the crude and puerile, Kyle and Jackie O, who released 85 episodes in February, almost double the amount of January. And they're up 20 places to number six. There's no accounting for taste. SCA's LiSTNR returns to number one in sales representatives, bolstered by good performance from Sirius XM. ARN's iHeart is top publisher.
The data also includes category rankers, kids and family scores highest for women, sport highest for men. Who'd have thought it? The Daily Mail has launched the Crime Desk, a premium podcast subscription, including an ad-free show archive and exclusive episodes of The Trial Plus. They're using Supporting Cast and Apple Podcast's premium subscriptions. Pod the North reports on an initiative to place a small red maple leaf on Canadian-made podcasts. Sounds like a good idea.
It comes as Canadians reject many parts of US influence and culture following the new US administration's actions. There's a graphic to download. To many, the British town of Congleton in Cheshire sounds quite similar to Paddington or to Downton, except we've been there and it isn't. Nevertheless, there's now a new podcast studio on Congleton High Street. And some people got pod news a full 12 hours late yesterday, if by some we mean all. Sorry for that.
Thanks for your patience yesterday. In people news, Jared Easley is now Director of Member Content Programming and Education for the NAB. He'll be working on educational and membership content at NAB events. The role also, we notice, includes executive production and hosting of the NAB podcast. And in podcast news, a new spin-off of sci-fi podcast Mission to Zyxx is on the way, says Maximum Fun, garnering coverage in The Verge.
The talent trade is all about finding the right person for the right opportunity at the right time. But how exactly do you do that the right way? Host Stephanie Maas shares more than 25 years of experience about what it takes to be a top recruiter in today's talent trade market. Good Hang with Amy Poehler launched yesterday a video podcast with Spotify's The Ringer. The first two episodes include Tina Fey and Martin Short.
And season two of Apocalypse Radio, a full cast audio drama, starts today. A story of loyalty, laughter and love in the zombie apocalypse. And this podcast is sponsored by Co-Host. Podcasters need better analytics. Discover where downloads are coming from, how listeners are resonating and who your audience is with Co-Host. Sign up today for a free trial. There's a link in the show notes. And that's the latest from our newsletter.
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