From Bundaberg in Queensland, the latest from podnews.net with Central Talent Booking. Transform your podcast guest line-up. The iHeart Podcast Awards has announced its nominations. The awards ceremony will be held on March the 10th at South by Southwest. Three Icon Awards are also being made to Sarah Spain, Dan Taberski and Daniel Alarcon. You can now vote for the podcast of the year. How big are serialised podcasts?
(Shows you need to start at the first episode and listen to the last.) Bumper looks at how they interact with each other and how you might market a serialised show by reaching audiences that already listen to them or listen to shows that are similar. Podtrac released its US Rankers for December 2024. Almost all publishers saw a decline in traffic, as is normal. Acast leapt from number five to number three. But the company releases its data after its quarterly financial reports.
So while everyone else is reporting on December, the Acast numbers are for October and are actually unchanged month on month. NPR News Now returned to number one podcast. Two shows from SiriusXM are new in the podcast charts, though SiriusXM isn't listed in the publisher's chart. Podcast hosting company RSS.com says its creators posted 37 years' worth of audio in 2024.
That's like creating more content in a single year than a person could realistically listen to in an entire lifetime, says co-founder Alberto Bertella. Not if you listen on double speed, it's not. Radio producer and podcast publisher LAist has announced a partnership with CBS Los Angeles, including giving LAist access to audio from KCAL TV and KCBS TV. Voting is now open for the People's Choice Award category at the UK's Political Podcast Awards.
Meanwhile, the Radio Academy's ARIA's open for entry today. And AdResults Media announced a strategic partnership with Stagwell's Brand Performance Network. In People News, Tamala Edmonds and Jeff Stormer have joined True Native Media. Edmonds joins his campaign manager, Stormer, as talent development manager. Arielle Nissenblatt has joined podcast production company Orderly as director of community and content.
Flora Lichtman has been announced as host of WNYC Studios Science Friday, joining Ira Flatow. And Michael MacDonald has been hired as SVP of sales and business development at Lemonada Media. He joins from iHeart. And in podcast news, Music Saved Me, hosted by Lynn Hoffman, has joined iHeart Podcasts today. Canadians are starting the new year with a big political shake-up, as their once-popular Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he'll resign. The current has dropped a solid debrief.
Mics to Millions returns this week for a new season, speaking to podcast creators about how to get more listeners, increase downloads and monetise your podcast, focusing on health and wellness podcasts. His first guest is me. And the Severance podcast with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott is new this week from Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios. It's a companion podcast to the Emmy and Peabody award-winning Apple TV Plus series.
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