From Toronto, the latest from our daily newsletter at podnews.net with Red Circle. German podcast platform Audiorella has launched Audiorella Data, a tool that gathers playback data from Spotify, YouTube and other key platforms into one dashboard. Acast released its financial report for quarter 125. The company saw sales growth of 30%, up to $55 million for the quarter. North America grew by 65%.
However, the company went back into loss, losing $3 million in the quarter, and total listens dropped by 1% year on year, though that is a creditable number given Acast lost the BBC in November. The South African government is planning to regulate podcasters.
A government minister said that there was an obligation to protect the rights of the people who use these podcast platforms, including equality, dignity and privacy, adding you can't have a platform where anything goes and has no regulatory parity.
Sports Social has launched five shows into the French podcast market, including one hosted by the French football legend Robert Perez, and the European Broadcasting Union released a proposal for five key principles for a code of practice for the use of AI by tech companies in news reporting. In people news, Mia Lobel has been hired as executive producer of podcast Slate. She was with Pushkin Industries and Forever Dog Productions have announced three hires.
Kristen Myers joining from SiriusXM and UTA as head of business development. Oscar Guido, formerly with Treefort Media, joining as strategic operations advisor. And Harry Nelson as a producer joining from Hyper Object Industries. And in podcast news, in South Africa, Samsung has partnered with the celebrity interview El Tido podcast. The show will talk about the new Samsung A-series phone.
Aliens, yes, but maybe no, is a podcast for the believers, the may-beers and the sceptics on all things alien. Learn alongside hosts Travis Wright and Josh Snodgrass as they traverse and debate the facts, history and lore, tackling a new alien-related topic each episode. Book publisher Flame Tree Publishing has launched a new podcast, the Flame Tree Myth and Fiction podcast. The show will feature short stories, author interviews and occasional special features.
And Those Who Can't Teach Anymore is back for a new season. It's an AMBE-nominated, award-winning seven-part narrative series, exploring why teachers are leaving education and what can be done to stop the exodus. And this podcast is sponsored by Red Circle. 8,500 podcasts say yes to getting paid through Red Circle. Join the cool kids and get your free trial. There's a link in the show notes. And that's the latest from our newsletter.
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