From London, the latest from our daily newsletter at podnews.net with Red Circle. The podcast show in London is underway with record numbers of attendees registered to attend. Christiane Amanpour and Emily Maitlis, two veteran female journalists, have been confirmed for a behind-the-headlines session. And Apple Podcasts will deliver a session for the first time. Spotify's share of downloads is down year-on-year in the UK, according to OP3 data.
I was speaking this morning at the podcast show in London, comparing data from a typical week in April in 2024 and 2025. But it might just be that this is the growth of Spotify video, which won't be seen by third-party analytics services like this. Apple Podcasts increased its share by 4.3%. The data also doesn't show YouTube, Global Player or BBC Sounds. The Signal Awards released a new report about what podcasters can learn from the creator economy.
Enter the Engagement Era is available now, exploring how top podcasts are reconfiguring their businesses to become more responsive to their listeners. There's a link in our newsletter today. At the podcast show, FlightPath launched a predictive forecasting suite for video. By incorporating real-time virality signals and behavioural data, FlightPath is enabling clients to understand not just how a video will perform, but why.
The UK's Channel 4, the second oldest commercial television network in the UK, is to put its Channel 4.0 youth content onto Spotify video. This new, first-of-its-kind approach puts Channel 4 content in another place where people already are, the station said. PodScribe launched additional features, allowing advertisers to measure social media placements and give more finely grained access to data.
Bill Maher's Club Random Studios has closed, according to Semaphore, winning to their story today. Google has launched an app for Notebook LM, allowing you to listen on the go as well as interact with the hosts. The podcast show isn't the only podcast event going on this week. The Estacion Podcast Festival is on right now in Madrid, in Spain.
At the event, documentary indie podcast Las Raras is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a unique album titled Sound Trip, a sonic journey through some of their original music and soundscapes collected over the past decade. The album will be released at the event as a vinyl record, and it's already available on all major music platforms. In People News, in the US, Russell Weissman is to lead operations for Frequency's Premium Publisher Network. He joins from all things comedy.
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