From Dublin Airport, the latest from our daily newsletter at podnews.net with CoHost. YouTube could be switching on dynamic ad insertion according to a report by Semafor. The report says YouTube would allow host-read ads to be dynamically inserted and swaps out within individual YouTube videos, as is already the case for audio podcasts using Open RSS. YouTube hasn't commented. Semafor does suggest that Spotify offers this product, but it doesn't.
Videos on Spotify don't have dynamic ad insertion, and uploading a video episode replaces any audio episode that does. 427,000 podcasts from members of the Podcast Standards Project now use additional Podcasting 2.0 features, according to a new update from the group.
It encourages cooperation between podcast hosting companies and podcast apps, and the post is the first since August last year, acknowledging the difficulty of making progress and asking for killer features to help move the project forward. Generative audio AI company aicoustics has raised €5 million in funding. The company is aiming to bring its AI-powered studio quality sound to every platform and device. The Signal Awards are open today for entries.
The awards boast new categories, including more for fiction podcasts and a new honour for thought leadership. And podcasters plan ahead. The average time it takes to be a guest on a podcast is 83 days, according to Interview Valley's 2025 State of Podcast Guesting Report. The data suggests that there are just over 100,000 podcasts actively seeking interviewees.
And in podcast news, in the Podnews Weekly Review, there's a full-length interview with Matt Medeiros today, talking about Podcasting 2.0 and his thoughts on how we can make podcast apps better. What do the labels on wine bottles really mean? We'll uncover why a wine labelled as one variety might contain more than just one grape in the mix. Some wines are blended, others aren't. You can learn why.
Mark Cuban, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cleo Abram and two 11-year-olds walk into a bar, or in this case into Naima Raza's podcast, Smart Girl Dumb Questions. Naima was formally heard on Kara Swisher's shows as the on-air producer. Now she's got her own show, full of sass, smarts and dumb questions on today's hot topics.
And the Women's Podcast Industry Network podcast launches a mini-season today to spotlight women in the podcasting industry who are leading the way in Africa, the UK and Canada. And this podcast is sponsored by CoHost. Want more listener insights without switching hosting providers? Explore co-host's prefix with in-depth podcast analytics and tracking links starting at just $15 a month. Sign up today for a free trial. There's a link in the show notes.
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