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• Hayti, a Black-owned news aggregation app, claims it is now the largest source of podcasts led by Black hosts. The app lists more than 2,000 shows.
• A new podcast hosting company, ShowPlatform, launched. The company offers 35 modules allowing entrepreneurs and influencers to host podcasts and repurpose them into different formats.
• Podcast host Podigee is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.

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• Bobby Lee, a comedian, is suing Amazon’s Wondery over a cancelled podcast contract.
• Adam Bowie was in the audience during the Edison Research presentation at The Podcast Show 2023. He posts more of the UK data shared at the event.
• Our Editor has uploaded a copy of his speech from The Podcast Show 2023 – on the last twelve months in podcasting, and the kind of industry we want podcasting to be in the future.
• LiveOne is looking to acquire Kast Media’s top shows in an all-stock deal. No further detail was given of ”the contemplated acquisition”.

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Moves and hires

• Julie Shapiro has been hired as a supporter and advisor to Canadaland, the Canadian podcast network. She had been with Novel, PRX and Radiotopia.

The Tech Stuff

• Popular Podcasting 2.0 app Fountain has seen an upgrade. It now supports transcripts (not just those using the podcast:transcript feature, but will produce transcripts on-demand); supports the liveItem tag; and works faster – with many other additions.
• Embedding a podcast player into your site? There are quite a few options…
• We wrote a piece on how to choose the best podcast host. SoundCloud isn’t it.

Podcast News

• Indian Podcasting Revolution is a new show looking at the podcast industry in India. The show, hosted by Roshni Baronia and Rohit Kokane, gives a shoutout to noteworthy Indian podcasts, interviews successful independent podcasters and gets insights from global experts to shape up the Indian podcasting landscape.
• New in New Zealand this week is The Good Sex Project from Stuff: ”proudly brought to you by Hell”, the website says, which turns out to be a pizza chain. Hosted by Melody Thomas, the podcast is all about good relationships; while Hell will serve you up Brimstone, Pandemonium, Gluttony and a vegetarian option of Purgatory.

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