Podcast listening grows among Black Americans

Podnews Daily - podcasting news

This is sponsored by Riverside. Create studio-quality recordings and edit with lightning speed. Riverside is your podcast and video studio. With our latest updates, you can now edit faster and stream better. Elevate your podcasting game — try Riverside today.

Visit https://podnews.net/update/podcast-listening-black-audience for all the links, and to get our newsletter.

• Signal Hill Insights looks at The Listening and Consumer Habits of the Black (US) Podcast Audience, suggesting that the audience has grown 10% over the past year; and that they’re more likely to choose Sports, Music and Religion/Spirituality shows.
• Spotify announced a major update to its self-serve ad platform, Spotify Ad Studio - and a new name, now called Spotify Ads Manager. There are new ad formats and measurement tools, as well as a redesign.
• The British Podcast Awards announced the nominations for the 2024 awards. The winners will be announced on Sep 26 in central London, hosted by Marcus Brigstocke. The awards had over a thousand entries.

---

Classifieds - your job or ad here

🚀 Create a gorgeous podcast website in 5 minutes — 📈 Designed using marketing techniques developed by the best podcasters. 🔎 Searchable content. 📱Mobile optimized. 🕵️‍♀️SEO perfection. No code required.

Podcast Movement prices go up TONIGHT! — Don't miss out on the best prices to join us at podcasting's best and most important annual event. Save big before midnight tonight...don't miss the education, networking, or on getting business done!

Don't miss any of the action from Paris! — Keep the Flame Alive, the podcast for fans of the world's biggest sporting event, offers daily episodes from Paris with all of the results and the best the city has to offer. Join us for the fun!

---

• Sports podcasting is booming in the UK, says PressGazette. The article quotes YouTube views, which are public.
• Microsoft Research is demonstrating a tool it calls GraphRAG, which (in part) uses podcast transcripts to produce a “knowledge-graph” of a podcast, making it easier to search. The website contains a short demo and an arXiv paper.
• Google announced it is no longer planning to block third-party cookies in Chrome. Podcasts don’t use cookies; but podcasts do use IP addresses, which are increasingly hidden with VPNs, Apple’s Private Relay, and other tools. Google is suggesting it will hide IP addresses from Chrome next year.
• Magellan AI has announced support for UID2 and ID5, to help advertisers measure their campaigns. Replacing things like cookies and IP tracking, UID2 and ID5 are centrally-administered personal identifiers, which allow advertisers to recognise individuals and serve them targeted ads.

People News

• Micah Loewinger has been named as the co-host of On The Media, alongside Brooke Gladstone. He had been guest-host for a while. Former co-host Bob Garfield was fired in 2021 over bullying complaints.

Tips and tricks

• Danny Brown suggests that, if your podcast host offers it, dynamic content can be used for much more than just advertising.
• RedCircle suggest how to streamline your podcast process

Podcast News

• The first episode of Politickin’ was released, with Gavin Newsom talking about Biden dropping out of the US presidential race and Trump's assassination attempt. It's hosted by Gavin Newsom, Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch, and Doug Hendrickson.
• Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast has signed a multi-year extension with SiriusXM's Earwolf. The show will also release archive episodes. Scott Aukerman, the host, is currently on a 30-city international tour.
• Perfect Day with Jessica Knappett is brand new from the comedian, actor and writer. Fascinated by how her famous friends manage their days, Knappett digs into her guests’ daily routines, bizarre habits, and most embarrassing moments as she explores how we spend our most precious resource: time.
• Prognosis: Misconception is a new season from Bloomberg focusing on the fertility industry. A Bloomberg News story was published alongside the podcast, which takes a deep dive into how problems in the IVF industry have fueled conservative, anti-abortion forces who argue we need to restrict the industry.
• A seventh season of American Masters: Creative Spark starts today from PBS. The show illuminates the creative journeys of artists and icons across disciplines – from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jewel and Tony Award-winning actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker.

Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The Podglomerate, Simplecast, RedCircle, SALT, Resound, Podscribe, Cohost, Steve Lack: Audio, Audiohook, audioBoom, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, We Edit Podcasts, Podpage websites, Acast, Disctopia, Evergreen Podcasts, Libsyn, Knucklehead Media Group

Silver supporters: Storic Media, Bumper, Magellan AI, Frequency, PlayPodcast, Gumball, Huberman Lab, Ausha, POW PR, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, Cloud10, Voxtopica, Tink Media, Deepcast, Jonekiri, Podium , Truefans, SoundStack, Gilded Audio, Storyboard, The Podcast Haven, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Heartcast Media50, Podcast Taxi, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Optimal Living Daily, Oxford Road, Castos, Lemonada Media, Rephonic, Jam Street Media, Rhapsody Voices, Transistor, Wondery, Diversion Podcasts, Double Elvis Productions, Blubrry, Ossa Collective, matchmaker.fm, Headliner, Zvook, Podcast Partnership, StreamGuys, Hear.Here.Singapore, Content10x, Ad Results Media, She Podcasts, Cleanfeed, School of Podcasting, Sonix, Revolver Podcasts, Podcast Movement, Lower Street, Podigy, Adopter Media, Edison Research, Signal Hill Insights

Our personal supporters: Eric Montgomery, Amy Woods, John, Jessica Alpert Silber, Armel, Oludotun Oyebolu, Mikel Ellcessor, Gene Monterastelli, Neil Mody, David Lloyd, Steven Goldstein, Matt Wade, Ed Sullivan, Mirko Lagonegro, Andy Maher, The Virtual Couch, Kara Silverman, Eric Hunley, Lindsay Graham, Liz Covart, Justin Jackson, Karen Jackson, Owen Grover, CESLIE Armstrong, Søren Hugger Møller, Josh Withers, Patrick K. Walsh, Mike Rapin, Michael Dell, Eric Nuzum, Benjamin Masse, Brett Johnson, Steve Stewart, Mark Ramsey, Helene Pawlitzki, James Atkinson, Graeme Klass, Pete Morgan, Buzz Knight, Stew Redwine, Meggan Ellingboe, Mary Dooe, Alicia Mackey Huber, Rekha Murthy, Jody Avirgan, Mohammad Ali, Joe Stone, ShEvo (Sheila Dee & Evo Terra), Stephanie Arakelian, Kerry Donahue, Tony Garcia, We Are Libertarians, Niall Mackay, Suzanne Schultz, Joanne Phillips, Doug Downs, Lex Friedman, Dave Beasing, Jeremy McCarter, EarBuds Podcast Collective, Alan Haburchak, Paul Vogelzang, Vanessa Harris, Charles Spivey, Courtney Reimer, Brandon Schexnayder, Tom Teodorczuk, Ken Beyer, Bubbe Ann Schockett

Support Podnews, and our industry

Support us - this feed for Player.fm