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| Hey Insiders, It's almost the weekend, which means there's more podcasting news to enjoy in today's newsletter. We dive into multiple platforms offering new software and technology to podcasters and break down the top podcasts in May in Australia. Plus, don't forget to check out the shows to listen to this weekend! Want us to look into a specific show or trend in the industry? Let us know! Christopher
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| 1 | | In an attempt to keep up with competitors, Auphonic, the audio post-production service, is utilizing an AI-powered automatic generator that will produce Shownotes and Chapters for podcasters. This tool saves creators time and effort while generating summaries, intuitive chapter timestamps, and relevant keywords. More: - This will work across podcasts as well as audio and video files.
- Shownotes are said to help boost a show's Search Engine Optimization and increase its listeners.
- The Automatic Shownotes and Chapter features deliver speech transcription, and then open source tools and ChatGPT summarize the text in varying levels of detail.
- Auphonic's API is used by many other platforms, and this new feature will help it battle against rival Buzzsprouts and Capsho.
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What the numbers say: LiSTNR / SCA has the most shows currently in the Australian Podcast Ranker Top 30 for May. The podcast production company churned out 11 different shows that ended up in the Top 30 last month, by far the most out of any company. ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Australia came in second with seven shows, and Mamamia came in third with four. Relevance: The Australian Podcast Ranker released its May findings for the top shows in Australia last month. Hamish & Andy earned the most monthly listeners, while Casefile True Crime earned the most monthly downloads. There were multiple publishers that had more than one show in the Top 30, as News Corp and NOVA Entertainment had three and four, respectively. It should be noted that ABC, Australia's largest podcaster, is still not included in the rankings, as it was only added in March. More data: By far, Shadow of Doubt was the biggest winner of the month of May. The true crime show hosted by journalist Richard Guilliatt jumped up 54 spots in the May rankings, from 76 to 22. The Rush Hour with JB & Billy also made big moves, moving up nine spots. | | | |
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| 3 | | To keep up with the latest news cycles, New York Public Radio's WNYC is now launching NYC Now, a podcast that is updated three times per day. The episodes will range from three minutes to 10 minutes long. More: - The series is produced with its sister Gothamist website.
- The show will have an episode that listeners can start their day with during the morning. The lunchtime show will catch up with anything that happened during the morning, and then the recap show will publish toward the end of the day.
- The morning version of NYC Now will be on-demand versions of WNYC radio newscasts, while the lunchtime option will expand on developing stories. The evening is a roundup of local stories.
- "It's a part of our ambitious plan to bring together what you love about WNYC and Gothamist — to make vibrant local news available to our audience wherever they look for news, whether it's on-air, online, or on-demand," Editor in Chief Audrey Cooper said in a letter posted on Gothamist.
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| 5 | | LAist Studios, Southern California Public Radio's podcast studio, is facing cutbacks and layoffs. CEO Herb Scannell announced a shuffling of how it will operate and spend its money. More: - SCPR will eliminate about 12% of its positions.
- LAist Studios will be cutting back on limited-run podcast series while continuing to produce the weekly How to LA and the daily LA Report.
- SCPR is facing a drop in advertising revenue, and Scannell described the situation as "a rollercoaster — a rollercoaster up and a rollercoaster down," he said. "Now it's down."
- Scannell told LAist.com that revenue has dropped by a "couple of million dollars."
- The organization will aim to speed up how fast news gets to its website, and it will hire more website-focused reporters.
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| 6 | | Logitech Streamlabs, the suite of livestreaming tools, is adding Podcast Editor, software made specifically for podcast creators. Streamlabs is a division of Logitech and will offer Podcast Editor through its Ultra subscription. More: - The new tool will offer podcast editing capabilities and add that to the suite's robust offerings.
- Podcast Editor will help creators record and edit video and audio content faster, thanks to auto-generated transcripts, text-based editing, and resizing tools that make it easy to promote on social media channels.
- This allows users to customize clips, add images, create subtitles, and more.
- This will also allow live streamers to seamlessly upload and distribute content while streaming.
- 40 hours of content can be managed through the software.
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