Special Guests: <ul><li>Chris Quamme Rhoden on Acast's work in the Podcast Standards Project.</li><li>Nick Hilton talks about host reads.</li></ul>News: <ul><li><a href='https://livewire.io/podcast-hosts-by-episode-share/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-02'>Spotify for Podcasters posted its second-highest share of new episodes</a>, growing 13% since January. </li><li><a href='https://podcasters.spotify.com/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-03'>Spotify for Podcasters</a> is rolling out the company’s monetisation programs, <a href='https://help.spotifyforpodcasters.com/hc/en-us/articles/12587122782619-Automated-Ads?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-03'>Automated Ads</a> and <a href='https://help.spotifyforpodcasters.com/hc/en-us/articles/12579089225499-Ambassador-Ads?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-03'>Ambassador Ads</a>, to more countries.</li><li><a href='https://www.iabuk.com/news-article/digital-ad-spend-resilient-face-challenging-2022-market-grows-11-ps261bn?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-04-28'>Podcast ad spending grew by 32% last year in the UK</a>, according to the IAB.</li><li><a href='https://nickfthilton.medium.com/lets-change-the-standards-for-host-read-podcast-advertising-5f8d631bea9?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-01'>Let’s change the standard for host-read advertising</a>, says Nick Hilton in a blog post. He argues we’re undervaluing the medium: echoing <a href='https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/interviews/dan-granger/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-01'>Dan Granger’s thoughts in the Podcast Business Journal</a> last Friday.</li><li><a href='https://www.thepodcastacademy.com/leadership?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-05-01'>The Podcast Academy has announced the association’s 2023-2024 Officers</a>. </li><li><a href='https://publisherpodcastawards.com/winners2023/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-04-27'>The winners of The Publisher Podcast Awards</a> were announced. The Podcast of the Year went to <a href='https://podnews.net/podcast/ia0sh'>Hot Money</a> from the Financial Times.</li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1538779/open_sms">Send James & Sam a message</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support">Support the show</a>Connect With Us: <ul> <li>Email: <a href='mailto:weekly@podnews.net'>weekly@podnews.net</a> </li> <li>Fediverse: <a href='https://podcastindex.social/@james@bne.social'>@james@bne.social</a> and <a href='https://podcastindex.social/@samsethi'>@samsethi@podcastindex.social</a> </li> <li>Support us: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support'>www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support</a> </li> <li>Get Podnews: <a href='https://podnews.net'>podnews.net</a> </li> </ul>

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