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• Podcast Days took place in Madrid, Spain. It was held at the College of Architects of Madrid, and contained panel sessions, awards and announcements.
• Amazon is now spending the most to advertise on podcasts. Magellan AI released the top podcast advertisers for September, showing that BetterHelp has (just) retreated to #2. Betterment, a financial app, posted the biggest increase in spend. There’s a webinar with more detail on Thursday.
• Research from Nielsen in the UK claims podcast listening is twice as popular as other data from RAJAR, UK regulator Ofcom, and Edison Research - suggesting 42% of people aged 18+ are listening to podcasts every week: and that podcast consumption in the country has “grown by 43%” over the last six months - growth which is not reflected in other data. Queries made by Podnews to Nielsen have only been answered by Acast, the company that commissioned the information for its sales team.

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