August 25, 2025

Now, Golden Mike Awards for podcasts

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The “Golden Mike Awards” for broadcast radio and TV news have opened the awards program to independent podcast producers from around the US. One of the most prestigious and difficult to win awards, you’ve from Sep 1 to Oct 3 to enter.

AdLarge, the fwd. network, and NumberEight have partnered to produce what they dub “privacy-first audience targeting”. The tool uses AI to “leverage anonymized first-party listening signals and rich content metadata to match brands with high-value audiences”.

In Australia, SBS has opened its new podcast pitching call, looking for podcast ideas that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, and in doing so, reflect Australia’s multicultural society. Podcasts are in English and other languages.

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August 25, 2025

Now, Golden Mike Awards for podcasts

4 minutes

> > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.

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