The Bootcamp for the Google Podcasts creator program has kicked off. The participants are working together for twenty weeks.

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Entale 3.0 features artificial intelligence, adding extra information and context automatically to podcasts.

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Himalaya have invested $100m in a launch of a creator-focused, innovative podcast platform, network and community.

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While only 7% of podcasters don’t keep any backups at all, many don’t store full backups of original material, says a survey

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The British Podcast Awards have announced their return for 2019. Entries open today for 15 categories.

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Spotify is in talks to buy Gimlet Media, it’s been reported. Recode quote the price as being $200m; Nick Quah adds that “a source … tells me that the specific price is $230 million”.

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RØDE, the Australian podcast equipment manufacturer, is giving away $150,000 worth of prizes in a competition announced today.

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Want to be at Podfest Expo in Orlando in early March, but can’t cover the travel costs? Himalaya, the presenting sponsor of the event, have put a fund together to cover at least 50 podcasters’ flights to PodFest.

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If you’re based in the US, and you currently make a podcast or support podcast production, WerkIt would like you to take a survey and help them get a view of the industry.

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Overcast, a popular iOS podcast app, has released v5.1. The author, Marco Arment, is most proud of instant search (which uses a cache on your device). Data point: over 80% of podcasts are added in Overcast by searching.

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