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The Spotify Video Podcasts and Netflix situation, The last Marc Maron podcast episode is out, touching base on the podcasts that are eligible for a Golden Globe, another reality TV star signs a seven figure podcast deal, Edison Research acquired by SSRS, tips for brands to craft a successful podcast ad campaign, and stats! geographic and user agent!

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• (1:54) Signal Award Winners
• (2:46) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (4:39) Netflix and podcasting, oh my!
• (14:31) Marc Maron's WTF podcast ends
• (19:43) The 25 eligible podcast for a Golden Globe
• (28:55) Another 7 figure podcast deal
• (31:16) Edison Research acquired by SSRS
• (33:36) How brands can get the most of podcast ads
• (44:38) What do you want to know about the Shure MoveMic 88+ and MoveMic Two Receiver Kit
• (49:32) Bill O'Reilly's top 10 podcasts video
• (53:26) Stats: mean and median numbers
• (58:01) Where we've been and where are we going?

• Afros & Audio
• Libsyn Office Hours · Luma
• September Office Hours REPLAY: all about podcasting hardware
• Elsie as keynote speaker! Sign up for FREE: Latinas In Podcasting Virtual Summit 2025

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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• Netflix to Stream Selection of Spotify Video Podcasts Starting in 2026
• Netflix is making a big bet on video podcasts | The Verge
• Travis and Jason Kelce's New Heights Podcast Will Stream On Amazon Prime
• 'Like losing a friend': farewell to Marc Maron's pioneering podcast WTF | Podcasts | The Guardian
• Golden Globes: Podcasts Eligible for New Best Podcast Award Revealed
• The Golden Globes Reveals 25 Qualifying Podcast For 2026
• Kristin Cavallari Signs Seven-Figure Deal With Dear Media for 'Let's Be Honest' Podcast
• Kristin Cavallari inks eight-figure podcast deal after Jay Cutler divorce settlement drama
• SSRS Welcomes Edison Research in Acquisition to Expand Election and Media Research Offerings - SSRS
• 5 Key Insights Redefining Podcast Advertising in 2026: Creator Takeaways for a Better Podcast Ad Campaign - Official Libsyn Blog
• MoveMic 88+ - Wireless Video Microphone - Shure USA
• MoveMic Two Receiver Kit - Two-Channel Wireless Lavalier Microphone System With Receiver - Shure USA
• Bill O'Reilly on the Podcast World - YouTube

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SORRY THE EPISODE IS LATE! The movie start to podcast pipeline, Spotify's founder Daniel Ek stepping down, discussing how one third of U.S. adults get their news from podcasts, do we just ask AI questions and not vet the answers? Playing with Sora 2, how to get your podcast promoted in Apple Podcasts Podcasts and of course stats: mean and median download numbers.

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• (2:00) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (2:52) Movies stars choosing to come on podcasts!
• (12:25) Daniel Ek stepping down as CEO from Spotify
• (15:20) Audio Feedback: Patrick Keller!
• (18:17) Pew research: Americans getting their news from podcasts!
• (24:17) How we go about AI Research, and yes, we vet, think, discern and everything else
• (26:01) Hands-On with Sora 2 (OpenAI's AI Video App)
• (36:51) More on AI use and limitations
• (45:21) How to get your podcast promoted in Apple Podcasts
• (52:52) Stats: Mean and median numbers
• (54:32) Where have we been and were are we going?

• Audio featured: Patrick Keller from The Big Seance

• Libsyn Office Hours Replay! All about gear!
• New Podcaster Libsyn Q&A
• Latinas In Podcasting Virtual Summit with Elsie keynoting! It's FREE!

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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• Leonardo DiCaprio Among Celebrities Embracing Podcasts to Promote Movies
• Watch New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce podcast on Prime Video
• Travis Kelce Is Shocked He Booked Leonardo DiCaprio for Podcast
• IMDb | Submitting podcasts, commercials or music video
• Spotify Founder Daniel Ek To Step Down As CEO, Company Vets Named Co-CEOs. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• Pew: One-Third Of Americans Now Get News From Podcasts. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• OpenAI's New Sora App Lets You Deepfake Yourself for Entertainment | WIRED
• Tips for getting featured on Apple Podcasts - Apple Podcasts for Creators
• Apple Podcasts Feature Request - Airtable
• Libsyn Office Hours Replay! All about gear!

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Remembering Todd Cochrane and his impact on podcasting, discussing the Apple Event from the lens of podcasting, updates to Apple Podcasts on iOS 26. advertising and monetization announcements from YouTube, so many YouTube announcements for creators and audio first podcasters, limits in Apple Podcasts? We discuss, and as always stats, this time geographic and user agent!

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• (1:56) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (2:23) On Todd Cochrane and what he meant to us
• (9:10) Audio: Todd Cochrane on his journey into podcasting and the Blubrry origin story
• (14:24) Audio: Todd Cochrane on the power of the podcasting community
• (19:20) All about the "Awe Dropping" Apple Event from the podcaster's POV
• (23:32) Audio: Tyler Stalman using the AirPods Pro 3
• (34:38) More on AirPods Pro 3 and their sound quality
• Apple Podcasts iOS 26 updates
• (34:39) YouTube news on monetization and advertising
• (37:25) New YouTube tools for creators
• (39:58) YouTube announces new tools for audio podcasters and more!
• (43:11) That Hollywood Report article
• (56:23) Stats: geographic and user agent
• (1:00:36) Where have we been and where are we going

• Todd Cochrane
• Tyler Stalman

• SIGN UP! → Libsyn Office Hours for October!
• Afros & Audio | Black Podcasts
• PODFEST EXPO Our 12th Annual Event - PODFEST EXPO
• Home Page - NRB 2026 Convention | Feb. 17-20, 2026
• NAB Show. Where storytelling meets scale.
• The Podcast Show 2026

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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• Will AirPods Pro 3 be the new default wireless mic for content creators?
• iOS 26: What's new - Apple Podcasts for Creators
• Overcast
• YouTube announces new generative AI tools for Shorts creators | TechCrunch
• YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts | TechCrunch
• YouTube Plans to Win Over Spotify's Audio-First Podcasters With AI - Business Insider
• AI Podcast Start Up Plans 5,000 Shows, 3,000 Episode a Week
• Podcast Growth Tips That Work! From SEO to Social Media (Libsyn Office Hours Recap) - YouTube

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Remembering our good friend Todd Cochrane. This is a special feed drop of the memorial for Todd on the New Media Show, with Rob Greenlee, Adam Curry, Mike Dell, and Rob Walch. Todd you will be greatly missed.

Understanding podcast downloads and metrics, including what is the podcast market size? Insights from the Podcast Landscape 2025 report (part 1), claiming your podcast in Apple Podcasts when you don't have access to your original email, sharing your podcast in Spotify just got easier, and stats mean and median download numbers

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• (2:09) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (4:25) Is Chrome the new Safari of 'not real downloads'?
• (8:53) What is the podcast market size?
• (12:24) Discussing The Podcast Landscape (Part 1) from Sounds Profitable
• (37:13) Claiming your podcast in Apple Podcasts even if you don't have access to the email that you used to launch it
• (45:34) Looks like sharing your podcast on Spotify just got easier
• (53:26) About the Guiness Book World record that Taylor Swift set
• (56:50) Stats, mean and median numbers
• (58:58) Where have we been and where are we going?

• Afros & Audio | Black Podcasts
• PODFEST EXPO Our 12th Annual Event - PODFEST EXPO
• Home Page - NRB 2026 Convention | Feb. 17-20, 2026
• NAB Show. Where storytelling meets scale.
• The Podcast Show 2026

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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• Podcasting Market Size to Surpass USD 217.63 Billion by
• The Podcast Landscape 2025 Part One: Core Podcast Metrics - Sounds Profitable
• Sharing Podcasts Just Got Easier In Spotify With Launch Of In-App Messages. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• Guinness Confirms: Taylor Swift Helps 'New Heights' Set YouTube Podcast Record. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• Podcast Pros to Follow on Social Media | Podglomerate
• Smarter, Not Harder: A Guide to AI Podcasting Tools and Workflows - Official Libsyn Blog
• Podcast Movement Soundbites: Wisdom from the Libsyn Team - Official Libsyn Blog

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Libsyn Payouts to Producers over $100 Mil! Finally, what you've been waiting for, our thoughts on the Taylor Swift podcast appearance, plus, a bit of a Podcast Movement recap, some YouTube data audience percentages, what gets searched in Apple Podcasts and mean, median, geographic and user agents stats! --- and FYI: WE RECORDED BEFORE TAYLOR & TRAVIS GOT ENGAGED!

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• (2:27) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (3:07) Over 100M of payouts to creators from Libsyn!
• (4:26) The Taylor Swift appearance on a podcast
• (12:25) Podcast Movement merger news
• (24:36) Analysis of podcasting trends & the Hollywood Reporter article
• (36:35) What actually works in search in Apple Podcasts + naming best practices
• (43:40) The Age of Audio!
• (50:02) Podcast playback errors? YouTube links in the enclosure!
• (53:50) Stats! Mean, median, geographic and user agents
• (59:11) Where have we been and where are we going?

• CrimeCon
• Afros & Audio

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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• Libsyn 100M Creator Payouts Press Release!
• Libsyn Creator Payouts Jump 40% In First Half Ahead Of Expansion To Smaller Shows. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce - YouTube
• Taylor Swift's First Podcast Appearance Sends 'New Heights' To 10 Million Views. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• Seven-Figure Merger Brings Together Sounds Profitable, Podcast Movement. | Story | insideradio.com
• What's Next for Sounds Profitable - Sounds Profitable
• Twila Dang's LinkedIn Post #1
• Twila Dang's LinkedIn Post #2
• Who's Really Winning the Podcast Wars — and How

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Amazon is breaking up the operations of its Wondery podcast network and we get into it, working with AI to help with your podcast and keeping it human, rebranding your podcast, what to do before you change the name, plus we're headed to Podcast Movement!

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• (2:03) PROMO: Video Fuzzy
• (2:38) Elsie and Brian conversation
• (3:47) Wondery's Restructure
• (33:35) Broader creator economy themes
• (35:47) Using AI/automation for "Smarter, Not Harder" podcasting!
• (51:42) Podcast rebranding
• (1:01:56) The Libsyn Team at Podcast Movement
• (1:04:14) Where have we been and where are we going?

• PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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• Amazon to Cut Wondery Staff, Reorganize Audio Business - Bloomberg
• Amazon denies report it's shutting down Wondery podcast studio | TechCrunch
• Amazon's Wondery Restructure: Steve Boom on More Celebrity-Led Titles
• American Eagle Stock Soars After Trump Backs Sydney Sweeney Ad
• Libsyn Podcast Movement Dallas 2025 Sessions
• Dissecting...CON AIR (1998): The Pinnacle of 90's Action Movies? - Dissect That Film Podcast #213 - YouTube
• The Cinema Psychos Show -

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Apple Podcasts new listening reports, discussing global consumer trends and podcast marketing trends, geographic and user agents download stats and a lot more!

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• (1:57) Rob and Elsie conversation
• Condolences to the Osbourne family
• (3:14) If you sign up for Automatic Podcast Ads, make sure that you fill out all the relevant tax information!
• (5:50) Apple Podcasts have announced enhancements to their Listening Reports
• (8:58) Discussing the Times 100 best podcasts list
• (15:27) Conversation about the roll back of public media funding
• (21:18) When will Stephen Colbert start his podcast?
• (24:51) Creating private and accessible content for your audience
• The hybrid approach of membership plus advertising
• (28:27) Audio Feedback: Marc Gunn's Irish and Celtic Music podcast is 20!
• (29:43) WARC's 2025 Global Consumer Trends report
• (31:48) The Podcast Marketing Trends Report
• (45:42) Stats, geographic and user agent
• (49:12) Where have we been and where are we going?

• Marc from The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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• Subscription Listening Reports - Apple Podcasts for Creators
• 100 Best Podcasts of All Time | TIME
• NPR's top editor Edith Chapin is stepping down days after funding cuts - The Washington Post
• Media Bias Chart | AllSides
• Starlink hits new customers in rural NC with $500 'Demand Surcharge' | VERIFY | wcnc.com
• Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' has been canceled by CBS | AP News
• Budden Opens The Books: $20 Million In Annual Revenue, Most From Patreon Subs. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• Podcasting Poised To Benefit As Consumers Turn To Influencers. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• Podcast Marketing Trends 2025 Report | Data Driven Podcast Growth Insights - Podcast Marketing Academy
• Episode 57: Redefining Success in Podcasting with Elsie Escobar - Immigrant Nation | Podcast on Spotify

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Is learning to create a press release an asset for podcasters? Things to think about if you're going to shut down your podcast, a co-hosted in-person podcast set-up that portable and modern, Podlink is back to its original owner! can you put a PDF in your RSS feed? We clarity gathering all the data for your podcast, we got some great feedback on Libsyn's Multi-user, the Age of Audio documentary, and download stats, mean and median numbers!

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• (2:17) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (3:52) AUDIO FEEDBACK: Libsyn multi-user feature via Steve Stewart
• (9:09) The independent podcaster's survey!
• (10:33) Podlink is back to its original owner
• (13:16) What's the value of teaching podcasting students about creating a press release?
• (16:14) Understanding download data and suspect growth
• (25:39) Getting a PDF in an RSS feed? Best practices
• (30:00) Libsyn stats vs Apple/Spotify stats
• (33:57) AUDIO FEEDBACK: Advice on ending a podcast via Civilla Morgan
• (40:41) Modern in-person, portable podcast setups!
• (47:59) How do you get short, clean podcast links to Apple Podcasts and Spotify?
• (51:08) Rob featured on The Age of Audio documentary!
• (53:15) Review of research into politically themed podcasts' popularity from Castbox
• (1:00:32) Process of AI-generated summarized race reports
• (1:06:27) Stats! Mean and median download numbers!
• (1:08:05) Where have we been and where are we going?

• Steve Stewart
• Civilla Morgan

• Behind the Mic: 20 Years of Podcasting Secrets from Libsyn's VP | Podcasting Secrets (Audio)
• Behind the Mic: 20 Years of Podcasting Secrets from Libsyn's VP | Podcasting Secrets (Video)
• Diversity, Inclusion & Representation in Podcasting with Elsie Escobar - Linkedin live video stream

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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• Indie Podcasters' Survey 2025
• Podlink's Next Chapter
• Rob's PDF: Stats
• Cycling Together with Kristin and Steve
• H1 XLR 2 Track Handy Recorder | Buy Now | ZOOM
• PodTrak P4 Podcast Recorder | Buy Now | ZOOM
• RØDECaster Duo | Integrated Audio Production Studio | RØDE
• AGE OF AUDIO - YouTube
• New Political Podcasts Surge Past Veterans In Subscriber Race, Says TheRighting. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• Formula E and Google Cloud to Collaborate on Inclusivity Podcast for Visually Impaired - Jul 9, 2025

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