Sometimes it’s good to break your own format — and in this week’s Stop Rewind Play, I’m doing just that.

This episode is a summer experiment, pulling highlights from the Rewind section of my Substack newsletter rather than my usual strategy deep-dive. It’s a quick run-through of the audio industry stories that caught my eye this week - and a teaser for the full set of links in the newsletter itself.

So in this week’s episode of Stop Rewind Play, I talk about…

- Why Amazon’s closure of Wondery could shift premium podcasts behind subscription paywalls - and what that might mean for open RSS access

- Newsrooms in Latin America using behind-the-scenes podcasts to build audience trust

- Bengaluru Airport’s new sonic identity and the Special Olympics GB’s inclusive audio brand

- Google’s Pixel Buds 2a bringing premium listening features to a lower price point

- Meta’s AI audio acquisition and a growing “two-tier” future for podcast accessibility

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Suze Cooper works as a freelancer offering expert audio production, editing, and storytelling for publishers, newsrooms, and media outlets. Visit www.bigtentmedia.co.uk

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