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In Case You (Were Podcasting and) Missed It

🎙️ Some popular podcasters are moving away from the interview format. Ashley Carman at Bloomberg examines the interesting reasons why.

🎧 New Metric Media, which produced the hilarious series Letterkenny, is launching a comedy podcast division. They'll likely put bums in seats.

Sounds Profitable examines the details, and super fine print, of the recent announcement of Spotify for Creators.

🏅 Here come the "best of" lists. Time shares its 10 best podcasts of 2024.

💡 How to balance authenticity and marketing while building your brand. This solid info comes from Rolling Stone, believe it or not.

🗞️ 40 media podcasts that should be on every journalist's radar for 2025. The list comes from the UK but has plenty of validity anywhere.


The Lighter Side

Ummm? Apparently all of the best podcasters are 30-something white dudes with moderate facial hair. This is what AI Test Kitchen generates when asked what the best podcasters of 2024 look like. Our future bot overlords really missed the boat on this one. Also, the guy third from the left appears to have not received a medal. But he's still happy, good for him.

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