Weekly Wrap: The 60 Minutes Franchise Makes a Move, Big Money Podcasts, and More AI


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In Case You (Were Podcasting and) Missed It

⏱️ Does "fast" mean it will be quicker than an hour? CBS is debuting the 60 Minutes FAST channel. 60 Minutes continues to be a content juggernaut across all kinds of platforms.

πŸ“Š Big dollar podcasting deals mean good things for podcasting overall. These big time hosts are getting big time deals.

πŸ€– Banter between AI hosts is now a thing (whether it's intelligent banter or not remains to be seen). How Google is using AI to generate podcasts from your ideas.

β˜‘οΈ If you're one of the few who just haven't had enough politics yet. Audible lists the most listened to top 11 political podcasts of 2024.


The Lighter Side

We are indeed still messing around with Google's AI Test Kitchen. This week's is easily the most insightful image generation to date. The prompt was simply, "what the world looks like without podcasts."

Nailed it!

The empty headphones are a little eerie, as is the smartphone lying idle (apparently, it no longer serves a purpose without podcasts). Not entirely sure where the cord plugged into the phone goes, but that's a mystery for another day. The bots nailed this one.


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