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The Webby Awards - first. From Sydney, the latest from podnews.net with Podcastle. Create, edit,

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publish and grow.

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The Webby Awards will announce the winners of the 28th annual awards later today but

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we can exclusively reveal that Julia Louis-Dreyfus will receive the Webby Podcast of the Year

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Award for Lemonada Media's Wiser Than Me. The Webby Podcast Company of the Year goes

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to iHeartMedia. We've details of 14 more awards ahead of the release of the full list.

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Google appears to have set a date for Google Podcasts to be switched off in countries outside

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the US. A support document has been updated to say users outside of the United States

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will be able to use Google Podcasts until mid to late June, 9-to-5 Google has spotted.

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Well, how is YouTube being reviewed? YouTube Sucks For Podcasts is the none too subtle headline

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from Android Police. Inside Podcasting, a podcast newsletter, has not published an issue since

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March the 21st. We understand that a majority of the editorial staff at the company have

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been laid off. Spotify is removing the separate login for Spotify for Podcasters, its podcast

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host. From May the 14th you'll be required to use a Spotify login rather than your old

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Anchor one. The benefits are that you'll be able to manage more than one podcast with

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the same login and be able to invite teams. And Veritonic has inked to deal with AppsFlyer

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to allow the company access to real time data on in-app conversion actions across mobile

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devices. In People News Novel has a new CEO Craig

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Strachan: he joins from Amazon Music where he was Global Head of Podcast Industry. And

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in podcast news Bear Brook has returned today from NHPR with a special episode almost five

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years after the true crime podcast first came out. There's been a sudden development in

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the 1988 case of the murder of Sharon Johnson. Exhibit A is new this week from Abby Clancy

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who's married to Peter Crouch who both own Marvelous Media a new podcast network which

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is to launch up to ten new shows this year which is working with Acast who will be monetizing

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both the audio and video output across all platforms. And The Letter has returned for

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a new season from KSL Podcasts and the Webby Award winning, Lemonada Media. Ripple Effect

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explores a 1982 murder of two young fathers. Trailers for selected shows are in our podcast

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called New Podcast Trailers and we're sponsored by Podcastle. Create, edit, publish and grow

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your podcast all in one collaborative AI powered platform. Make your voice heard with

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Podcastle. Find a link in the show notes and that's the latest from our newsletter to read

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