WTF No More: Marc Marren Ends His Iconic Podcast After 16 Years and 1.1 Billion Downloads.

• https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/06/02/58204/wtf%3F_marc_maron_ends_his_podcast_afetr_16_years?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-06-02

iHeartMedia Turns Up the Volume: True Crime Tonight Podcast Gets National Radio Launch.

• https://www.iheartmedia.com/press/iheartmedia-partners-kt-studios-debut-new-true-crime-format-across-broadcast-radio-stations?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-06-02

“You Stole My Voice”: Voice Actor Says AI Clone Hijacked for ScotRail Announcements.

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4q7984nq1o?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-06-02

Spotify Supercharges Podcast Discovery with Personalized Feeds and Episode Links.

• https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-05-28/its-even-easier-to-discover-your-next-favorite-podcast-on-spotify/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-30

YouTube Launches Weekly U.S. Podcast Charts to Spotlight Top Shows.

• https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-charts-top-us-podcasts/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-16

Spotify’s New “Plays” Metric Aims to Boost Discovery—But Sparks Creator Concerns

• https://creators.spotify.com/resources/news/plays-on-spotify?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-16

2025 Report Reveals Key Growth Strategies for Video Podcasts: YouTube Dominates, Personality Wins.

• https://www.sweetfishmedia.com/original-research?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-16

Golden Globes to Honor Podcasts with New Category in 2026.

• https://www.thewrap.com/golden-globes-2026-adds-best-podcast-category/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-12

How Small is Too Small?

• https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/spotify-plays-feature-smaller-podcasters-worried-rcna205651?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-12

All the latest Podcast News for April 2025, including:

Spotify Delivers Solid Quarter 1. Pays Out 100 Million dollars to Podcasters Amid Subscriber Surge

• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/originalchrispeterson_alright-alright-alright-q1-earnings-season-activity-7323030023307681793-yP4B/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-30

YouTube Turns 20, Celebrates with New Features, Easter Eggs, and a Look Ahead

• https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/happy-birthday-youtube-20/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-24

Digital Ad Revenue Hits Record 259 Billion Dollars in 2024, Fueled by AI, Video, and the Creator Economy

• https://www.iab.com/news/digital-ad-revenue-2024/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-21

Hybrid is Here: 77 percent of Podcast Listeners Now Switch Between Audio and Video, Study Finds

• https://barrettmedia.com/2025/04/04/77-of-podcast-consumers-alternate-between-audio-and-video-usage-new-coleman-insights-and-amplifi-media-dat-shows/

All the latest podcast news for March 2025.

Including:

Video Killed the Audio Star — YouTube Now Reigns Over Podcasting

• https://www.sweetfishmedia.com/blog/the-2025-state-of-video-podcasts

Not All Plays Are Equal: Inside the Podcast Metrics War Between YouTube, Spotify, and Apple

• https://wearebumper.com/blog/one-big-number-how-to-combine-audio-video-podcast-data-across-apple-spotify-and-youtube?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-03-24

Podcasting Hits Peak Popularity as U.S. Audience Tops 210 Million

• https://www.edisonresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Infinite-Dial-2025-Presentation.pdf?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-03-21

Google Gemini Turns Your Docs Into Talk Shows—AI Hosts Now Read and React

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-gemini-turns-your-docs-into-podcasts-with-ai-hosts/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-03-19

OpenAI’s New Audio Models Talk the Talk—But Can You Trust What They Say?

• https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/20/new-openai-audio-models/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-03-21#atom-everything

AudioShake Cracks the Code on Overlapping Voices With New Multi-Speaker AI

• https://www.audioshake.ai/press-releases/audioshake-launches-breakthrough-ai-model-to-separate-overlapping-voices-in-audio