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• Mike Carr. - Crowd Network 

NEWS:

• Spotify has acquired Podsights and Chartable
  
  
• Spotify has published an interview with Sean Creeley from Podsights
  
  
• Apple has just published a guide to getting promotion for your podcast from Apple Podcasts
  
  
• Breakit, a Swedish news website, has published an article (translated) that alleges downloads are being bought on Spotify
  
  
• iHeartRadio in the US has signed with Sounder to offer advertisers brand safety tools. The company is a seed investor in Sounder’s latest Series A funding round
  
  
• Podnews is launching the first annual report card for the podcast industry. Please give your views here before Mar 1.
  
  
• Delegate day passes have just gone on sale for The Podcast Show 2022, coming to London in May. May 25-26  You can get your day passes today - use promo code PODNEWS for 20% off a limited number of day passes. Podnews is a media partner (and we’ll be there)
  
  
• A podcast has turned into its own radio station in the UK
  
  
• Facebook appears to have rolled-out audio rooms across the world 
  
  
• Amazon and Spotify are both said to be considering buying Audioboom

EVENTS: 

• Podcast Futures 2022: Feb 22 · Virtual · free
• Podcast Movement: Evolutions: Mar 23 · Los Angeles, California, USA
• The Podcast Show 2022: May 25 · London, England, UK

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