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Wondercraft launches Ad Studio

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The Tech Stuff

  • Covered by Podnews in February, Metacast has launched v1.0 of its podcast app for Android users, which offers transcripts for every podcast.

    • We spoke to the team: it uses the Apple Podcasts directory for initial listing; and is working on supporting creator-produced transcripts (though doesn’t yet). The website mentions “easy ad-skipping” - it’s only easy because the transcript helps you read the ads and skip forward if you choose.
  • PodLP has migrated to use The Podcast Index, rather than its own scrapers and tools. “Four years after launch, maintaining an affordable, up-to-date index without inadvertently dropping podcasts, displaying duplicates, or going out-of-sync has proven challenging.” It means the popular flip-phone podcast app now has more than 4mn shows available.
  • Podcasting 2.0 player TrueFans has made the process of “streaming sats” easier, avoiding the hassle of having to buy complex cryptocurrency on other services (which isn’t very easy in some countries). Now, you can just use your regular credit card to top up your balance in TrueFans, to help pay podcasters for the shows you like.
  • Article2Audio is this week’s “turn a webpage into a podcast” code - they’re everywhere! This one uses OpenAI.

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  • New, from Airwave: True Spies takes you inside the world’s greatest espionage and detective operations. Our hosts Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Sophia Di Martino and Daisy Ridley talk to the real spies behind the missions. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position? We explore and investigate real life thrillers, mysteries and crimes - stories that prove truth is stranger than fiction! These stories cover lies, murder, theft, sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll.
  • The New York Times has released The Headlines on all podcast platforms, reversing a strategy of keeping it to subscribers-only. It “quickly became the most popular feature in the Times Audio app”, according to the company. It’s hosted by Tracy Mumford, from London. The NYT Audio app was launched for iOS users in April 2023; it's still not available on Android.
  • About Place has returned for season four, from furniture design company MillerKnoll. The podcast interviews thought-leaders, designers and researchers about how the places we create can positively impact how we work and live. The first guest is Timothy Ahrensbach, Global Head of Workplace Experience at Lego. Presumably a carpet strewn with sharp pieces of pointy plastic is only something for parents' living rooms.

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