Amplify Us

No show last week (no time) so we're back this week, recording just after 20 Oct 2018. This episode was made in Bristol and London, UK, It features podcast industry news, the Social 6 Pack, Top of the POP, the social audio stat of the week, and more.  It's brought to you by EMC, the Easy Media Company. See www.easymediacompany.uk. NEWS What's probably the most widely-used free audio editing programme in the podcasting world has has an upgrade. New version of Audacity is out. Version 2.3.0 was released at the beginning of the month. See https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-2-3-0-released/. The Guardian has an article about 'versification' podcasts https://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2018/oct/08/the-very-quick-slowdown-will-a-five-minute-poetry-podcast-calm-your-nerves Apple Podcasts charts controversy continues. Changes and improvements are coming to Google Podcasts app. This apparently includes a silence-trimming function as well as a way to help podcasters earn more from their shows. Rai