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Keeping the 'flu at bay, we start the new year with a quick summary of the key podcast trends and predictions drawn from some leading reports we've read over the last couple of weeks. This includes PWC's Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2018 -2022,  the BBC Sounds' special report on podcast audio dramas, the Stitcher podcasting report, and Voxnest's 'Podcast Universe' release. We also touch on other news, including IAB Certifications begin, two new podcast festivals in the UK, and more. In addition to these podcast industry stories from the last week, we have Top of the POP, our Social 6-Pack, the Social Audio Stat of the week, new tools or resources, and a quick glance at podcast-related conferences coming up around the world in the next few months.  Plus, we tell you what the most popular global English-language podcasts are at the moment as ranked by the Apple Podcasts directory LINKS Voxnest 'State of the Podcast Universe" Report  BBC Sounds report on Audio Drama podcast genre PWC

Recorded in early December 2018 in Bristol and London, UK. Dipping into the last 7 days' news from the social audio world including new UK podcast events, Global's app welcomes other podcasts, what's covered by the top podcasts on podcasting, and other DIY media-making updates. IN THIS EPISODE: Last Week In Podcasting including Global's app now taking other podcasters' shows, UK-based poker podcaster hit with £6m lawsuit for illegal music use, and another daily news podcast launches. Top of the POP (Podcasts On Podcasting):we list all their latest show topics. All Ears: the #1 podcasts in English-speaking countries. Social 6-Pack: top 6 free podcast-relevant apps in the top app stores for the leading 4 platforms (iOS, Android, Windows and Amazon). Stat of the Week: 200 thousand new shows in one year. CALENDAR Podcon 2 JAN 19-20, 2019, WHERE: SEATTLE, WA  New Media Summit – February 21-23, 2019 – Tampa, FL A new podcasting fan convention, POD UK, is coming to  Birmingham UK on Feb 2nd 20

Recorded in late November 2018 in Bristol and London, UK. Dipping into the last 7 days' news from the social audio world including new UK podcasts, AudioUK podcast winners, what's covered by the top podcasts on podcasting, and other DIY media-making updates.  CALENDAR 9th UK Audio Production Awards - London, 22 Nov. Aims to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in audio and radio production . There is a category for Best Podcast Producer.  The UK Audio Production Awards Podcon 2 JAN  19-20, 2019, WHERE: SEATTLE, WA https://www.podcon.com/ PodFest Mar 7 to 9 2019 Podfest in Orlando http://podfest.us Social Media Marketing World 2019, March 20-22, 2019 in San Diego, CA. https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/smmworld/ ==================== This podcast was presented by Kyle Hannan, founder of EMC, the Easy Media Company. (No, they do not have a course to sell or a product to promote). He works as a corporate podcast specialist who just loves podcasting and wants to sha

Recorded in mid November 2018 in Bristol and London, UK. Dipping into the last 7 days' news from the social audio world including RAIN Summit Europe, Google Podcasts new 'share' button, user stats from Spotify and the Social 6 Pack.  CALENDAR 9th UK Audio Production Awards - London, 22 Nov. Aims to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in audio and radio production . There is a category for Best Podcast Producer.  The UK Audio Production Awards Podcon 2 JAN  19-20, 2019, WHERE: SEATTLE, WA https://www.podcon.com/ PodFest Mar 7 to 9 2019 Podfest in Orlando http://podfest.us Social Media Marketing World 2019, March 20-22, 2019 in San Diego, CA. https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/smmworld/ ==================== This podcast was presented by Kyle Hannan, founder of EMC, the Easy Media Company. (No, they do not have a course to sell or a product to promote). He works as a corporate podcast specialist who just loves podcasting and wants to share it with more people. Th

Recorded just after 5th November 2018 in Bristol and London, UK.  It's brought to you by EMC, the Easy Media Company. See www.easymediacompany.uk. NEWS: the last 7 days in the social audio world. The Guardian has launched its daily news podcast, Today In Focus. Just 3 subscribe buttons on the site: for Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Is this the new Trinity of podcast subscriptions? Perhaps a 'subscribe on Android' would be a good idea too. No Stitcher?https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus. RAIN Europe summit preview https://rainnews.com/tag/rain-summit-europe/ We've come across a really useful and interactive "Timeline of Podcasting" by Sidewalk Labs editorial manager and City of the Future podcast cohost Vanessa Quirk. http://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1PCTbosxqjGWzq2p84zxqAqAY4rVBjsHJlgFPJUEHR-Q&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650 While it's definitely good news in many ways, we recently shared some

Recording just after 28 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+ the last 7 days in the social audio business. Libsyn launches Publish Hub plugin for WordPress.  https://wordpress.org/plugins/libsyn-podcasting/ RadioToday's UK website is one of many to report that US network HeartRadio is launching the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards, set for the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles on Friday 18th January 2019. They'll stream it live too. https://www.iheart.com/podcast-awards/ The Peoples Choice Podcast Awards is now in its 14th year and the deadline for their 2018 nominations is this Wednesday 31st oct. More from https://www.podcastawards.com/ The British Podcast Awards are now going into their third year this coming May (https://www.britishpodcastawards.com)   entries will soon

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

It's a podcast watchfest as we link to catchup videos from Nextradio, OzPod, Radio Days Europe and International Podcast Day. Also Google, Facebook and Instagram all doing interesting things with audio. Watch this year's NextRadio sessions from last month's London conference at https://next.radio/. Leo La Porte's weekly webshow "TWIG - This Week In Google" featured the Chief Digital Writer for the Columbia Journalism Review Matthew Ingram, talking about his recent article ""The podcast bubble is bursting". You can read the original article at https://www.cjr.org/the_new_gatekeepers/podcast-bubble-burst.phpwatch.  Watch the show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/476?autostart=false.. In a week's time, the BBC will be launching a new podcast called Multi Story. It offers a collection of personal stories following a different theme each week handpicked from audio that has previously aired on Local Radio stations. Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts Google is launchin

Some of the week's biggest podcast industry news, including Apple podcast guidance, the thing with Spotify stats, the other thing with Apple Podcasts Connect's infinite login loop, and more. INCLUDING Top of the POP (Podcasts On Podcasting): what the top podcasts about podcasting are talking about Social 6-Pack: the top 6 media-making or social media apps in the Windows, Android and Apple app stores. Stat of the week Global Podcasting Events   CALENDAR Registration is now open for Radio Days Europe 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland,  www.radiodayseurope.com International Podcast Day September 30, 2018 Worldwide internationalpodcastday.com wearepodcast.com • October 18-20, 2018 • Brisbane, Australia. The 4th annual We Are Podcast, the first podcast conference to launch in the southern hemisphere. Chicago Podcast Festival chicagopodcastfestival.org • November 26-December 2, 2018 ======================================= This podcast was made by Kyle Hannan, founder of EMC, the Easy Media Company. He does

Recorded on a dodgy microphone overnight in central London (left the audio recorder behind, didn't I? But when you've got to record, you've got to record). Welcome to the new weekly Amplify Us, Episode 40 for the weekend ending 24th September 2018. A 15 minute look back at what's happened over the last week in the world of social audio, podcasting, personal broadcasting and DIY media-making, and do it all from a UK perspective. IN THIS EPISODE some of the week's biggest podcast industry news what the top podcasts about podcasting are talking about thoughts and impressions from attending this weekend's London Podcast Festival takeaways from this last Monday's annual NextRadio conference, put together by two people who themselves are well known in the podcasting world. which DIY media-making apps are being downloaded most on the app stores this week. LINKS PodChaser recently updated their platform and what they now do is offer podcaster profiles with a new Creator Pages feature. More at www.podchaser.com/ US-

"Fake Yous" - How to avoid the rubbish and instead, find the REAL you, the authentic stories of your business that genuinely connect with your community and customers. Hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of EMC, the Easy Media Company, and co-hosted by online marketing consultant and author Stephen C Campbell   GUESTS We're joined by Ursula Hutchinson and Vanessa Oncoro of Bristol agency Konichiwa PR to talk about their work with local businesses. They share their discoveries about trends, best practices and techniques for using a genuine online presence to drive local customers to what they do. Follow their projects at http://konichiwa-pr.co.uk, find out about The Bearpit (https://www.bearpitbristol.co.uk) and discover Indies in Bristol (https://www.facebook.com/indiesinbristol) We also have our Spanish correspondent Craig Wealand with his take on what's happening in the world of DIY media-making in sunnier climes. Visit him on http://www.inglespodcast.com/   WHAT WE 'RE LISTENING TO URSULA listen

Recorded in our new HQ at Redbrick House in Bristol, we discuss how to spring clean your social media-making to get it ready for the new season and the new financial year. Hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of EMC, the Easy Media Company, and co-hosted by online marketing consultant and author Stephen C Campbell   THINGS WE TALK ABOUT This month's South by South West festival in Austin, Texas, marks the 10th birthday of Twitter, which debuted there a decade ago. We talk VR/AR for free, new video-making tools, the latest iTunes UK Podcast Charts and have a romp through some of the latest developments in DIY media-making using free and open source tools.   OUR GUEST Georgina Malabar is Finance Director of PaperArts cic, the organisation behind our current home at Redbrick House, a new social and creative co-working space in Bristol. (See the video tour we mentioned)   DIY MEDIA IN THE NEWS Russell Brand has a new podcast Vimeo launches a new 360' video channel FRESH 360 along with a w

Recorded in our new HQ at Redbrick House in Bristol. The DIY media-making landscape is changing rapidly so we kick off the new year with a look at what we're doing more of, what we're doing less of, what we've learned from the last 12 months and what we NEED to take on board for the NEXT 12.   Plus, puking rainbows (more on that later). Hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of Ecomedia Collective and co-hosted by online marketing consultant and author Stephen C Campbell OUR CONTRIBUTORS ARE BEN ROYSTON Eurovision Song Contest Expert, football blogger, Marketing Consultant, Copywriter and runs an online marketing communications specialist website called 'Bristol Marketing' but most recently a masters student in Urban Planning http://benroyston.com/ CRAIG WEALAND of the Ingles Podcast (http://www.inglespodcast.com/) recorded a  'back in the saddle for 2017' report for us from his studio in Valencia, Spain. LOOKING BACK We said goodbye to Meerkat, Google+ (or did we?), Twitter's 14- characte

How do DIY media-makers choose what to do and where to offer it? What are the opps in the apps? And why are we raving about adverts for new devices we would never buy? Hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of Ecomedia Collective and co-hosted by online marketing consultant and author Stephen C Campbell Our special guest is Isaac Baltanas, Spanish podcaster, broadcaster and coordinator of the recent JPOD2016 Spanish Podcasting Conference in Malaga, which was where Kyle caught up with him recently. He talks about the conference, special guests from the UK including Professor Richard Berry, Craig Wheland and Spanish podcast companies like iVoox, Spreaker and more.      OUR THEME: "THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO 'MMM' How do you match your message to your market? Is it all about improving the engagement with your existing community/market? Is it worth adopting and improving on the messaging used by your competitors, using their style to attract attention in THEIR market and win over new customers

Autumn is here and so is the rush of invitations to end-of-year trade shows, annual conferences and AGMs. The focus of the show is on new and effective ways of making media while you're there. Our special guest is writer, producer, director and documentary-maker Kieran Conlon of Realta Films. With over 25 years experience as an independent filmmaker, he has specialized in providing video content for Arts organizations such as the Guildhall School of Music and The Royal Society of the Arts and is also  a visiting lecturer in the Documentary BA course at The  University of the Arts in London. As usual, the show is hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of Ecomedia Collective, co-hosted by online marketing consultant and author Stephen C Campbell and we're joined by regular contributor Peter Brill of Net Mentor.   THINGS WE MENTION An amazingly useful and podcaster-friendly free live streaming video service suddenly vanishes. Yep,  BLAB IS DEAD. But we always had Google Live Hangouts on A

The first London Podcast Festival, the UK's Best Community Radio Station, the history of the headphone, and more. Hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of Ecomedia Collective and co-hosted by online marketing consultant and author Stephen C Campbell   In this episode it's HELLO to: Zoe Jeyes, the curator of the very first London Podcast Festival the month of September which brings us International Podcast Day on the 30th Paul Hassan, one of the core team behind what's just been announced officially as the UK's very best community radio station: Bristol's very own Ujima Radio Apple's latest iPhone 7    US stats which reveal why podcast listeners love listening to podcasts   And it's GOODBYE to: the headphone socket on the world's most popular media-making gadget. confusion about how to measure the effectiveness of adverts in podcasts   OUR GUESTS ARE Zoe Jeyes is curator of the London Podcast Festival, which is just part of her job as Operations Director at Kings Place, London Paul Has

EPISODE 13: "YEARNING, LEARNING, EARNING".  SHOW SUMMARY what's it like to study media-making at a UK university how does this compare to how we learned to make media in the pre-WWW era? what does the billionth iPhone mean for DIY media-makers? how did Ben Royston reach almost 4 million people with just two tweets? and more... It's Summer here in the UK, which means school's off. It also means that our new academic year starts this September for thousands of new media students across the country. Their media degrees (they hope) will prepare them for a career in this age of hypermedia. So we thought it made sense to sit down with someone who's just BEEN through all of that. In this podcast we meet a recent media graduate and talk about how his degree has prepared him for a career in media-making. What did he learn and how did he feel it prepared him for what awaited him in the real world?   SHOW HOSTS Hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of Ecomedia Collective Co-hosted by

 EPISODE 12 "Legacy Schmegacy:   here today, gone tomorrow" Above and beyond:  how a business/media-maker can remain unbiased and rise above the controversy of the day without being seen as 'out of touch' what does the popularity of 'time limited media/now you see them, now you don't' platforms like Snapchat offer a brand or media maker. As we're no longer creating posts and media that can be archived, how do we use them effectively - especially without the typical 'feedback loops' we're used to with other platforms. Goodbye EU, goodbye Glastonbury, goodbye team England at the Euro 2016 - hello Summer (sometime) but Wimbledon is here and that brings us into a very interesting conversation later as the organisation says it was adopting Snapchat as a way to reach younger audiences   Show Hosts Hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of Ecomedia Collective co-hosted by online marketing consultant and author Stephen C Campbel Contributor Peter Brill of Netmentor on what's new in the world of D

It's all about live video - or is it? We riff on changes to how best to use media on Facebook, Prince as a tech entrepreneur, the differences between creatives and corporates when it comes to making their own media, and we sit down with part of the team behind one of Bristol's most iconic community media-making institutions, KWMC. Amplify Us is a monthly podcast about social audio and personal broadcasting. It's produced and presented by Kyle Hannan of the Ecomedia Collective with co-host Stephen C Campbell and recorded at the Peoples' Republic of Stokes Croft in the heart of Bristol, UK.   STORIES Podcasting News, including Google's relaunch of built-in podcast support for their Android platform via Google Play Music and we count down the iTunes UK Podcast charts for April. We remember Prince as a social media innovator and also as a lesser-known socially-conscious tech advocate via his 'YesWeCode' project. Facebook launches FB Live Video and 360 Video   GUESTS We're joined by Rachel

AMPLIFY US 10 for  March 2016 'The Only Way Is Up' Snapchat makes vertical media a real thing. Look around. Pioneering launch immersion/Ar/VR as Facebook's Oculus Rift  launches this week so what are the options for DIY VR and AR? Why is this important? Update on Apple: iPhone is hacked by FBI, new smaller iPhone and iPad pro are released. Smaller screens mean media has to be made in a particular way. New developments for this podcast series Topicality wins the day as brands move to multiple topic-led FB pages instead of their own websites. Show Hosts Hosted by Kyle Hannan, founder of Ecomedia Collective co-hosted by online marketing consultant and author Stephen C Campbell Feature Presenter Peter Brill of Netmentor on what's new in the world of DIY comms and PR tips What's New in the world of podcasting and social audio? (K&S) Amazon.com Inc. is ramping up its investment in podcasts and other radio-style shows to expand the types of programming it offers via Audible, the audiobook compa