Open The Mic Newsletter — What Did You Miss in Podcast News?

Brett Johnson
3 min readMar 10, 2021

This issue brought to you by USA Access hosting services and Warm Welcome.

Small Change = Big Impactnotetofutureme.com
A small change with a big impact: no more “subscribe” as Apple Podcasts moves to “follow.” And it’s time for every podcaster to follow their lead.

Chadd Hollowed on Twitter: “We’re now averaging ~72,000 new podcast episodes per day. Seems like a lot.… “twitter.com

ART19’s “Director of Data”, Chad Hollowed, says that we’re now seeing 72,000 new podcast episodes per day (that’s five new podcasts every six seconds).

The Era of Audio Creators Has Arrived www.nytimes.com
A new company called Audio Collective has launched to help build businesses on Clubhouse as brands rush to leverage the platform.

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Call for Presentations for Podcast Movement 2021

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If you’re interested in speaking at Podcast Movement 2021 this August in Nashville, either as a presenter or panel moderator, then you’ve come to the right place! Each year, Podcast Movement gets nearly 1,000 submissions from podcasters and professionals from around the world who want to speak at Podcast Movement. With less than 100 speaking spots available, it has become competitive, however because the event covers so many different topics for so many different skill levels, if you submit your unique and awesome idea you still have a great shot at being selected.

Celebrating International Women’s Day With Our New Campaign: EQUAL — Spotifynewsroom.spotify.com

Called EQUAL, it includes a set of new playlists and content, and also establishes an EQUAL Board, offering a grant to fifteen organizations across the world to work on making the audio industry more equitable for women creators.

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Stay in touch at podcasts@circle270media.com. Contact me if you have any news about the podcast space you would like me to include. And it will include a big shout out to you and your podcast!

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