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• The winners of the sixth annual Ambies awards were announced last night - Tenderfoot TV’s Wisecrack walked away with four awards including Podcast of the Year. Jodie Tovay, the co-host, accepted the award, noting twice that the show had been turned down by all the major (television) streamers. Kara Swisher was given the Governors Award. You can watch the ceremony here.
• Good news: while Apple’s general specification for HLS streaming includes an option to make the ads unskippable, we’ve heard from multiple sources that Apple Podcasts will not be supporting that feature. We’ve updated our technical detail article with that information , and made a few other edits to keep it up to date.
• iHeartMedia released “the state of podcasting 2026 - what advertisers need to know”. “When compared to social media, Americans find podcasts 23x more trustworthy."

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