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A comedy podcast festival is to expand into the US and to return to London and Melbourne.

Cheerful Earful plans 15 days of live podcast shows across the globe, including a new event in New York City.

Presented in partnership with headline sponsor Adelicious, the festival continues its mission to be global but grassroots with Comedy at the Heart.

Tickets are now on sale.

New York Public Radio, the owners of WNYC, released its financial returns for the year ending July 2024.

The company brought in $73.9 million, including a government grant of just $347,000, but had expenses of $83 million.

During the year, the company eliminated leadership bonuses, cut its workforce by 40 people and cancelled death, sex and money.

With production ceasing in January 2024.

That's now with Slate.

Olivia LaFontaine, the CEO of the company, was paid $612,000.

We also learned the packages paid to Brooke Gladstone, who hosts On The Media, and Anna Sale, who hosted Death, Sex and Money for six months of this return period.

Both were paid around $341,000.

Podcast advertising via AdsWizz earned WNYC $426,000 during the year.

Parler has launched its Deep Research Assistant.

The research tool is trained on every active podcast in the world.

We asked it, should a podcast be in video or just in audio?

And it gave us a very balanced answer.

We'll link to that today.

Audacy podcasts and radio stations are now available in the iHeart app, the music, podcast and radio app from its main competitor, iHeart Media.

The iHeart app is number 32 in the App Store with 614,000 ratings.

The Audacy app is way down at 121,000 with just 92,000.

Your podcast can be there too.

Our page of all the podcast directories links directly to add your own show on iHeart.

Another podcast award is on the way.

The Astra Podcast Awards have been announced, an expansion of the awards lineup from the Hollywood Creative Alliance.

You've until the end of August to enter.

Podcast creator and host Alitu has just implemented Podping, a method to instantly tell compatible podcast apps that a new episode has been published.

It now also supports the location tag.

The Athletic has just launched No Free Lunch, how the most successful people in sports manage their money and grow their wealth.

Of note, the show is on podcast apps and on YouTube, and the New York Times describes it as a digital series rather than a podcast.

Are you a developer familiar with HLS streaming?

The Podcast Standards Project is looking for developers experienced with HLS streaming analytics, especially in the context of podcast hosting.

Headliner has added integration into social media platform Blue Sky for its automatic audiograms, and the Giggly Squad podcast has extended its advertising partnership with Acast.

In People News, Tom McNeill, the creator's strategy leader, Patreon, has left the company after six years.

My time in the States is coming to an end, and with it, my time at Patreon, he says.

And in podcast news, Dean's killer joke just hit number 40 on the Apple comedy fiction charts in the UK.

Follow along to hear comedian Anne-Marie Buchanan investigate the murder of cancelled comedian Dean Blackshaw and wonders, was his death all her fault?

Imagine if your funniest, business-savvy friend handed you a life cheat sheet every week.

That's the system for everything.

Quick, relatable episodes, packed with real tips, real talk, and way too many reality television references.

It's hosted by Julie Freed, and the podcast that proves systems don't have to be boring.

And it's a new season and a new name for wholesome TV picks, formerly called Family TV Uncovered.

It's a bite-sized podcast that continues to serve busy parents with quick, spoiler-free recommendations of clean, family-friendly TV shows and movies.

If you're tired of scrolling for something safe to watch with your kids, this show helps you go straight to the good stuff.

And this podcast is sponsored by Riverside.

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With Riverside, it's your all-in-one platform for professional podcast creation with remote, high-quality recording, editing, and publishing.

It's trusted by Mel Robbins, Jay Shetty, and other top creators, so maybe it should be trusted by you.

You can find a link in the show notes to give that a go.

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