The International Women’s Podcast Festival is returning for its fourth year with Serial’s Sarah Koenig announced as the first guest.
Curated by Content is Queen the festival brings together female innovators and leaders in podcasting, audio, and broadcasting.
Novel Audio has hired audio industry veteran Craig Strachan as its new CEO.
Previously, Strachan was at Amazon Music, where he was responsible for managing partner and industry relations; editorial; programming; local content strategy and growth across all marketplaces.
Football Ramble: Time Tunnel is a new live show from the podcast, Football Ramble, at The London Palladium on Friday 20 September.
With over one million monthly downloads, Football Ramble, produced by Stak, is the UK’s biggest independent football podcast, keeping fans updated with all the big stories from the Premier League and beyond since 2007.
Deezer has appointed Global as its exclusive ad sales partner in the UK.
As a pioneer in music streaming, Deezer is one of the leading independent music platforms in the world with more than 10 million subscribers.
A new exclusive deal between Acast and new podcast network Marvellous will see up to 10 new shows launched over the next 12 months.
The first of them is Abbey Clancy’s Exhibit A launching today, 22 April.
Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala of RedHanded and Leanne Alie have been announced as 2024’s Chair of Judges at the British Podcast Awards.
Hannah Suruthi’s podcast RedHanded has won Gold in the Listener’s Choice category at the British Podcast Awards for three consecutive years and is consistently at the top of the UK podcast charts.
Actress Kellie Shirley has written a new six-part explosive podcast drama series based on her own life experiences.
ROAR stars Kellie herself, alongside Danny Dyer, Lorraine Ashbourne and Richie Campbell. The series tackles difficult subjects including child abuse, addiction and a failing justice system.
New podcast series, Blame it on the Fame: Milli Vanilli, explores the rise to fame and swift downfall of Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, the infamous R&B duo.
Hosted by comedian and actress Amanda Seales, she weaves her particular brand of witty, insightful humour into the story.
Audible has released, Halfway, starring Patricia Allison, Sir Lenny Henry, George MacKay, Arinzé Kene and a full ensemble cast.
The sci-fi thriller, written by Imeldha Eloni and Michael Honnah and directed by Holly Reddaway, examines a world in which AI is used to recreate the personalities of deceased loved ones for profit.
Team GB hero Iwan Thomas and ex-Premier League footballer David Prutton are to front a new motorbike podcast, Full Chat.
Former athlete Iwan Thomas, the British men’s 400m record holder for 25 years, and ex-Premier League footballer David Prutton’s new show will feature celebrity guests, with the first being chef and TV personality Paul Ainsworth.
