The Hollywood Creative Alliance announced today the nominees for the 2026 Astra Podcast Awards, recognizing a diverse range of voices and storytelling across 16 categories. All podcasts nominated ...

New per-track mixing lets creators set the level of the room recorded by the Sound Capsule's Space Recorder, a dedicated 8-capsule ambisonic microphone.

Spotify has launched Spotify Memberships, an enhanced version of its premium membership tool for podcasters. It’s available to eligible podcasters hosting with Megaphone or Spot ...

A non-exclusive revenue-share pilot built for a moment when creators add homes rather than switch them — and the line between podcast, video, and content has stopped holding ...

The Midnight Mystery today announced that Season 2 of National Emergency, the independent psychological horror audio drama, ...

New data from The Podcast Landscape 2026 reveals that political influence extends well beyond political talk shows, with similar potential impact among Republican and Democratic voters.

Podcasts are also the fastest-growing audio category tracked in the survey. “This growth in podcast consumption isn’t evenly spread. It’s being driven disproportionately by Millennials with 71% of ...

Podcast platforms now collectively have almost a billion monthly users (965.4 million gross users in Q4 2025), according to a new report, “Podcast market shares 2025”, by MIDiA Research. YouTube ...

Liquid Studios - headed up by CEO Jeanine Wright - has released a new website revealing its strategy, and launched a new content-transformation pilot with Podnews. As a pilot, the Podnews daily ...

Podcast Nation, the creator-first podcast network, today announced the signing of Morning Rae, hosted by digital creator Allana Blumberg, as the network continues to expand its roster of creator-led, ...

In the US, one in four podcast listeners say that a candidate’s podcast appearance might influence their vote. That’s according to new data from Sounds Profitable, released today ahead of the 2026 ...

Fiction podcasts are rarely served well by existing podcast apps - which is where Bard comes in: a new podcast player just for audio drama. Significantly expanded categories, a fo ...