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Audioburst launches on Android Auto and Bixby

July 23, 2019

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* Audio search and discovery platform [Audioburst has launched on Android Auto and the Samsung Bixby platforms](https://podnews.net/press-release/audioburst-auto). It'll deliver tailored playlists, including podcasts, controlled by voice.

* Australian publisher [Pacific has announced a slate of eight new podcasts](https://podnews.net/press-release/pacific-acast), and signed a deal with Acast. Pacific will be the first Australian company to access Acast’s ad manager platform.

* [Wondery plans to translate many of its podcasts](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/podcast-companies-wondery-gimlet-going-160258461.html) as part of their global growth plan; they're starting with their hit [Dirty John](https://podnews.net/podcast/1272970334).

* [Parcast, now a part of Spotify, has launched Summer of 69](https://www.fastcompany.com/90379346/spotify-flexes-its-podcasting-muscle-with-parcasts-summer-of-69-true-crime-series), a compilation of some of the company's podcasts organised around 1969's summer period.

* [The Washington Post lanza un podcast en español](https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2019/06/26/washington-post-launch-spanish-language-podcast-digital-opinions-section/?utm_term=.0f8d094b6b1a) - the Washington Post is to launch a Spanish-language podcast as well as a Spanish-language opinions section.

* Last year, Rupert Murdoch's [News UK halved the amount of podcasts it produced](https://digiday.com/media/news-uk-halved-number-podcasts-produces/), says Digiday. The focus was one of individual scale, says Jimmy Buckland, who's Managing Director of the company's Wireless Studios podcast unit.

* Podcast planning and workflow tool [HelloCast](https://hellocast.com/?ref=podnews) has updated its pricing plans, including a free option for newer podcasters. They've also launched two, forever-free, browser extensions: [HelloClips](https://helloclips.co/), a research clipping tool for podcasters, and [HelloProfiles](https://helloprofiles.co/), a handy Twitter clipping tool.

* It's almost time for Podcast Movement 2019. The good folks at Cabana [have written this primer for the event](https://medium.com/cabana/2019-podcast-movement-primer-df3109901860), including their pick of the monetisation sessions. Inexplicably absent: [the podcast newsletter craze](https://embed.pheedloop.com/pm19/site/sessions/?id=UesdOy), and a look at [podcasts in emerging markets](https://embed.pheedloop.com/pm19/site/sessions/?id=eQDZta). (wink)

* Podcast host Buzzsprout has written [a guide to acoustic treatment for your home studio](https://www.buzzsprout.com/blog/sound-treatment-for-podcasters). They point out: "where you record and how you treat the space has more to do with high quality sound than what microphone you have".

* More advice: [how to remote-engineer your podcast interviews](https://medium.com/@evanmacdonald/how-to-remote-audio-engineer-your-podcast-interviews-8bcf5c54606b) (Evan MacDonald); [ways to promote your podcast](https://podreacher.com/16-ways-to-promote-your-podcast/) (Pod Reacher)

* Are you in Brisbane QLD, Australia? Us too. We'll be at a _Brisbane Podcasters_ meetup at [The Gap Tavern](https://goo.gl/maps/LHThcRz9NoEPZuke8) from 6.00pm this Thursday 25 Jun. It's just a chat, no formal presentations, so pop in and find us.

**Thank you**, [Laura Ellis](https://www.lauraellislouisville.com/) for your kind personal support; she works at WFPL in Kentucky, which has a [fine collection of podcasts](https://wfpl.org/category/podcasts/). Be like Laura, [and consider supporting Podnews](https://podnews.net/support).

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