Special Guests: 

• Chris Quamme Rhoden on Acast's work in the Podcast Standards Project.
• Nick Hilton talks about host reads.

News: 

• Spotify for Podcasters posted its second-highest share of new episodes, growing 13% since January. 
• Spotify for Podcasters is rolling out the company’s monetisation programs, Automated Ads and Ambassador Ads, to more countries.
• Podcast ad spending grew by 32% last year in the UK, according to the IAB.
• Let’s change the standard for host-read advertising, says Nick Hilton in a blog post. He argues we’re undervaluing the medium: echoing Dan Granger’s thoughts in the Podcast Business Journal last Friday.
• The Podcast Academy has announced the association’s 2023-2024 Officers. 
• The winners of The Publisher Podcast Awards were announced. The Podcast of the Year went to Hot Money from the Financial Times.

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