Sponsored by SoundStack. Power to your podcaster portfolio in '25. Helping them earn more programmatic revenue is simple with SoundStack. Learn how. Awards: The Canadian Podcast Awards are open for entry. The awards started in 2018, and now have 31 categories. A new podcast awards has launched in the UK. The Political Podcast Awards is open for entry now, and will take place on Jan 29. It’s (curiously) sponsored by Google, which closed its podcast app earlier this year. In Australia, iHeart and Magellan AI have launched “a new industry award” which recognises the ad agency which has spent the most money in podcasting ads. Podtrac has announced a “predictive promo planner” - to provide insights for publishers who place ads in other podcasts to promote their shows. It’ll identify the podcasts which work best for each show. Captivate has relaxed limits on its private podcasts feature. Now, every podcaster can have up to 100 private podcasts and up to 50,000 private subscribers. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.Classifieds - your job or ad here📈 Boost Your Reach with Podcards! — Share your show with the smartest link for podcasters and decode the secrets of listener discovery and conversion. Start marketing smarter for free at Podcards.✨ Monetize your podcast with website memberships! — Create a beautiful podcast website, automate your publishing workflow & customize everything. Add restricted content behind paywalls, allow visitor signups and get paid by your fans right on your siteGold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, Sounds Profitable, The Podglomerate, Cloud10, Simplecast, Cohost, Steve Lack: Audio, Audiohook, Podscribe, audioBoom, RedCircle, Resound, SALT, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Evergreen Podcasts, Libsyn, Disctopia, Acast, We Edit Podcasts, Podpage websites, Knucklehead Media GroupSilver supporters: Audacia Audio, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Truefans, Storyboard, Compliance Podcast Network, POW PR, Huberman Lab, Voxtopica, Red Seat Ventures, Podium , Gumball, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, Castbox, The Roost, Gilded Audio, Ausha, Jonekiri, Frequency, PlayPodcast, Tink Media, SoundStack, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, The Podcast Haven, Deepcast Creator, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Heartcast Media50, Blubrry, Oxford Road, Podcast Taxi, Zvook, Ossa Collective, matchmaker.fm, Diversion Podcasts, Transistor, Double Elvis Productions, Rhapsody Voices, Wondery, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Rephonic, Lemonada Media, Optimal Living Daily, Headliner, Jam Street Media, Castos, Hear.Here.Singapore, StreamGuys, Ad Results Media, Content10x, Podcast Partnership, She Podcasts, Cleanfeed, Podcast Movement, Sonix, Lower Street, Revolver Podcasts, Podigy, School of Podcasting, Adopter Media, Edison Research, Signal Hill InsightsOur supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.Image: Canadian Podcast Awards