Audio Ink

TechCrunch Disrupt is taking place in San Francisco September 5-7. Spreaker and TechCrunch have partnered up in a social media competition aimed at helping podcasters learn the craft of podcasting. Spreaker is giving away three Innovator Passes to the TechCrunch Disrupt event to three lucky podcasters.

PodcastOne’s newest show, First Degree, debuted August 15 bringing a fresh angle to true-crime podcasts, as stories are told through the eyes of someone who has just one degree of separation from the tragedy itself.

iHeartRadio, in partnership with 23andMe, is launching spit – a provocative podcast that interviews musicians like John Legend and Melissa Etheridge about the connection between their biology and identity.

Cadence13, in partnership with Blumhouse Television, is launching a new podcast series: The Oval Office Tapes. The scripted, 10-episode drama will be written and produced in real time, based on actual events and news of the week. 

The hosts of the popular podcast My Favorite Murder — Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark — are launching Exactly Right Media, a new podcast network in partnership with Stitcher. Kilgariff and Hardstark are curating the Exactly Right lineup and expanding it into other genres. 

Springsteen superfan, sketch/improv comic, New Jersey native and SpringsteenProv creator John Murray launched The Bosscast, Wednesday, a new podcast about Bruce Springsteen, by the fans and for the fans, on The Brain Machine Network.

Univision will now use the AdsWizz AudioMax platform for programmatic ad buying for its radio and music streaming app Uforia. AudioMax is a part of the AdsWizz end-to-end technology platform for digital advertising that includes its Ad Insertion Suite, ad serving and campaign management, and an audio-centric Demand Side Platform called AudioMatic.

QGoLive is a mobile app for broadcast-quality, live field reporting on an iPhone, iPad, Android, or laptop, featuring the ability to insert recorded clips into live shots.

In collaboration with Cult Favorite Media, Westwood One is launching a new podcast called Run Like A Girl. It has one goal: to get as many women, on both sides of the aisle, elected to office as possible.

It’s a new (scripted) podcast called Gossip. Gossip which centers on three unlikely female friends: Valerie (Victoria Rowell), Mia (Amanda Perez), and Bethany (Allison Raskin). Each week, they meet at the Golden Cup Coffee Corner to drink coffee and share the latest gossip floating around their not-so-traditional suburban town, Golden Acres.