Audio Ink

New York Festivals 2023 Radio Awards competition announced their Shortlist on Wednesday. Entries include audiobooks, podcasts, dramas, documentaries, breaking news coverage, entertainment, and music specials. NYF’s Radio Awards Grand Jury of 200+ listened to submissions online.

As more brands turn to podcast advertising, some marketers still have content suitability worries. It may seem like a gamble to advertise a product or service in the middle of a gruesome true crime series, but a recent analysis suggests the opposite.

It’s called This Pod Is Your Pod and it's the product of a collaboration between Pantsuit Nation and DGital Media. This Pod is Your Pod is a community-based podcast that supports Pantsuit Nation, a non-profit organization dedicated to political advocacy, civic engagement, and a more equitable democracy.

Crossover Media Group Sales, a cross-platform content-production and advertising-sales representation firm, has added five new program lineups in the sports field to its growing roster of client shows and personalities. And the new sports betting laws have a lot to do with the new programs.

Spotify has introduced AUX, an in-house agency designed to connect brands with emerging artists and develop music-driven marketing strategies. The music streamer has tapped former FIFA Global Marketing Director Jean-François Pathy as AUX's Global Head.

Broadcast Dialogue reports that 500 stations will soon be available on one app for listeners in Canada. UK-based Radioplayer is teaming up with 15 companies in Canada to launch the free app, which will be launched later this year.

The multi-year deal will see AudioHQ become the exclusive re-seller – in the United States – of the streaming service’s audio advertising inventory. TuneIn serves more than 75 million active monthly users.

Former TV personality Craig Ferguson is getting his own daily program on SiriusXM. Broadcast live from Los Angeles, The Craig Ferguson Show will debut on Comedy Greats channel 94 on Monday, February 27, and air weekdays, 6-8 p.m.

Fatherly, a digital lifestyle guide for Millennial parents, has partnered with iHeartMedia to launch The Fatherly Podcast on iHeartRadio. Hosted by veteran journalist, children’s book author, and father of two Joshua David Stein, The Fatherly Podcast is a weekly show about raising children and the lives of men who take on that responsibility.

Larj Media and The Young Turks Network have joined forces to co-produce a series of new podcasts that will be distributed on Panoply. TYT Network is an  online talk, news, and entertainment network. Larj Media is a podcast production house started by Tina Nole.