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• Evolutions, in Chicago at the end of March, has confirmed its first keynote speakers. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ronan Farrow will be in conversation with Audible Chief Content Officer Rachel Ghiazza focusing on the evolving landscape of audio investigative reporting.
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• So, is everyone jumping into Spotify video? Not quite, reports Ashley Carman in Soundbite. “Of the top 50 shows, 37 regularly post videos to YouTube ... and only eight also put them on Spotify,” she writes.
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• Earlier this week, Livewire published data showing the share of new podcast episodes by hosting companies. Spotify for Creators saw a three point jump in share to 27%, its highest number for six months; the #2, Spreaker, also saw a record share of 14.3%; and #3 Buzzsprout posted an almost two-year high of 9.4%. Also posting highs were Captivate (the highest share since 2022) and RSS.com, its highest share ever.
  • Livewire also posted the top podcast tracking services - Chartable’s closure not resulting in any significant growth for other companies - and use of CDNs, with Amazon Cloudfront and Cloudflare both showing record share.

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