UK newspapers pass off podcast interview as their own

• Earlier this month, A Life Lived, produced by Muddy Knees Media for Audioboom, featured a chat with Sir Roger Moore’s daughter Deborah. A story in The Daily Star, then The Daily Express, The Sun, the Daily Mail and Metro, all quoted from the podcast without any credit - the story even making the front page. Unlike the Australian plagiarism example from Monday, the newspapers didn’t even acknowledge she was speaking in a podcast, leading many to erroneously think the Daily Star had got the scoop.

• An adblocker that works on podcasts (and radio) has been featured by Vice: using crowd-sourced audio signatures to spot the ads. One small problem: it can’t recognise host-read ads yet. (For noting: Vice’s website makes over 100 calls to ads or web-bugs while publicising this tool.)

• Amazon has announced new podcast integration for their Alexa smart speaker service. US users will now be able to ask for podcasts on Spotify - “Hey Alexa, play My Favorite Murder on Spotify” - as well as adding a preferred podcast setting so that you can pick your default podcast provider. If you listen to content through Spotify, SiriusXM or iHeartRadio, Alexa will sync progress between individual speakers, too. (Here’s how to set up Spotify on Alexa).

• What episode do new listeners choose: the latest one, the first one, or something else? Pacific Content’s Dan Misener looks at the data to discover the answer - and how to help people choose.

• The heat around podcasting is tremendous, said Matt Scheckner, Global Chief Executive at the Advertising Week conference in New York. Richard Davies went to almost every podcast session.

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• Paradiso, a new international podcast studio, has launched. The company, made from executives from French pay-TV operator Canal Plus, entertainment company Konbini and ad company Havas, aims to produce twelve series by the end of next year for platforms like Spotify, Audible, Majelan and Sybel, in a variety of languages. They’re already producing shows for Spotify and Sybel.

  • Elsewhere in business: Audity is a new podcast company in Konstans Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy has announced a partnership with Wondery. Red Herring focuses on Acast’s recent expansion to Germany. And Vox Media has bought New York Magazine.

• You can now create and share social videos of your favorite podcast clips in Podchaser. The service now has integration with Headliner. (We approve of the example given in their press release).

  
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• Podcaster’s Kit is an online event from October 7-11, with fifty podcast professionals teaching entrepreneurs and corporates how to start, grow and improve a podcast.

• More advice: Why brands should experiment with one-off podcasts (JAR Audio); How to guarantee success in audio storytelling (JAR Audio again); Which podcast microphone should I buy? (Podaboutit)

  
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• Pods Up North, in Manchester UK on November 23, has confirmed the BBC, Audioboom and Social Chain as headline speakers.

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