Goodbye for now, Hot Pod (The Verge)! Hope you come back soon with podcast and audio industry news.

Thanks for everything, Ariel Shapiro!

“The beauty of podcasting is that, as a creator, you have a deep relationship with your audience. They travel with you from week to week, or day to day.” —Stephen Dubner interviewed by Ariel Shapiro at On Air Fest

Brooklyn, NY! Catch Stephen Dubner interviewed onstage by Ariel Shapiro at On Air Fest tomorrow, March 1st ... grab your tickets now! tickets.onairfest.com/onairfest2024/…

Today at Hot Pod at On Air Fest, Ariel Shapiro asked Ira Glass what he’s listening to.

He took out his phone, scrolled, and answered.

Here’s a playlist ft. The Blindboy Podcast, Laura Mayer, Hacks on Tap, Tooth and Claw, PJ Vogt, & more (via Spotify Podcasts 🎙): open.spotify.com/playlist/1JqH6…

Steel and 123 other House GOP members sponsor the Life at Conception Act, which would 'grant equal protection' to 'each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization.' It also mentions cloning. No carveout for IVF.

🚨FORBES UNION HAS WALKED OUT 🚨A super majority of our members have walked off the job for THREE DAYS in protest of Forbes slow-walking contract negotiations and interference with union activity. We’re demonstrating the value of our labor and we are #FedUpWithForbes

Welp, I’m a free agent again. My second layoff in less than a year, and I feel like laughing and crying all at once! If you’re hiring, please get in touch: [email protected]

So happy to hear that Death, Sex & Money has a new home at Slate! Congrats to Anna Sale and the rest of the hardworking team there. slate.com/briefing/2024/…

Some good podcast news: Slate has acquired Death, Sex & Money from WNYC 🎙

We're beyond thrilled to have Anna Sale and Death, Sex & Money at Slate!

This is such a great article, down to the ironic headline. theverge.com/c/23998379/goo…

.Ariel Shapiro at The Verge wrote a great piece on Lexis' absolutely confounding decision to cancel Pro Say. Check it out.

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So Law360 and LexisNexis Legal & Professional management have decided to discontinue our weekly news podcast Pro Say for reasons that have not been sufficiently explained to me. I disagree with the decision and will keep pressing for answers, but it's goodbye for now.

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I looked at the podcasting industry’s most challenging year, and what it bodes for 2024 for The Verge theverge.com/24002021/podca…

.Intuit Mailchimp is known as one of the biggest supporters of podcasting. But after the staff at longtime partner Pineapple Street unionized, they demanded non-union producers for a new project. When Pineapple Street Union refused a workaround, Mailchimp walked. theverge.com/2023/12/14/240…

🚨🚨JUST IN: Intuit Mailchimp and their parent company Intuit asked Pineapple Street leadership to sign a contract promising to make a new show with non-union labor. There’s just one problem: Pineapple is a union shop! 🚨🚨

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