Chapters are an underutilised feature of podcasting, but one that may help navigation and sharing of your content.

In a recent blog post, the podcast hosting platform Whooshkaa points out that chapters are now more readily supported by Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Overcast and others, making them very useful for podcast creators.

Acast, has launched its first original podcast series, The Score: Bank Robber Diaries, following the captivating story of Southern California’s most prolific bank robber Joe Loya, who went from an abused child to big-time criminal, and then a former convict with a shot at redemption.
 

Like the world needs more popular culture podcasts... like, because there's not enough out there.

In a recent presentation by Triton Digital, the company outlined 7 ‘must haves’ for successful commercially viable podcasting. And we have added one more.

Similar to the age old question of what came first the chicken or the egg, when we think of podcasting, we can ask the same question – what came first, the content or the revenue? 
 
Chaired by Jamie Chaux from Commercial Radio Australia, four speakers start discussing how people are using podcasts and how advertisers are integrating into on-demand audio.
 
“It was 12 months ago when we talked about podcasting on this stage.  So what has changed in the last 12 months,” begins Chaux.
 

Australians are spending seven minutes more time every day listening to audio entertainment than last year, with radio staying dominant and podcasts overtaking owned music for the first time, according to the fourth annual GfK Share of Audio study just released at the Radio Alive conference.

In a typical day, consumers spend three hours and 28 minutes listening to audio, seven minutes more than last year.

Westwood One’s Podcast Download – Fall 2019 Report, has been released and highlights some interesting trends, especially among women who continue to close the gap in time spent listening to podcasts.