“Nothing has been left untouched.”

The ABC’s Director of News Gaven Morris explains the strategy behind the recent cut to the 0745 radio news.

In a detailed interview with Steve Ahern, Morris says there is a bigger picture than just cutting a bulletin, the change is part of the rebalancing of priorities to better serve digital audio services, as well as broadcast radio.

We’re celebrating here at radioinfo.

Our daily flash briefing podcast has hit its 100th episode today.

It’s quite a milestone when most podcasts don’t even reach episode 20, so we’re feeling pretty chuffed.

Many thousands of radioinfo website readers have sampled the daily flash briefing as they start their working day.

If you haven't tried it yet, you can:

Missing or Murdered is the new real-life story from Australian Independent Podcast producer Podshape.
 
Over 6 episodes the podcast explores the story of self-confessed hippy mum Katie O’Shea who went missing in 2005 in Far North Queensland tablelands.
 
Detective Senior Sergeant Brett Devine who leads the case says “there are only two real persons of interest.” One of those people is Katie’s own son Alan, the other is a convicted murderer.
 

Acast has opened two fully furnished podcast studios in Sydney which will be available free of charge to all of Acast’s content partners.
 
The studios are located at Acast’s offices in Surry Hills.
 
“We’re incredibly proud of the work we do to help our creators grow their audiences and find commercial partners,” says Australian Managing Director Henrik Isaksson.
 

From riding the waves to dusting off the sand, pro-surfer Cooper Chapman has created a new podcast, Good Humans with PodcastOne Australia.

The Beanies will now be part of PodcastOne Australia with brand new episodes launching 26 June along with the group’s complete back catalogue.
 

The CBAA and AFTRS are presenting a free webinar on podcasting for community broadcasters.
 
The webinar, presented by AFTRS Radio Senior Lecturer, Tony Rasmussen will cover 

Sports commentator Mark ‘Howie’ Howard will publish the 100^th episode of his podcast - The Howie Games next Thursday June 25.

The Australian Podcast Ranker for May features a new Top 10 Publishers list as well as podcasts from Audioboom and West Australian Newspapers, who have joined the ranker for the first time.
 
The UK-based Audioboom offers US, UK and Australian titles, including Casefile True Crime, a cult-hit Australian podcast that deals with well-known murders, and is hosted by an Australian man who remains anonymous.
 

Southern Cross Austereo says that as COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease, their live radio streaming remains a constant with more people tuning into Hit and Triple M stations than ever before.
 
May was another record-breaking month for SCA for live radio streaming, which increased another 3% month on month and 42% year on year to reach 1.3 million listeners*.
 
Catch up radio podcasts also had a huge month, rising 47% year on year with 3.4 million downloads^ of popular Hit and Triple M shows.