In the last few minutes, Spotify have announced that This American Life is now available to stream on Spotify. The top-rated podcast hadn’t , apparently, been there until now.

Podshape , a new podcasts-for-brands company, has been launched in Australia. It’s being run by Jay Walkerden , who, until March, ran NOVA Entertainment’s Brisbane office and podcast division.

The first speakers for Podcast Festival have been announced - a global online event focusing on the future of podcasting, on May 28. Kara Swisher from recode; Bradley Davis from Podchaser, and our Editor, James Cridland.

Podcast Radio have announced The Pod 20 , a weekly podcast chart show, which will be broadcast at 5pm every Friday and available as a podcast on Saturday. This week’s guest is Dom Joly; it’ll be presented by Graham Mack. Podcast Radio is available in London on DAB, and across the world online; it also broadcasts Podnews.

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