Founder Steven Bartlett has announced the launch of a new podcasting platform dubbed Flightcast, designed to help video podcasters grow their audiences. Co-founded with former MrBeast engineer Roxcodes, Flightcast is designed to distribute video podcasts across major platforms. For example, the Podcast Movement 2025 videos posted to the official archive channel on YouTube utilized Flightcast to also be ported over to Spotify as well.
According to Newsweek reporting, a broadcast of AEW’s Dynamite event on TBS and HBO Max triggered many consumer reports that the DHS was running recruitment ads for ICE on “nearly every ad break.” The ads are part of a larger media blitz recruiting for Immigration & Customs Enforcement on social media, CTV, and even podcasts (as Bryan Barletta’s newsletter last week addressed). A campaign that puts publishers, creators, and advertisers in hot water wondering if their political filters are appropriately applied, as the lion’s share of Pew Research respondents (49%) have an “unfavorable” view of the agency.
PodcastOne Preliminary Q2 Fiscal 2026 Record
The SEC has released PodcastOne’s latest report showing $1 million EBIDTA (a 348% increase year-over-year). Revenue is up 19% y-o-y at $14.5 million USD, and reportedly ranking #9 on Podtrac’s top 10 publishers for nine consecutive months.
Podcasting consolidates as a daily habit in Spain: 8 out of 10 Spaniards listen to podcasts
Spanish podcast platform iVoox has published their 4th annual Observatory Report looking at podcast consumption in Spain. This year’s edition is built from a survey of 3,301 Spanish podcast consumers and data from iVoox itself. 48.4% of podcast consuming respondents are consuming daily, while one in four checks into podcasts multiple times a day. iVoox estimates podcasting is so mainstream in Spain it has reached 94% audience penetration, with 86% of the country tuning in on a recurring basis.
AI Search Keeps Picking YouTube Over Everyone Else by Irfan Ahmad
A new report from BrightEdge finds YouTube has a significant lead, a functional monopoly even, when it comes to video media cited by AI (around 20% of prompts citing YouTube vs. .01% for Vimeo and TikTok). This includes ChatGPT and Perplexity in addition to the Google-owned Gemini. The report goes into their findings re: what kind of YouTube content is most likely to be indexed (e.g. product tutorials, how-to content, and user reviews. Content that actively answers questions).
As for the rest of the news…
- I’ve just posted a ton of new stuff to the Sounds Profitable Job Board, such as The Podglomerate’s new content marketing coordinator position (contract, remote, open to global hiring). A reminder that the board is free to use and free to submit to!
- Ausha has announced they’ve crossed the threshold of podcasts hosted on the platform reaching a cumulative 1 billion downloads.
- Spreaker has partnered with CodeADX, a promo code marketplace that pays podcasters a 15 to 20% commission whenever audience members purchase using their promo code.
- Amplitude Media Partners is now using Spotvar, a new order management platform designed by podcast industry vet Nathan Herring.
- The winners of the British Podcast Awards have been announced, with a full list available here.
