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• After we noted an episode of WTF being visualized for YouTube, another fan favourite podcast has been adapted for the platform - this time, a horror story from Tenderfoot TV's Radio Rental has made it to YouTube... in LEGO bricks. The release comes as a new season of Radio Rental kicks off today.
• And speaking of video, Apple Podcasts launched "The Greatest Stories Never Seen" - short original video clips that highlight four shows available in video on the platform. The shows promoted are: Acast's Toni and Ryan, Wondery's Baby, this is Keke Palmer, iHeart's Las Culturistas, and the indie House Guest. The videos are being promoted on the Apple Podcasts Instagram feed (90,500 followers).
• Spotify published its Q3/26 financial update. In a welcome turn of fortune, ad revenue was up +10% year-on-year, led by "strong growth in automated biddable sales channels" - and "podcasting growth was led by sponsorship gains within our Owned and Licensed portfolio". Ad revenue accounts for only 10.7% of total company revenue - and ads are half as profitable as premium subscribers. The number of premium subscribers grew +9% to 306mn. The newly-introduced skip-ahead button seems to be not mentioned to investors.

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