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U.K. Video Podcast Habits, Spreaker Tackles Copied Podcasts, & More
Episode 1024
Published 2 days, 7 hours ago
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This week in the business of podcasting:
- Tom Webster digs into The Podcast Landscape 2026 to see who would watch an AI-made season of a canceled show. Only 31% of Firefly fans say they would, compared with 45% of everyone who lost a favorite series.
- RAJAR’s Autumn 2026 MIDAS survey holds weekly U.K. podcast reach at 26%, and new Podcast Tracker research finds 34% of podcast consumers switch between audio and video in a given week.
- Triton Digital’s Spreaker commits to new safeguards against unauthorized podcast copies by year’s end, while a second Podnews investigation finds Meta’s Muse AI assistant quietly hosting podcasts.
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