Special Guests: Chris Quamme Rhoden on Acast's work in the Podcast Standards Project.Nick Hilton talks about host reads.News: Spotify for Podcasters posted its second-highest share of new episodes, growing 13% since January. Spotify for Podcasters is rolling out the company’s monetisation programs, Automated Ads and Ambassador Ads, to more countries.Podcast ad spending grew by 32% last year in the UK, according to the IAB.Let’s change the standard for host-read advertising, says Nick Hilton in a blog post. He argues we’re undervaluing the medium: echoing Dan Granger’s thoughts in the Podcast Business Journal last Friday.The Podcast Academy has announced the association’s 2023-2024 Officers. The winners of The Publisher Podcast Awards were announced. The Podcast of the Year went to Hot Money from the Financial Times.Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net