New TV ad showcases podcast app

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Spanish-language podcast app iVoox has unveiled its first ever TV ad, which will run on Mediaset TV channels across Spain. We've added English-language captions to the ad, which you can see here. We don't remember covering a TV ad for a podcast app ever - (though TuneIn and Audible have done a few). Very welcome.
Can't be bothered to record a short promo for your podcast? Why not use an AI avatar to do it for you? That's what Cleveland.com decided to do - with possibly predictably negative comments, suggests sports website Awful Announcing.
It's easier to get new shows into Apple Podcasts; but that also means it's easier to push spam into it - Apple Podcasts (and, therefore, many other apps that rely on the Apple Podcasts directory) is being flooded by spam, like the Temu codes we link to today (via John Spurlock). These shows are hosted on Spotify for Podcasters, Acast, RSS.com, and Ausha.

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