Podcast Week kicks off in NYC

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Podcast Week kicks off in New York NY, USA, today - a week of events focusing on podcasting. Today and tomorrow, the Sounds Profitable Business Summit brings together the business of podcasting with those that buy it - a one-stage event with an emphasis on networking. Then, the 2026 IAB Podcast Upfront takes place on Wednesday, unveiling the content coming up for brands to work with; and finally, Podcast Movement on Thursday and Friday, where creators come to refine the craft they have already built. Podnews will be in New York throughout Podcast Week.
AI replicas of the voices of podcast hosts outperform human announcer-read ads by +26%, according to a new study. The data shows that an AI cloned voice of the podcast host works +26% better than an ad that has been read by a different (and human) pre-recorded voice. An ad actually read by the real podcast host works +9% better still, though. Podnews readers can download the case study here.
Broadcast-ready AI-voice production tool AudioStack has been upgraded to use a multi-agent system "that reasons through a brief before producing anything".

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