Hamish & Andy extend exclusive podcast deal with SCA’s LiSTNR
Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) has locked in its biggest podcasting asset for the long haul, signing Hamish & Andy to an early long-term extension that will keep the nation’s most successful podcast exclusive to the LiSTNR audience network for years to come.
The duo, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee, boast a 25-year history with SCA across both radio and podcasting, and have cemented their place as audio powerhouses with their flagship Hamish & Andy podcast and fan-favourite spin-off Hamish & Andy’s Remembering Project.
Journalist creates podcast after son loses life savings
Freelance journalist and financial editor, Alex Brooks took matters into her own hands after failing to gain interest from the media about her son’s story and has launched her own podcast, Daylight Robbery.
Brooks’ 23-year-old son, Louis, bought his first apartment for $365,000 last year, but lost $109,350 transferring money for settlement to a fake Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) bank account that his bank not only enabled, but now charges him an extra $600 a month interest on.
After trying to drum up interest from the media in a bid to warn others about what had happened, Brooks realised there were similar stories from all over Australia just like her son’s – but she couldn’t get any interest.
She has now found and interviewed 35 other victims of a similar crime and has now released her first podcast in a series highlighting the effects of financial crime in Australia.
News Corp Australia delivers new daily episodes of “The Mushroom Cook” podcast
News Corp Australia has unveiled a new daily podcast, The Mushroom Cook: The Trial, offering audiences daily coverage and exclusive insights from inside one of Australia’s most high-profile criminal trials.
Led by the Herald Sun’s award-winning investigative team, the series centres on the trial of Erin Patterson, who is facing three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in Victoria’s Supreme Court.
Other media are also offering daily podcast recaps of the case, following each day of the trial. ABC’s Kristian Silva spoke to Mediaweek about his podcast called Mushroom Case Daily.
‘Vulnerability is a superpower’: dentsu QLD’s Emily Cook on her Next of the Best Award
Emily Cook
For general manager Emily Cook, leading with openness isn’t a ‘nice-to-have’, it’s a business imperative. As she puts it, creating meaningful culture starts with leaders showing up as their full selves, and giving others permission to do the same.
It’s been 12 months since Cook won the Culture category in Mediaweek’s Next of The Best awards, and with this year’s event just around the corner, we sat down with Cook, to find out how she views herself as a culture leader.
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