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• The Podnews Report Card is back for a fourth year. The big podcast platforms are keen to know how they’ve done over the last year, and we’ve a quick survey for you to fill out. We’ll share your thoughts directly with the big platforms, and also at Evolutions in early April. Please spend ten minutes and fill it in: no registration is required, and we’ve built it for speed.
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• Another day, another ad agreement for podcasts from BBC Studios: this time, Digitize New Media has been announced as ad partner in Ireland.
• So, you’ve got negative feedback for your podcasts. How do you deal with it? In an article today with help from the Podcast Professionals Association, we learn how to navigate negative feedback in podcasting, and how to reduce how much you get.

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