Cocky little chancers, and an ABC data dump
Welcome to Best of the Week, written on a blustery morning in Evandale, Tasmania. You can keep your Sydney 35 degrees. I think I prefer my 14.
Today: The ABC publishes its podcast data (and slaughters a sacred cow); and chancers get comeuppances.
Happy National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day,
There are just six days left to lock in a discounted membership of Unmade. We’ll never offer as big a saving again. Get full access to our archive and discounts on our events. Upgrade now.
Topics
Perhaps ABC is so far ahead on downloads but not listeners because all their news shows (eg AM, PM, etc) have a single podcast feed per show, plus a feed with each individual story broken into separate episodes? So one episode of PM might have 9 podcasts episodes (8 story episodes plus 1 combined episode) available to download?
Good question – would that be significantly different to segments from the commercial players pushed into the feeds as shorts?
A notable change on the RN lineup for 2024 is the lack of “Counterpoint” and “Between the Lines”, RN’s two right-of-centre programs. This might suggest a new program in that space.
Agreed – feels like there’s another announcement to come