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• Podcast company Acast has purchased New York-based creative podcast studio Wonder Media Network for a total value of $7.8mn. The six-year-old WMN makes its own original podcasts, and branded podcasts and digital content for a number of large companies. WMN’s team will combine with Acast’s existing creatives to form a new division called Acast Creative Studios.
• Podtrac published its US rankers for November 2024. “All of the Top Global Networks were down on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in November over October.”
  • Potentially connected to the presidential election results, the only changes in the top 21 publishers are The DailyWire+ (up from #10 to #9); and the Fox Audio Network (up from #13 to #12). The Tucker Carlson Show is a new entry in the most popular podcasts at #6. These rankers measure participating publishers only.
• The New Zealand Podcast Awards released their winners last week. Our page links to the Gold winners, so you can listen for yourself.

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