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Sponsored by Magellan AI. Planning + insight = podcast growth. See how Boll & Branch did it. Discover what worked [https://podnews.net/class-click/2869/2025-04-28] * Chinese podcasting company Ximalaya is reportedly to be acquired by Tencent Music for $2.4bn [https://www.reuters.com/technology/tencent-music-talks-buy-chinas-ximalaya-24-billion-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-04-25/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-28], reports Bloomberg. (Spotify bought Anchor for just $140mn [https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/14/spotify-gimlet-anchor-340-million/?guccounter=1&utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-28]). Ximalaya, which claimed more than 303mn monthly active users [https://podnews.net/update/valence-funding#story2] in 2023, spent $100mn [https://podnews.net/update/himalaya-launch-with-100m#story1] on a US expansion in 2019 (though it may not have done [https://podnews.net/update/audioboom-voxnest-boudet#story2]); the company tried [https://podnews.net/update/great-podcast-advertising-copy#story4] to float on the NYSE, but didn’t, and was going to float in Hong Kong, but hasn’t. * Himalaya’s highest-profile employee in the US was Peter Vincer, who made the headlines [https://podnews.net/update/burning-through-the-cash#story1] in Jun 2021 (though he denied the story [https://podnews.net/update/audacy-gets-on-the-podsauce#story2]); now called Notorious LLC, his company hasn’t posted on socials for the last five months (one of its last posts: a picture of Vincer dressed as Superman [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxrNMABO1LX/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-28]). * Spotify quietly launched a trending podcasts chart [https://creators.spotify.com/resources/grow/feature-focus-april-2025?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-28] a few weeks ago: “designed to spotlight the shows that are getting people talking right now.” Available in many different countries, you can see it at the Spotify Podcast Charts [https://podcastcharts.byspotify.com?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-28] website, or in JSON form [https://podcastcharts.byspotify.com/api/charts/trending?region=us&utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-28]. * It’s quite similar in intention to the Apple Podcast chart, which is also mostly based on trending information. And for bragging rights, it’ll be much better than the standard Spotify chart , since newly-launched shows should rocket to the top. * Podlibre has been launched - the project is to build an all-in-one, open-source, privacy-first desktop app [https://podlibre.org?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-28] to help make podcasts. Run by Benjamin Bellamy’s Ad Aures, it has funding [https://nlnet.nl/project/Podlibre/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-04-28] from NLnet. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website [https://podnews.net/update/tencent-music-ximalaya]: and get our free daily newsletter. Classifieds - your job or ad here [https://podnews.net/classifieds/] * Podcast Growth & Monetization tips every Thursday! 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Sponsored by Magellan AI. Join networks like Wondery using Magellan AI to highlight opportunities for optimizing reach across podcast shows. Reach Lift [https://podnews.net/class-click/2868/2025-04-25] * From the New York Times, The Daily, one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is to get two new co-hosts [https://podnews.net/press-release/the-daily-new-hosts]. Natalie Kitroeff and Rachel Abrams will join Michael Barbaro as co-hosts, as Sabrina Tavernise returns to a reporting role. Rachel hosts today’s episode. “Natalie and Rachel are the perfect journalists to take us into this new chapter,” said Barbaro. * Today is DNA Day, and also the launch day for Gene Pool Media, a new podcast network dedicated to healthcare and genetics. 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