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The Podcast Academy has announced the nominees for the fifth annual ceremony of The Ambies. The show will be on Monday Mar 31 in Chicago, and will be hosted by comedian and podcaster Tig Notaro.
It’s our chance to see one of Spotify’s new Creator Milestone Awards (Jan 28) close-up. Rusty Quill’s audio drama series The Magnus Archives surpassed 100 million downloads, and the team picked up the award from Spotify London last week.
Podcast app Castro, which celebrates one year this month with its new owner, has posted a “state of the app” looking at achievements made in the last twelve months.

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