… Andrew Huberman, the host of the hit “Huberman Lab” health and science podcast, has been appointed to the board of directors at health and wellness platform Hims & Hers Health. Huberman will also serve as a scientific and brand marketing advisor and separately provide additional marketing support to the company on his podcast. Financial terms weren’t released. “Andrew Huberman has done more than almost anyone to make rigorous science accessible and actionable for millions of people,” Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum says. Huberman is a neuroscientist and tenured professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.
… Hosting platform Blubrry says its users can now publish a video podcast to YouTube directly through their existing publishing workflow as part of the normal Blubrry publishing process. Once creators connect their YouTube channel from the Destinations area of your Blubrry dashboard, the company says they will be able to continue publishing episodes through Blubrry as usual. There’s a limit, however, when it comes to stats. Blubrry says YouTube analytics remain separate for now, which means views, watch time and other YouTube-specific performance information will continue to live within YouTube rather than Blubrry Statistics.
… Following the finalization of the Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines v2.3, the technical framework for measuring podcast downloads, audience, and ad delivery using server-side log data, the IAB Tech Lab has bestowed certification on another company. Flightcast has earned certification for its download, listener and ad delivery data. It joins Capitate Audio and CoHost, which have also met v2.3 compliance. See the new final guidelines HERE.
… The Podcast Academy heard from creators asking for more time, so it has announced that the final deadline for submitting a show to the 2027 Ambies has been extended to Friday (Nov. 13). Founded in 2021, several changes are in store for The Ambies this year. It has added the Best Music Podcast and Best Episode of the Year categories. TPA has also decided that the Podcast of the Year and Best Podcast Host(s) award winners will be selected by listeners, not the jury that selects most of the category winners. The advertising-focused awards will also be put in their own recognition tier. The Ambies will be handed out in February. Find more details about dates, eligibility, categories, submission requirements, and deadlines HERE.
