{"id":2635,"date":"2026-06-03T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/apple-history-podcast-hits-60000-funding-in-less-than-a-day\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:14:00","slug":"apple-history-podcast-hits-60000-funding-in-less-than-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/apple-history-podcast-hits-60000-funding-in-less-than-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple history podcast hits $60,000 funding in less than a day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"classifieds\"><small><strong>Classifieds<\/strong> &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podnews.net\/classifieds\/\">your job or ad here<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podnews.net\/class-click\/3333\/2026-06-03\" rel=\"sponsored\">Audio Post-Production Specialist: Kyle Hopkins<\/a> \u2014 Broadcast-quality audio post-production for podcasts, YouTube &amp; social video. 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Free.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"story4\">&#13;\n<p>The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity later this month will feature, among others, three trade organisations for audio &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podnews.net\/press-release\/mark-ritson-cannes\">the UK\u2019s Radiocentre and Australia\u2019s Commercial Radio &amp; Audio have an invite-only session with Professor Mark Ritson<\/a>, while Sounds Profitable are also hosting a discussion.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li id=\"story5\">&#13;\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podnews.net\/press-release\/bbc-audio-drama-competition-26\">The BBC World Service has announced the winners of its International Audio Drama Competition for 2026.<\/a> All seems well with the genre &#8211; there were more than 800 entries from 87 countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li id=\"story6\">&#13;\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podnews.net\/press-release\/lg-radio-plus\">Podcasts from iHeartRadio have been added to LG Radio+ on LG Smart TVs<\/a>, as well as iHeart\u2019s radio stations. 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