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• Apple Podcasts named The Rest is History the 2025 Show of the Year - the first time the accolade has gone to a show that isn’t from the United States. Apple Podcasts has interviewed the hosts, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
• Exclusive: PRX and AudioUK have announced a 2026 Podcast Creator Summit in London, UK, inviting podcasters of all experience levels to share and gain insights spanning the art and business of making podcasts and audio. The free summit is organised in partnership with Apple Podcasts, and will be held at Battersea Power Station in February. The press release contains details of tickets: you can sign up now.
• Amazon Music released its 2025 Delivered recap earlier in the week. The company released data of the top podcasts for 2025, in a number of countries - we’ve a list of some of those countries here. In Japan, three of the top five were from TBS Radio.

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