Sponsored by Magellan AI. When buyers asked for proof, Blue Wire delivered. Audience data backed their pitches and unlocked new partnerships. <a class="l" style="font-weight:bold;color:#BC1515" href="https://podnews.net/class-click/3194/2025-12-15">Discover their strategy</a><ul>
<li><a href="https://podnews.net/press-release/best-true-crime-podcasts-2025">2025's best true crime podcasts have been announced</a> by the true crime review podcast Crime Writers On. The podcast has reviewed more than a thousand true-crime and crime-adjacent podcasts. We publish the full list today.</li>
<li>iOS podcast app <a href="https://castro.fm/blog/hiding-inception-point-ai?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-12-15">Castro has blocked Inception Point AI podcasts from its app search results</a>. In a blog post, Castro's Dustin Bluck says that Inception Point AI "seems to be keying on popular searches in order to flood search results and deceive users."
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<li>Is the accusation fair? A <a href="https://podnews.net/apple-podcasts-geo/search?term=charlie%20kirk&">search in Apple Podcasts for Charlie Kirk</a> brings up four shows from Inception Point AI in the results - <a href="https://podnews.net/podcast/izltm"><cite>Charlie Kirk Biography Flash</cite></a>, <a href="https://podnews.net/podcast/iwrfx"><cite>Charlie Kirk</cite></a>, <a href="https://podnews.net/podcast/izhdj"><cite>Charlie Kirk Death</cite></a> and <a href="https://podnews.net/podcast/izltn"><cite>Charlie Kirk Manhunt</cite></a>. The company's CEO, Jeanine Wright - who is a former legal attorney - has been clear about the company's SEO policy, saying <a href="https://weekly.podnews.net/1538779/episodes/17908515-what-s-the-deal-with-inception-point-ai-plus-ireland-and-audioalways?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-12-15">in an interview</a> for the Podnews Weekly Review podcast: "When people typed Charlie Kirk into Apple and Spotify, we were three of the top five shows - even beating out the Daily Mail." Only one of those shows makes any mention of AI in the audio; another claims it has "personal interviews" and "a team of expert researchers and journalists".</li>
<li>As of checking today, <a href="https://podnews.net/apple-podcasts-geo/channel/biography/id6442586254">Inception Point AI's biography channel</a> contains 733 shows; the vast majority of which are, according to the company, not checked by humans before publishing.</li>
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<li>Apple released iOS v26.2 at the end of last week. <a href="https://podnews.net/article/apple-chapters-faq">In Apple Podcasts, it rolls out automated chapters for every podcast, as well as "timed links",</a> which is particularly helpful for guests, allowing links to their podcasts to appear when they're mentioned in the audio. We've updated <a href="https://podnews.net/article/apple-chapters-faq">our FAQ</a>. The v26.2 update also includes more than <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-12-15">25 different security fixes</a>, so we'd suggest you update as soon as you're able to.
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<li>To update your iPhone or iPad to v26.2, open the Settings app, choose "General" then "Software Update", and pull down the screen to check for the latest. (Do it from a fast wifi connection!)</li>
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