Rusty Quill Ltd

AudioUK and some of its member companies will be at The Radio Academy Festival this week, please come along and say hello if you are there (18th September at the Royal College of Physicians, in London). AudioUK is on the Impact Stage at 4pm, joined by Rusty Quill Ltd and Unedited: for The Impact of Evolution: how to make money by staying nimble as a podcast business. In this session, Bernard P Achampong, Chloe Straw and Hannah Brankin explore how to be successful and profitable as a podcast business. Goalhanger and Colour It In Studios are on the Festival Stage: Building a Winning Podcast Partnership: How to Work with A-List Talent Jack Davenport (Co-founder Goalhanger), Ami Bennett (Director - Colour It In), Rhyanna Coleman (Head of Podcasts, YMU), speak to Nicole Logan (Goalhanger). Nick Wallace opens the Festival Stage with a keynote: The Great British Post Office Trial. Nick Wallis talks to Sima Kotecha on the journey of breaking this story on the radio. Audio Always is represented by Stuart Morgan, opening the Impact Stage: How to ‘buy’ a podcast. Lizzie Pollott (Acast), Leanne Alie (Head of Podcasts at Unlocked), Stuart Morgan (MD, Audio Always) explore strategies for identifying valuable content, negotiating deals and integrating third-party shows into existing networks with Imriel Morgan (Content is Queen). Listen is represented by Josh Adley: The Future Will Be Visualised: Where the merging of audio and video is headed next hosted by Rylan with Josh Adley (Listen), Rhyanna Coleman (YMU), Syeda Irtizaali (Editor of Unscripted, BBC) and Ellie Buckland (BBC Music). And on the ARIAs stage: Best Drama: Sherlock & Co. Joel Emery and Adam Jarrell (Holy Smokes Media) chat to Caroline Steel on how their modern take on Sherlock & Co has been a hit with audiences on Goalhanger. Best Specialist Music Show with Lady Unchained (National Prison Radio) tells Dan Noble the incredible story behind Free Flow, the gold winning show that’s a hit with audiences behind bars. You can see the full programme here: https://lnkd.in/ev4bCndt

We're delighted to announce the new Board for AudioUK following the elections at our AGM. The new Board is: Chair - Kellie While, 7digital Vice Chair - Bernard P Achampong, Unedited: Secretary - Leona Fensome, Inkslingers Media Treasurer - Kerry Luter, Storyglass Board members: Chris Skinner, Somethin' Else David Prest, Whistledown Nina Robinson, Soundtruism Media Productions Hannah Brankin, Rusty Quill Ltd Grace Hopper, tbi media Jon Holmes, Unusual Productions LTD Steve Austins and Marina Lois, Bengo Media Stuart Morgan, Audio Always Viv Parry Reduced Listening Peter Curran, Foghorn Many thanks to long-standing Secretary Trevor Dann who has stood down from the Board this year and to David Tyler who contributed heavily to our work on matters such as BBC Terms of Trade. You can see our Board here: https://lnkd.in/eiN2Af7G

Thank you so much to AudioUK for electing me to your Board! I look forward to helping the team in its goals of a fairer industry and a better regulated space. An election year is an exciting chance to drive the betterment of our innovative sphere. It is an honour. #RustyQuill #AudioUK #Board

Elizabeth Moffatt, along with Rusty Quill, arranged a nomination for the International Women in Podcasting Awards, for the work I did as composer and sound designer on 'Of That Colossal Wreck'. OTCW was the inaugural story on RQ's 'Neon Inkwell' project that Liz showruns. I had no idea about any of this whatsoever until Liz messaged me to say I'd been shortlisted for this 'Moments of Behind-the-Scenes Brilliance' category. https://lnkd.in/eX-Etv2M I was surprised (delightedly so!) by this! I am currently working on recognising myself as someone who's done a few years of on-the-job learning (and some hard work) and now has skills that can be taken seriously... rather than someone with potential but who isn't fully in the field yet, which is obviously where I started when I retrained after early motherhood, 6-7 years ago. This shortlisting has underscored that thought for me. And it can often feel like I'm working in a vacuum in this job, by its very nature. We're alone in our studios, living and breathing a story written and acted by people who've more often than not moved onto their next gig already, while for weeks on end our heads are stuffed full of their work: what the thoughts and feelings inside it are; how to draw the audience into those moods; what the journey is; how to articulate that journey... So, all in all, external validation like this is lovely, and I'm really grateful to Liz, and RQ, and the judges. #InternationalWomensPodcastAwards #IWPA2024 #WeHaveThingsToSay

What an honour to have Rusty Quill represented at the Buckingham Palace tea party, hosted by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Thank you very much AudioUK for extending the invitation to Alexander J Newall and I, we had a wonderful time and met some of the best and brightest people in the podcasting space.