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iHeartMedia Teams Up with Qatar’s Government Communications Office to Announce ‘iHeartPodcasts’ at Web Summit Qatar 2025
iHeart brings leading podcast talent including Malcolm Gladwell, Jay Shetty, David Eagleman and others to the Centre Stage and to the event’s newest
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[{"type":"text","content":"\niHeart brings leading podcast talent including Malcolm Gladwell, Jay Shetty, David Eagleman and others to the Centre Stage and to the event’s newest offering: iHeart Podcast Creator Studio \n\n\nWeb Summit Qatar will feature an on-site iHeartPodcasts Studio for top podcast talent to record episodes live from the floor\n\n\n DOHA, Qatar & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\niHeartMedia, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally and the Government Communications Office of the State of Qatar (GCO) announced that iHeartPodcasts will be the official podcast partner for the 2025 Web Summit Qatar.\n\n\nThe second edition of Web Summit Qatar is set to gather more than 20,000 technology and business leaders, founders, world-leading investors, media and a record 1,250 startups at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) from February 23 - 26, 2025.\n\n\nTop iHeartPodcasts talent, show producers and executives will be in attendance to participate in a range of events including educational sessions, live podcast recordings and Centre Stage content like fireside chats, panel discussions and Q&A sessions.\n\n\nThis year’s Centre Stage sessions will welcome Conal Byrne, CEO of the iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group along with other leading iHeartPodcasts talent including Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and co-founder of Pushkin Industries and host of “Revisionist History”; Jay Shetty, global best-selling author and award-winning host of the chart-topping global podcast “On Purpose”; David Eagleman, neuroscientist at Stanford University, internationally best-selling author and host of “Inner Cosmos”; and Jonathan Strickland, Executive Producer for iHeartPodcasts and host of “TechStuff.”\n\n\nAdditionally as part of the partnership, Web Summit Qatar will introduce a new conference offering, the iHeart Podcast Creator Studio, featuring an on-site iHeartPodcasts Recording Studio and attendee lounge for live show taping on the showroom floor. These experts, from Malcolm Gladwell to Jay Shetty and David Eagleman and others, including Noel Brown and Ben Bowlin co-hosts of “Ridiculous History,” will present multiple podcast courses for attendees at the Creator Studio on the foundations of podcasting. Programming will include discussions and interactive workshops about effective storytelling, technical setup and equipment needs, audio production basic...