The Ondas Globales Podcast Awards, the most important international awards dedicated exclusively to the Spanish-language podcast sector, already have the nominees for their third edition: the El Enemy podcasts. The Crime of the Widow by CAM, by EL PAÍS Audio, La pija y la quinqui, La sphere, Nobody Knows Anything and the podcasters Xuso Jones, Ana Brito and Jordi Wild are among the 70 nominees in the 14 categories of the PRISA awards (publisher of EL PAÍS), which recognizes the best in the Spanish podcast industry in 2023.
The 70 nominees for the awards organized by PRISA Audio and Cadena SER were selected by an international jury specialized in media from the 1,252 applications received this year. In total there are 56 selected projects from 36 audio production companies or authors from 12 countries. A majority of the nominations come from independent production companies as well as leading media projects and audio platforms in Spanish-speaking countries.
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The enemy. CAM's Widow's Crime from EL PAÍS Audio is nominated for the Best Narrative Nonfiction Program award. It is a four-part documentary about the unsolved murder of María del Carmen Martínez, the widow of the former president of the Mediterranean Savings Bank. The podcast, the result of an investigation of more than six years by the journalist Braulio García Jaén, in which Bárbara Ayuso also took part, contains the first-hand testimony of the only defendant, his son-in-law Miguel López. In its category it competes with the productions Who Killed Anna Cook? (Podium Podcast), Prison Isn't Funny (Spotify), Ferrándiz. About a serial killer (Las Provincias and Vocento) and Intoxicado: el Caso de Pity Álvarez (Spotify).
The candidates were announced during an official, live-streamed event at LaCoproductora, an audiovisual content producer of the PRISA Group based in Madrid. The general director of PRISA Audio, María Jesús Espinosa de los Monteros, and Isabel Salazar, country manager of Podimo España, main sponsor of this edition of the awards ceremony, attended. The nominees were read out by Fizpireta and Uy Albert, hosts of the Reyes del Palique podcast.
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The event began with the intervention of the General Director of PRISA Audio, María Jesús Espinosa de los Monteros, who appreciated the number and quality of the works received this year from 19 countries on the international stage: “We are convinced that this record is the number a testament to the quality and diversity of talent that exists in podcasting around the world.” The prize jury president also highlighted “the high level of excellence and creativity demonstrated by the consolidation of the audio industry as a new cultural industry.”
For her part, the country manager of Podimo Spain, Isabel Salazar, highlighted the collaboration with PRISA Audio and Podimo's support for the awards: “For three years we have given visibility to creators and production companies, a work that is also part of our DNA.”, and that strengthens the industry,” he began. “We are sure that we will continue on this path together and build the necessary bridges to make the Spanish-language podcast industry significantly better,” he added.
During the meeting, broadcast live via the Ondas and Cadena SER YouTube account, Espinosa de los Monteros announced the date and place of the ceremony to award the statuettes of this edition: it will take place during a gala that will take place next June 19th at will take place Prize of the Teatro Circo in Madrid.
The winners will be announced in advance: next April 10 at 6:00 p.m. on the Cadena SER program La Ventana. The winners for Best “Breakthrough Podcast” and “Career in the Podcast Industry in Spain and Latin America” will also be announced on the same day. In contrast to the other nominees, they are chosen directly by the jury. As a novelty, a new category was introduced this year, that of the best video podcast, in which La pija y la quinqui (Sotify), Sabor a queer (Podimo), El Año de las Emotions (RTVE), Bad People (Podimo) and Alone too can be seen with Vicky Martín Berrocal (Podium Podcast). For the third year in a row, the gala will be the highlight of honoring the industry's most outstanding work and professionals.
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