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Podcast, speaking and award slots: which PR tools have it? 9 tools, dated

9 PR software companies have it. PodMatch was first, available June 15, 2020. The latest to add it was PodPitch, available Oct. 2, 2026.

Updated . Launches from June 15, 2020 to Oct. 14, 2026.

What it is

Podcast guest spots, speaking slots and awards to enter.

Every company that has it

By the day each first shipped it, earliest first.

  1. PodMatch

    Site: podmatch.com. 2 launches with it: the first, then the later one.

    1. PodMatch launch: automatic matching of podcast hosts and guests

      Available June 15, 2020.

      PodMatch launched as software that matches podcast guests with hosts and handles the booking steps, the origin of its guest and host slots service.

      Features: Podcast, speaking and award slots, Journalist research.

      Source: Podcast Junkies (Alex Sanfilippo interview).

    2. AI Match Insight Update

      Announced September 2024.

      PodMatch added an AI feature showing hosts and guests why a specific match was generated, to cut interview research time.

      Features: Podcast, speaking and award slots.

      Source: Podcast News Daily.

  2. Talks.co

    Site: talks.co. 2 launches with it: the first, then the later one.

    1. AI-Powered Matching

      Announced 2024.

      AI system generating personalized podcast host-guest match suggestions based on user profiles and preferences.

      Features: Podcast, speaking and award slots.

      Source: Wayback Machine capture of talks.co, 2024-03-11.

    2. AI-Powered Digital Speaker Pages

      Announced Sept. 1, 2025.

      Free speaker profile pages, auto-generated and kept current by AI, replacing PDF one-sheets for podcast guest booking.

      Features: Podcast, speaking and award slots.

      Source: Podnews.

  3. Press Ranger

    Site: pressranger.com.

    1. Press Ranger Launches Podcast Database

      Available March 17, 2025.

      A searchable database of podcasts and their hosts, added to the media databases.

      Features: Media database, Podcast, speaking and award slots.

      Source: Martech Edge (GlobeNewswire release repost).

  4. HARO

    Site: helpareporter.com.

    1. Podcasts category for guest requests

      Available June 16, 2025.

      HARO added a category where podcast hosts post queries for guests.

      Features: Podcast, speaking and award slots, Journalist requests.

      Source: HARO blog (Change Log, 16 Jun 2025).

  5. Interview Valet

    Site: interviewvalet.com.

    1. Podcast Authority Score (with PodEngine)

      Available Sept. 10, 2025.

      A podcast scoring tool built on hundreds of data points and algorithms, to match guests to shows.

      Features: Podcast, speaking and award slots.

      Source: PR Newswire (PodEngine and Interview Valet launch the Podcast Authority Score).

  6. Meltwater

    Site: meltwater.com. 2 launches with it: the first, then the later one.

    1. Adds a Podcaster role filter to Media Relations search

      Announced November 2025.

      Search can be filtered to podcast hosts.

      Features: Media database, Podcast, speaking and award slots.

      Source: Meltwater product updates (page 12).

    2. Adds 20,000 podcast contacts to Media Relations

      Announced August 2026.

      Users can search podcasts by host, show title or topic, with a podcast badge to tell them apart from other media contacts.

      Features: Media database, Podcast, speaking and award slots.

      Source: Meltwater product updates (page 2).

  7. Rephonic

    Site: rephonic.com.

    1. Rephonic MCP server

      Available March 6, 2026.

      Remote MCP server with 26 tools over the Rephonic API: podcast search, listener demographics, contacts, transcripts, chart rankings and sponsors.

      Features: Podcast, speaking and award slots, MCP server.

      In the skills library.

      Source: GitHub.

  8. PodPitch

    Site: podpitch.com.

    1. PodPitch plugins for Claude and ChatGPT, with an MCP endpoint

      Available Oct. 2, 2026.

      Claude and ChatGPT plugins over a PodPitch MCP server with 51 tools: free podcast discovery, plus campaigns, drafts and outreach for PodPitch customers.

      Features: Podcast, speaking and award slots, MCP server, Plugin.

      In the skills library.

      Source: GitHub.

Every company we track, with or without this feature, is on the PR software map.

Methodology and corrections: what counts as a launch, how each one is checked, and how to report an error.

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Cite as: Newsprint, "Podcast, speaking and award slots: which PR tools have it? 9 tools, dated", https://www.newsprint.com/features/podcasts-and-awards/, updated 2026-10-28

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