The People's Choice Podcast Awards, better known as the Podcast Awards, are a set of United States-centric awards given annually to the best podcasts as voted by the general public. Originally founded in 2005 by Todd Cochrane of Podcast Connect Inc., the Podcast Awards were bought by New Media Expo in September 2014. The first Podcast Awards show was held in 2006 (awarding shows for the 2005 calendar year) had over 350,000 people vote for their nominated podcasts, with nearly 1000 people attending the awards ceremony. The 10th annual Podcast Awards Show, the first show run exclusively by the New Media Expo, took place at Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino on April 14, 2015. It was hosted by Chris Jericho and Emily Morse.