Podnews Weekly Review
The last word in podcasting news.Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review the week's top stories from Podnews; and interview some of the biggest names making the news. Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - keep podcasting!
S3 E11 · Fri, March 28, 2025
AudioUK, Megan Lazovick, and YouTube
We chat with Megan Lazovick from Edison Research, Chloe Straw from AudioUK, and Podcast Nation - and talk YouTube Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
Bonus · Mon, March 24, 2025
Extra: Matt Medeiros on the future of Podcasting 2.0
A full interview with Matt on the future of Podcasting 2.0, and his view of Tom Webster's recent article. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E10 · Fri, March 21, 2025
Podcasting 3.0?! And the Infinite Dial 2025
We speak with Matt Medeiros on Podcasting 3.0, and how to fix Podcasting 2.0. Plus, the Infinite Dial 2025, and more podcast industry news. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
Bonus · Mon, March 17, 2025
Extra: Annalise Nielsen, from Pacific Content and Lower Street
Annalise Nielsen shares her expert insights on YouTube's dominance in podcast consumption and why video strategy needs careful consideration rather than automatic implementation. She explains how different audiences require different approaches to content creation and platform distribution. • YouTube is now the top platform for podcast consumption, but this doesn't mean video is right for every show • Only about 30% of podcast consumption happens on YouTube, and much of this isn't active video watching • Live podcasting is growing as a way to build audience interaction and deeper parasocial relationships • Spotify's pivot to video seems disconnected from how users typically engage with the platform • The "attention diet" concept helps creators understand where their target audience already spends time • Podcast diversity is declining despite women controlling most purchasing decisions • Different audience segments (executives vs. young consumers) require completely different format approaches • Video podcast creation requires significant investment and means sacrificing some audio-only capabilities Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E9 · Fri, March 14, 2025
Video and its part in podcasting - Annalise Nielsen from Pacific Content and Lower Street
We chat with Annalise from Pacific Content about how video fits into podcasting, live events and shows, and women in podcasting. Plus, lots of Spotify news. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
Bonus · Mon, March 10, 2025
Extra: Adam Curry and Dave Jones on the Godcaster
A full version of an interview with Adam and Dave about their new product. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E8 · Fri, March 07, 2025
Faith, Radio, and Podcasting 2.0 - Adam Curry and Dave Jones
We talk about Godcaster, and also catch up with the week's news. (A long interview with Adam and Dave on Monday here). Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E7 · Fri, February 28, 2025
Podimo's success; and the Pod Predictor from Coleman Insights
We speak with Morten Strunge of Podimo about the company's success in hitting one million paid subscribers; and Jay Nachlis from Coleman Insights about their testing tool, the Pod Predictor. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
Bonus · Mon, February 24, 2025
Extra: Rockie Thomas from SoundStack
Rockie talks about why the new podcast namespace excites her, and how to grow podcasting by making it simpler. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E6 · Fri, February 21, 2025
SoundStack's Rockie Thomas; and has Podcasting 2.0 failed?
We chat with Rockie Thomas, who is very excited about the potential of live podcasts. And, we cover new developments in the industry, including a look at one podcast that claimed Podcasting 2.0 has failed. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E5 · Fri, February 14, 2025
Spotify's payments to creators, and Acast in profit
Sam and James talk about Spotify's recently revealed creator payments for podcasters, and Acast's profitable year Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
Bonus · Mon, February 10, 2025
Extra: David Bodycombe on video for podcasts
James chats with David Bodycombe on how he produces video for Tom Scott's Lateral podcast. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E4 · Fri, February 07, 2025
Riverside's AI tools; and why do video podcasting?
We speak with Kendall Breitman from Riverside on their new tools; and with David Bodycombe on reasons why video podcasting is a good thing after all. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E3 · Fri, January 31, 2025
Europe's podcast growth, and the podcast numbers you should know
We speak with Andreea Coscai from EuroWaves about Europe's growth; and talk TuneIn, as well as a ton of numbers Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E2 · Sat, January 25, 2025
How Apple Podcasts works in China; and another set of predictions for the year
We're late - sorry. But we're here. We use chapters, so if you use chapters too, feel free to jump to stories that interest you! Send James & Sam a message Buzzsprout Start podcasting - keep podcasting! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
Bonus · Mon, January 20, 2025
Extra: Stuart Last, CEO, Audioboom
The full interview with Stuart Last from last Friday - including why his company is focusing on "baked-in" ad reads. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S3 E1 · Fri, January 17, 2025
Spotify goes live with its Partner Program; Audioboom's CEO Stuart Last
Sam and James cover the news since we last did a "real" show - including Spotify, Global Radio, and live streaming. Plus, we hear from Audioboom's CEO, Stuart Last, on the company's 2024. Send James & Sam a message Buzzsprout Start podcasting - keep podcasting! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E108 · Fri, January 10, 2025
Predictions for 2025
James and Sam predict the podcast industry's 2025. We're back with our normal show next week; Podnews has been producing updated news throughout the holiday period - you can read that over at https://podnews.net/ Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E107 · Fri, January 03, 2025
Highlights and lowlights of 2024; and our predictions for last year
Sam and James look at our predictions for last year; and look back at how 2024 went. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E106 · Fri, December 27, 2024
Special: predictions and reflections from our PWR Supporters
This episode features predictions and reflections from podcast industry leaders about 2024 and 2025. Multiple speakers address the evolving role of video in podcasting, with some arguing it will become essential while others caution against treating it as a silver bullet. Rachel Corbett notes that video shouldn't be considered mandatory for success, while Neal Veglio suggests a return to audio focus in 2025. The speakers discuss how Donald Trump's appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast influenced the election, highlighting podcasting's growing mainstream impact. Several contributors, including Cameron Moll from Buzzsprout, predict AI will become more seamlessly integrated into podcast production workflows, moving from a highlighted feature to a behind-the-scenes tool. The future of podcast monetization and distribution platforms emerges as a key theme. Rockie Thomas predicts publishers will need to combine traditional baked-in ads with dynamic insertion to optimize revenue across platforms. Multiple speakers address the ongoing competition between Spotify, Apple, and YouTube, with James Burt suggesting Spotify might finally overtake Apple as the dominant platform in 2025. Send James & Sam a message Buzzsprout Start podcasting - keep podcasting! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E105 · Fri, December 20, 2024
Lemonada Media, secureRSS, Podthon and a new Podcasting 2.0 podcast
This week, we've an interview with Jessica Cordova Cramer from Lemonada Media, who shares insights about working with Meghan Markle and David Duchovny. She reveals how their shows have exceeded expectations, with Duchovny's podcast expanding from 20 planned episodes to 31 due to its success, and discusses the company's strategy for selecting talent who have a clear purpose for their podcasts. A new approach to podcast comments is proposed, using existing RSS technology. James and Sam explain how this could simplify the process for both developers and users, while allowing podcasters to maintain control over their comment sections and aggregate feedback from multiple platforms. We also hear about Podthon, secure RSS, and Claire Waite Brown who has produced a new show explaining Podcasting 2.0. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E104 · Fri, December 13, 2024
Acast's Wonder Media Network acquisition; the Podcast Hall of Fame, and Podgagement
Acast's acquisition of Wonder Media Network for $7.8 million. Ross Adams and Shira Atkins discus how this strategic move enhances Acast's creative capabilities and expands their presence in the US market, while also revealing plans for video content and live streaming initiatives in 2025. The Podcast Hall of Fame's evolution, with chairperson Rob Greenlee explaining efforts to transform it from a US-centric institution into a truly global recognition platform. The discussion highlights challenges in diversifying nominations and voters to better represent international podcast pioneers. Daniel J Lewis shares insights about Podgagement, a platform designed to replace Chartable's analytics features, revealing that he has been tracking 34,000 podcast charts hourly for five years across multiple regions and genres. The tool offers unique features for podcasters to monitor their rankings and engage with their audience through voice messages and feedback systems. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E103 · Fri, December 06, 2024
Daniel Ek's view of podcast ads; plus all the latest podcasting news
We listen to a recent interview with Daniel Ek; and discuss video on open RSS and why it's not, really, the best solution. See our Spotify Wrapped data: https://wrappedforcreators.byspotify.com/en/?id=7fa285233876bf77d3224c08aa829c06fb31f084c123746f3a1b4c13390453be#!/1 Me and my Tiny Human, from PWR Supporter Rachel Corbett, is here: https://podnews.net/podcast/iuveg The Colin and Samir Show, which we quote from, is here: https://podnews.net/podcast/i498j We support chapters! Support us here: https://weekly.podnews.net/ Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E102 · Fri, November 29, 2024
Changes to streaming payments, Nick Dunkerley on Hindenburg, Jon Thoday from Avalon
a) a lot of impenetrable technical stuff about how streaming payments will change for those of us using "streaming sats" or "boosts". b) Nick Dunkerley from Hindenburg on a year of Hindenburg Pro 2. c) Jon Thoday from Avalon on how his talent management company sees podcasting We have chapters! Use them if impenetrable technical stuff is not your thing! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E101 · Fri, November 22, 2024
Amazon Music's Audible move; Neil Mody from Headliner, and Alberto Betella from RSS.com
Can Amazon Music's latest move to integrate Audible shake up the streaming landscape? We explore this strategy offering subscribers in the US, UK, and Canada a free Audible title each month and ponder if this could elevate Amazon Music's stance amidst stiff competition. Gain insights from Neil Mody, CEO of Headliner, as he reveals how innovative tools are shaping the podcasting world. Learn from Alberto Betella about RSS.com's new GOST.ai tool. And James goes off on one about whether we should welcome YouTube or, instead, recognise it as a threat. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E100 · Sat, November 16, 2024
Spotify's Now Playing; plus, Spirit Studios' Matt Campion on content creation
In this episode, James Cridland reports from West Hollywood about Spotify's major "Now Playing" event, where the company announced significant changes including rebranding Spotify for Podcasters to Spotify for Creators. The platform unveiled a new partner program allowing creators to earn money from both audio and video content, with specific eligibility requirements that appear more stringent than YouTube's criteria. The show features an insightful interview with Matt Campion from Spirit Studios about their IP 360 strategy, which focuses on creating multi-platform content across podcasting, video, and television. Campion discusses how the industry's shift away from traditional TV commissioning has led them to focus on building digital-first projects that can later be developed into data-led TV series. The hosts also explore Samsung's decision to shut down its podcast app, Chris Wallace's departure from CNN to pursue opportunities in streaming and podcasting, and interesting developments in podcast technology, including new tools for audience surveys and changes in how platforms label the subscribe/follow button. The episode concludes with a discussion about the shifting social media landscape as creators move away from Twitter/X toward platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E99 · Sat, November 09, 2024
Mike Parkinson and Jamie Anderson - podcasts with AI voices
Full interviews with Justin Jackson, Mike Parkinson and Jamie Anderson are over at https://extra.podnews.net - what you hear here is about ten minutes of a 30+ minute interview. We speak to Jamie Anderson and Mike Parkinson about "Virtually Parkinson", the new podcast hosted by an AI Sir Michael Parkinson. And, Justin Jackson, from Transistor. NB: We haven't uploaded a transcript this week, because transcription tools appear to have replaced "Parky" with a racial slur, and we don't trust the tool enough to allow it to produce a transcript this time. (Apple Podcasts users - you get whatever Apple has created). Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E98 · Fri, November 01, 2024
Jamie East on the Daily Mail's Podcast Success; plus the Independent Podcast Awards winners
We chat with Jamie East about the Daily Mail's podcasts, and the company's expansion into Europe; and with the winner of the Independent Podcast Awards, It's A Continent. https://podnews.net/podcast/i9e1m Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E97 · Fri, October 25, 2024
Jack Sylvester on Diary of a CEO; and Flight Studio's podcast innovations
A special episode, with a long-form interview with Diary of a CEO's Jack Sylvester. Find out how the podcast works; what the future is for Flight Studio and Steven Bartlett's new companies, and plenty more. We're back with our usual show next week! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E96 · Fri, October 18, 2024
Oscar Merry on Fountain's Latest Update; plus Spotify's Audiobook Expansion
We look at the new Fountain build, and wonder what This American Life is doing Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E95 · Fri, October 11, 2024
YouTube’s Sandy Wilheim; The Ambies and South Africa
We chat with Sandy Wilheim from YouTube; Michele Cobb from The Ambies; and Paolo Diaz about podcasting in South Africa. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E94 · Fri, October 04, 2024
Spotify's Maya Prohovnik; plus Ross Adams from Acast
The Acast study: https://podnews.net/press-release/consumerism Read Podnews for the full Spotify interview: https://podnews.net/ Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E93 · Fri, September 27, 2024
Spotify closes Chartable; and Mark Asquith on Captivate's new Spark AI
We chat with Mark about Captivate's Spark AI; discuss all that's new about Spotify; and the RODECaster Video. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E92 · Fri, September 20, 2024
Carl Fridsjö from Podspace; and adventures in AI
We interview Carl Fridsjö from Podspace, and learn about the company from Sweden. Plus - there are lots of exciting things going on with AI. We look at some of those, too! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E91 · Fri, September 13, 2024
Steve Pratt's Insights on Attention Marketing, plus Buzzsprout's new websites
James Cridland and Sam Sethi discuss various topics related to podcasting, including new features from Buzzsprout, the importance of attention in the digital age, and the shift towards video content. The episode also includes an interview with Steve Pratt, author of the book "Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers." Pratt discusses the importance of creating valuable content to earn attention and provides examples of companies that have successfully done so. The hosts also discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the increasing use of video in podcasting. Send James & Sam a message Buzzsprout Start podcasting - keep podcasting! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E90 · Fri, September 06, 2024
PodFund for Podcast 2.0; AI in Podcasting; and the Castro app
We chat with Mike Russell from Music Radio Creative; Dustin Bluck from Castro; and Russell Harrower from PodToo. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E89 · Fri, August 30, 2024
Wondery's New Heights Acquisition; and Mignon Fogarty's 18th year in podcasting
Wondery has bought New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce. Sam and James look at the deal and wonder how much of it is Taylor Swift related... plus we hear from someone celebrating her 18th year in podcasting: Grammar Girl's Mignon Fogarty. Find out how podcasting has changed and whether video is a good thing really. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E88 · Thu, August 22, 2024
Apple's web app - from Podcast Movement
James wanders about at Podcast Movement while chatting with Sam about the latest podcasting news. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E87 · Fri, August 16, 2024
Bumper's dashboard; Apple's 30%; PodEngine.ai
We chat with Dan Misener from Bumper about the new Bumper Dashboard and a different way to measure your podcast success. And with Joe Tannorella from Pod Engine, about his new podcast tool. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E86 · Fri, August 09, 2024
Wondercraft's ad studio; NFC Podcast Beacons; Podcast Discovery's virtual 3D studio
We hear from Oskar Serrander, CEO of Wondercraft, about their new AI studio that promises to revolutionise ad production. Plus, we explore the significant leadership change at Libsyn and the sale of Pair Networks. We introduce Podcast Discovery's virtual studio, enhancing video quality with professional setups and 3D modeled backgrounds, thereby increasing the chances of your podcast clips going viral. We chat with Josh Divney. And we learn about the NFC-enabled podcast beacon from Custom Podcast Solutions, with Mathew Passy. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E85 · Fri, August 02, 2024
Lower Street's Pacific Content Acquisition; and the future of Descript
Join us this week as we reveal the fascinating details behind Lower Street's acquisition of Pacific Content. We sit down with Harry Morton, who shares his admiration for Pacific Content's creative work and how this acquisition is set to reshape the branded podcast industry. We also discuss how the integration of these two powerhouse brands will foster innovation while maintaining their unique identities. And we chat with Andrew Mason of Descript into the past, present and future of Descript, the revolutionary podcast production tool. https://extra.podnews.net/ for more from Andrew - including his funding journey and some of his plans for where the product goes next. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E84 · Fri, July 26, 2024
An adblocking podcast app; and AI-powered podcasting with Superproducer AI
James talks with Micah Engle-Eshleman, who is building an adblocking podcast app that supports the podcast creators. Good thing? Dreadful idea? We'd be interested in your comments, via fanmail or a boostagram. Plus, Manan Bhalodia from SuperProducer.ai talks to us about "Quickie", his company's AI-generated newsaggregation podcast, and what the future might bring; and Daniel Ek talks about the future of podcasting on Spotify. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E83 · Fri, July 19, 2024
How does copyright work for podcasting? Plus, a new Overcast rewrite and Adobe tools
Unlock the secrets to smart podcasting as we explore game-changing developments in the industry! Get ready for a deep dive into Libsyn's leadership shake-up, the buzz around Lemonada Media's possible sale, and Overcast's latest update. PRS UK's groundbreaking podcast music license is also on the agenda, promising to streamline music usage for creators. Gordon Firemark, the podcast lawyer, joins us to break down these new licensing regulations and their broader implications, making this episode a must-listen for anyone serious about podcasting. Copyright complexities and AI's controversial role in content creation take center stage as we discuss Mustafa Suleiman's stance on web scraping and how tools like Cloudflare’s AI blocker are changing the game. The importance of explicitly stating licensing terms with Creative Commons licenses is emphasized to keep podcasters out of legal hot water. Firemark sheds light on fair use, helping you navigate the grey areas of content creation and legal boundaries with confidence. Discover how advanced AI tools can elevate your podcast ads and listener experience. From AIcoustics' new audio enhancement tool to Eleven Labs' voice isolation technology, we cover the innovations transforming podcasting today. We also delve into regional accents in ads, the latest trends in podcast app platforms, and the shift to progressive web apps. Plus, get the latest scoop on the Australian podcast ranker and notable exits at Libsyn. This episode is packed with expert insights and timely updates to keep you ahead in the ever-evolving world of podcasting. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E82 · Fri, July 12, 2024
Neal Veglio guests; Spotify Comments; Pary Bell from TPX
This week, James is joined by Neal Veglio from Podknows Podcasting - https://podknowspodcasting.co.uk/ We speak with Pary Bell from https://www.thepodcastexchange.ca/ and talk about YouTube being #1 (is it?) and Spotify's new Comments feature. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E81 · Fri, July 05, 2024
Spotify's innovations, multi-language, and Kim Fox - the Podcast Professor
The latest news and trends in the podcasting industry. In this episode, we discuss Spotify's growing video podcast platform, Buzzsprout's website redesign, the debate around the future of free podcasts, and the podcast landscape in Egypt as explored by guest Kim Fox, the "Podcast Professor" at the American University in Cairo. We also touch on developments in podcast monetization, translation tools, and upcoming industry events like Podcast Day Asia and Podcast Movement. This fast-paced, insider look at the world of podcasting provides valuable insights for both seasoned and aspiring creators. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E80 · Fri, June 28, 2024
Buzzsprout's new Android app; Zombie Google Podcasts and PodToo
In this episode, hosts James Cridland and Sam Sethi discuss Buzzsprout's new Android app, the New York Times putting podcasts behind a paywall, the fate of Google Podcasts, and YouTube adding a podcasts page. They also interview Alban Brooke from Buzzsprout about the company's podcast hosting platform and new shows, and Russell Harrower from PodToo. Additionally, the hosts cover events in the podcasting world, including Podcast Movement and Podcast Asia, as well as discuss topics like podcast transcription, monetization, and the growing Podcasting 2.0 community. Throughout the conversation, the hosts provide insights, analysis, and commentary on the evolving podcast landscape. (Description via kagi.com/fastgpt) Interviews in full in our Podnews Extra podcast. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E79 · Fri, June 21, 2024
Libsyn integrates with YouTube; plus Riverside's AI Tools and podcast events
Libsyn's integrated with YouTube's API - what does that mean? Plus, Kendall from Riverside spills the beans on the new features, and interviews with Theo Gadd from PodLife Events and Nathan Gathright from episodes.fm Longer interviews are in the Podnews Extra podcast feed, if you want to learn more. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E78 · Fri, June 14, 2024
Podcasting in Africa; plus, Spotify's video uploading
We speak with Kevin Y Brown and Jon Savage about the podcast landscape in Africa. Those interviews are in full in the Podnews Extra feed. Also, Spotify's video ambitions, and Alby's removal of support for users in the US causes some concern for the future of streaming sats. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E77 · Fri, June 07, 2024
Spotify to recertify; new Descript version; and rumours!
From an airport lounge in New York, we hear about Descript's new version, and rumours in the industry... What do you think about our new shorter length? Give us feedback using fanmail or our contacts below. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E76 · Thu, May 30, 2024
Pacific Content closes; interviews with Pocket Casts and Platform Media
We interview Ellie from Pocket Casts on the future direction of the podcast app; Matthew from Platform Media on why the company was acquired by PodX; and talk about the closure of Pacific Content. We're trying something new this week: trying to bring down the duration of this podcast to 45 minutes. Haven't quite succeeded yet, but we're on the way; that means shorter edits of interviews, and a more focused story selection. Please give feedback to us (fanmail, boosts, email) with your thoughts on the format and how we can improve. If you like the interviews and want to hear the full conversation, head to the Podnews Extra podcast. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E75 · Thu, May 23, 2024
Live at The Podcast Show in London: PodX, Spotify and LIT
Ever wondered how the big fish like PodX are transforming the podcasting landscape with their chess-like acquisition maneuvers? Get ready to have that curiosity quelled as we unravel PodX's latest play in buying Platform Media, and what it spells for the podcasting cosmos. Plus, we've got the scoop on Spotify's overwhelming tide in Mexico, where it boasts a 90% market share, and why Apple Podcasts might need to play catch-up. Next week, Matthew Sherry from Platform Media himself will be spilling the beans on these game-changing trends, so this is one conversation you won't want to miss. On the tech front, we're tearing the lid off Edison Research's vault, revealing the latest on the diversifying podcast audience that's catching advertisers' eyes. We're talking cutting-edge developments like RSS.com's live item tag interface that's set to turbocharge your podcasting experience with live broadcasts straight through those RSS feeds. Our tech talk doesn't stop there—we're giving you the lowdown on the mighty importance of functional links in episode descriptions and the emerging podcast namespace tags that could redefine listener interaction. Get in on the ground floor with AntennaPod's transcript support and Pine Pods, because this is where the podcast frontier is being redrawn. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E74 · Fri, May 17, 2024
Spotify’s consumption data; Canadaland; Wavlake
Interviews with Canadaland and Wavlake. Details about Spotify’s new consumption data. An exclusive of Canadaland’s new podcast brand. Boosts, fan mail and more. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E73 · Fri, May 10, 2024
The IAB's new numbers, and our first week using fanmail
Our first week with Buzzsprout's new fanmail product was surprisingly good. We look into that, as well as the latest news - including the IAB numbers out of the US. We've chapters in all standards-supporting podcast players. Here are the chapters for Anton who listens in Spotify and needs a better podcast player 00:00:00 PWRMay10 00:00:52 IAB post smaller than expected numbers 00:06:46 Acast results are out 00:11:35 Buzzsprout fanmail one week on 00:22:11 The platform of the future? 00:34:39 Mamamia's Sam 00:40:08 IAB v2.2 00:42:28 Round the world 00:48:26 Events 01:09:06 Sam and James's week Send James & Sam a message Buzzsprout Start podcasting - keep podcasting! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E72 · Fri, May 03, 2024
Buzzsprout's fanmail; Captivate's YouTube integration; and Spotify vs Apple
Including Kevin Finn from Buzzsprout and Mark Asquith from Captivate. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E71 · Fri, April 26, 2024
Acast is 10: interview with Ross Adams; plus, podcast guesting, and Spotify's IAB exit
We chat with Kathryn Musilek from Shark Party Media about podcast guesting; with Acast's CEO, Ross Adams, about Acast's tenth birthday, and wonder whether Spotify's exist from the IAB (and IAB certification) is a mistake. What do you like or not like about this episode? We'd love to hear from you. weekly@podnews.net will find us both, or if you're using a modern podcast app, hit that boost button. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E70 · Fri, April 19, 2024
FlightPath, the M&M Global Awards, and Max Cutler’s PAVE Studios
“This week, we sit down with Jeremy King of the M&M Global Awards and Sean Howard, CEO of Flight Path, to dissect the pulse of podcast advertising and data analysis,” the AI says. Lizzy Pollott from Acast is also interviewed with Jeremy. “Join us for a journey through the evolving world of podcasting where every voice has the potential to echo globally.” - although presumably you could edit out the echo if it’s on a separate track. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E69 · Fri, April 12, 2024
Stephen Bartlett’s Flight Studio, SHEQONOMI and Media Disco
We speak to Georgie and Christiana from Flight Studio, Steven Bartlett’s modest entry into the podcast space; James Allen of Media Disco and the dynamic Anu Bhardwaj of SHEQONOMI. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E68 · Fri, April 05, 2024
Sam's working for the Podcast Standard Project. Plus, YouTube at Evolutions
Sam and James also talk mowPod and plenty of other bits about the week's news. If you get value from this show, give us value - share this show, or send some sats! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E67 · Fri, March 29, 2024
From Podcast Movement Evolutions: the Podnews Report Card and the Indian podcast market
We're live in Los Angeles - and we interview Gautam Raj Anand from Hubhopper about podcasting in India. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E66 · Fri, March 22, 2024
Todd Cochrane; Mike Kadin; and BBC podcasts
We interview Blubrry's Todd Cochrane about his new Vid2Pod tool; and chat with RedCircle's Mike Kadin about OpenRAP. Plus, the BBC's podcast strategy. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E65 · Sat, March 16, 2024
Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub; Gretchen Smith on Ad Results Media
We interview Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub - and catch up with Gretchen Smith from Ad Results Media about ARM Pro. James also helpfully wades into the "preloading audio" argument that's consumed podcastindex.social over the last week. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E65 · Sat, March 16, 2024
Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub; Gretchen Smith on AdResults Media
(The below is from Cohost AI) Explore the ever-shifting tides of podcasting with us as we unpack the big questions that are reshaping the industry. Joe Rogan's YouTube splash and the nuanced debate around podcast players like Podverse are just the tip of the iceberg. We're dissecting download metrics, questioning their relevance, and contemplating the impact on podcasters everywhere. The landscape is vibrating with change, and we're here to weigh in on Libsyn's dance with the Podcasting 2.0 movement, while celebrating the web's 35th anniversary with Evan Prodromou, whose thoughts on the Fediverse provide a glimpse into a connected future. Dive headfirst into the complexities of podcast monetization and the tools carving the path forward, as we scrutinize listener preferences and their influence on the podcast ecosystem. From YouTube Music's silence-trimming feature to the Sesame case study, the episode unspools a narrative rich with innovation. We also shine a spotlight on Gretchen Smith, who illuminates the crossroads of endorsement advertising and produced audio, introducing us to ARM Pro Audience—a concept that's set to revolutionize podcast advertising. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Twitter: @jamescridland / @podnews and @samsethi / @joinpodfans Lightning/NOSTR: ⚡ james@crid.land and ⚡ sam@getalby.com Mastodon: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E64 · Fri, March 08, 2024
Pushkin's future with Gretta Cohn, Buzzsprout's iOS app with Alban Brooke, and Apple's transcripts
In the chapters today... Sam chats with Gretta Cohn about Pushkin's future plans James chats with Alban Brooke about Buzzsprout's iOS app Apple's transcripts, and YouTube Music's firings Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E63 · Fri, March 01, 2024
Podcast Search Optimisation, new IAB guidelines, and a special Aussie gift
We talk: Podcast Search Optimisation, New IAB guidelines Court cases, and lots more Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E62 · Fri, February 23, 2024
The Art of Audio Advertising; and Sam visits Brisbane
James and Sam are at The Pod in Brisbane - https://edgestudio.productions/the-pod/ - to cover what's been going on this week in podcasting. This week - an interview with Stew Redwine on what makes a good podcast ad; Anthony Nwaneri on his podcast Why Your Podcast Isn't Growing - and Sam gets some rants off his chest. Buckle up! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E61 · Fri, February 16, 2024
The Locked On Network's strategy, new Podscribe data, and Acast in profit
While Sam wanders around Australia, James interviews David Locke from the Locked On Podcast Network on how they use SMS to make more loyal listeners; and Amelia Coomber from Podscribe on new data for podcast advertising. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E60 · Fri, February 09, 2024
Triton Digital's 2023 Podcast Report; Podfest; and Spotify's new strategy
James is joined this week by Dave Jones of the Podcast Index. https://podcastindex.org/ Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E59 · Fri, February 02, 2024
Wondercraft AI's Oskar Serrander; Apple's transcripts, and more
We talk with Wondercraft AI's Oskar Serrander, and Sam and James talk about the week's news in podcasting. Also, something fun from Buzzsprout. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E58 · Fri, January 26, 2024
Podcasting 2.0 criticism; Alby outage; and the EU's Digital Markets Act
We discuss Rob and Elsie's criticism of Podcasting 2.0; the Digital Markets Act in Europe and what that means for podcasting; and Alby's outage. (This is a re-upload without 30 minutes of silence, d'oh) Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E57 · Fri, January 19, 2024
Is advertising ageist? An interview with Adelicious; and what people want from podcast advertising
We speak with Andy Goldsmith from Adelicious; Sam starts singing old 1980s TV commercials; and has a bit of a rant about some data. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E56 · Fri, January 12, 2024
Interview with Kevin Smith of Snipd; and seemingly a bad news special?
Step into the future of podcasting with us as we unwrap the latest industry shifts and ponder whether tracking total listening hours trumps download counts. We're joined by Kevin Smith, CEO and co-founder of Snipd, for an exclusive look at his AI-driven app that's changing the way we listen to podcasts. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E55 · Fri, January 05, 2024
James and Sam revisit podcasting in 2023; and give our predictions for 2024
James and Sam look back at our predictions for 2023. How many did we get right? We also look at our highlights and lowlights of the year. Then, we give our predictions for 2024! At least one of them won't come as a surprise. We're back next week - 12th January 2024 - with our first full show of the year. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E54 · Fri, December 29, 2023
2023's highlights, and 2024's predictions from our friends
Highlights of 2023, and predictions for 2024, from our friends. Including: Jennifer Han from Ausha Brett Spencer from City University of London Mark Asquith from Captivate Dave Jones from the Podcast Index Lauren Passell from Tink Media Skye Pillsbury from The Squeeze Arielle Nissenblatt from Descript Sandy Warr from City University of London Lizzy Pollott from Acast Melissa Kiesche from Edison Research Kathy Doyle Elsie Escobar from Libsyn Nayeema Raza from Vox Media Memo Nuñez from RSS.com Kyrin Down from Mere Mortals Marie Le Roux Alex Sadikov Khudania Ajay Rockie Thomas from SoundStack Sophie Hind from Voiceworks Sport Ross Adams from Acast Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E53 · Fri, December 22, 2023
PodcastAI; Fountain; Podcast Guru; and Apple's effect on downloads
Ever considered what your attention is worth when you indulge in the latest podcast episode? You might just find out as we compare the value of podcast content with the likes of Netflix and Spotify, suggesting a fair satoshi range that listeners could shell out per minute of audio bliss. With podcasting's landscape constantly shifting, we're joined by Edward Brawer, CEO of Podcast AI, to delve into how automation and AI tools are spicing up content creation and answering listener queries with flair. Fountain's co-founder, Oscar Merry, also drops by to share the exciting new updates of the Fountain 1.0 app, which promises to elevate user experience and listener engagement to new heights. In our conversation with Edward, we unearth the prospect of B2B opportunities within the bustling podcast business, discussing the recent expansion moves by Podcast AI and the potential of pre-production support using AI technology. On the flip side, we're also looking into Spotify's foray into audiobooks and how their latest venture might shape the industry's future. Plus, we give a hat tip to Kate Cocker's "Everyday Positivity" for her 2000th episode and her charitable efforts with UNICEF, and we travel the world in a round-up of global podcast happenings—from Adalicious's new US representation to the rise of erotic podcasts in Germany. Wrapping up, we tackle the evolution of podcasting tools with updates on Activity Pub support, Blueberry's Value Block Time Splits, and Libsyn's commitment to Podcasting 2.0. As we recount the year's predictions and set our sights on the future, we leave you with a treasure trove of insights to mull over during our short break. Remember, the Weekly Review is just around the corner, so stay tuned for the freshest scoop on the podcasting realm. Join us for this episode that's bursting at the seams with innovation, inspiration, and a good measure of introspection. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E52 · Fri, December 15, 2023
TWiT Layoffs, Ainsley Costello and Just Loud, and a bombshell
We look at the layoffs and show cancellations at the TWiT network; and at Paul Vogel's departure from Spotify. Plus, Ainsley Costello and JL about a live concert - and right at the end, Sam Sethi has news about Podfans. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E51 · Fri, December 08, 2023
Copyright claims, Spotify's job losses, Pod People and Podgagement
(description from Buzzsprout's CoHost AI feature) Can you imagine receiving a bill for using an image without a license? James doesn't have to imagine it, and he’s here to share his harrowing copyright enforcement encounter that could have major implications for all podcast directories globally. We also dare to dissect the recent turmoil at Spotify, a giant in the podcasting industry, grappling with workforce layoffs and the shuttering of popular podcasts. Special guest, Rachael King, CEO of Pod People, gives us an inside look at her journey from starting her company to securing high-profile clients such as HBO and Netflix, and underlines the importance of social media in promoting podcasts. Ever wondered how to measure success in podcasting? We navigate the tricky world of podcast marketing and measurement, shedding light on the rise of new services and metrics that matter in this industry. Finally, we tackle link management tools for podcasts, putting a spotlight on LinkFire, and introducing you to Podgagement, a platform designed to turbo-boost podcast growth. Hear straight from Daniel J Lewis, the creator of Podgagement, about the exciting features of his newly launched platform. We wrap it all up by casting an eye over recent podcasting news and updates, offering reflections on the state of the industry, the challenges we face, and the opportunities that are ripe for the picking. Join us for an enlightening journey through the podcasting universe! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E50 · Fri, December 01, 2023
The podcast app that will skip the ads for you; plus Spotify's Wrapped, YouTube and Descript
We talk to Anna Sian from Spotify; Christiana Cromer from Descript; and Neil Mody from Headliner. "Use the chapters, Luke." Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E49 · Fri, November 24, 2023
Brendan Mulligan and Lisa Jacobs
We start with a dive into the stormy waves stirred up by Good Pods and the backlash against their AI-generated descriptions, our discussion provides a rich exploration of this hot topic. We're thrilled to be joined by Brendan Mulligan, the brain behind PodPage, who enlightens us on integrating podcasting 2.0 features, and Lisa Jacobs from AdResults Media, our expert guide on brand safety in podcast advertising. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E48 · Fri, November 17, 2023
Live Streaming at Podcon MX with Alberto Betella; and Ainsley Costello
Ever wonder how a podcast episode gets broadcasted live? Alberto Betella, co-founder of RSSCom, will let you in on the secret from the recent Podcom MX event in Mexico. We'll traverse the exciting challenges and triumphs of using the live item tag for broadcasting in the first podcasting-only event live-streamed in Mexico. And that's not all, we'll also groove to the tunes of the music scene with Ainsley Costello, a 19-year-old singer-songwriter, who spills the beans about her upcoming events. Advancements in podcasting are gaining momentum, and YouTube is not being left behind. Step into the world of RSS ingestion tools and how YouTube is bolstering support for podcasts via RSS feeds on its Music app. But it's not all tech talks; we bring to light the ongoing court case between the National Association of Deaf and SiriusXM and ponder over its potential impact on the podcasting industry and ADA law. Plus, we've got some thrilling news about the forthcoming live shows at the iconic First Avenue in Minneapolis which promise to be a technological marvel. In the final segment, we dive into the nitty-gritty of podcast tech. Discover Antenna Pod's new person feature, the proposed removal of podcast images namespace value and the potential of the alternate enclosure tag. We talk about the importance of tags in podcasting and how the alternate enclosure tag is revolutionizing audio and video switching in podcast apps. And for all you podcast creators who value your privacy, we share a fail-safe method for protecting your email address in RSS feeds using podprotectemail.com. So, plug in your earphones and get ready for an enlightening episode filled with incredible insights! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E47 · Fri, November 10, 2023
Exploring Buzzsprout with Tom Rossi and Podhome with Barry Luijbregts
Ever wondered how AI can lend a helping hand in podcasting? Stay tuned as we unfurl the fascinating features of Buzzsprout's new AI assistant, Co-Host - a revolutionary tool that can significantly streamline your podcasting process, and even add transcripts to your episodes! We'll shed light on the cost of incorporating this innovation into your Buzzsprout package and examine the progress of the Podcast Standards Project. Get ready for a treat this week as we introduce Podhome, an intelligent platform for creating, hosting, and distributing podcasts. Our special guest, Barry Luijbregts, the founder, and lead developer of Podhome, offers his invaluable insights into AI suggestions, support for music shows, and many more exciting aspects of this platform. Plus, we'll take a critical look at the problems that plague podcast RSS feeds and suggest ways to improve them. We'll round up this week's episode with a discussion on the latest industry updates, including an end to Coronacast, one of Australia's most popular podcasts, and the first podcast acquisition by Tenderfoot TV. Additionally, we'll jog through a review of the latest audio tools released this week, such as Audio Hijack's transcription module and Spooler's location-based audio discovery tool. Lastly, we'll touch on PodCon MX, the first-ever live-streamed podcast conference, and how it ran successfully. So saddle up for an exciting journey into the universe of podcasting! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E46 · Fri, November 03, 2023
Unveiling RSS Blue for Music Podcasters and the double-winner at the Independent Podcast Awards
The new features of RSS Blue for music podcasters and how they can leverage this platform to monetize their art - and lots more! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E45 · Fri, October 27, 2023
Inside Caloroga Shark Media; and Spotify is back in black
Sam and James chat about Spotify's surprise profit; and we interview Caloroga Shark Media, a company producing short-form podcasts. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E44 · Fri, October 20, 2023
Gene Liverman joins us, with Steve Goldstein and Jay Nachlis revealing more about YouTube and podcasting
Buzzsprout's AI writes: "Get ready to unravel the power of YouTube in the podcasting realm with none other than @GeneBean, a part-time podcaster and home automation enthusiast. This episode is all about the major shake-ups and surprising insights in the podcasting industry with the massive entry of YouTube. Join us as we decipher the new rules of YouTube's podcasting game where advertising takes a back seat and hear from Gene about his intriguing journey into podcasting. We're also privileged to host Steve Goldstein and Jay Nachlis whose study on YouTube's role in podcasting has brought some fascinating revelations to light. Have you ever wondered why YouTube is the most popular platform for podcast consumption? Or why there is a distinct difference between younger and older audiences' podcast consumption habits? Get answers to this and more, as we explore the importance of understanding your audience before deciding to use YouTube for your podcast." Volunteer Technologist: https://podnews.net/podcast/iae6i Follow Gene on the fediverse: @genebean@fosstodon.org We're at @podnews@social.podnews.net Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E43 · Fri, October 13, 2023
Todd Cochrane's 19th year of podcasting
We talk with Todd Cochrane of Blubrry about the last 19 years of podcasting, and the future. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E42 · Fri, October 06, 2023
Spotify's audiobooks, Canada's regulation, and Sam at the British Podcast Awards
Revel in the thrill of the ever-evolving podcasting industry! Brace yourself for an exciting episode as we dive into Spotify's latest news including the introduction of audiobooks and time synced transcripts to their platform. We'll also discuss Google's grand departure and the buzz surrounding the British and Australian Podcast Awards. This is your one-stop-shop for all the latest in podcasting! Turn your attention to the north as we venture into a critical discussion on Canada's new podcast regulations imposed by the CRTC. Explore with us the potential impacts on content creators and streaming services in the Maple Leaf country. Get a closer peek at the future of streaming services as we delve into the concept of attention metrics. As a cherry on top, we'll raise a toast to Quill's astounding stride as one of Canada's fastest-growing companies. Finally, we'll put a spotlight on the winners of the Black Podcasting Awards, the Spark Media Awards and more. And don't forget the exhilarating success of Podnews Live, the burgeoning podcast audience in Italy and Nigeria, and the latest personnel changes at VoiceWorks. So buckle up for an enlightening journey into the heart of podcasting! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E41 · Fri, September 29, 2023
Exclusive Edison Podcast Metrics UK data; and the dangers of headphones
Google Podcasts to close; too soon? Plus Melissa Kiesche, Senior Vice President at Edison Research, who unveils the meticulous process behind gathering listener data, providing us with a fresh perspective on the US and UK podcast charts and some exclusive data. And, we'll take a sobering look at the potential dangers linked to headphone usage - a topic every podcaster should be aware of. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E40 · Fri, September 22, 2023
Ross Adams from Acast; Pete Birsinger from Podscribe; and the last word in podcasting news
Ready to elevate your podcasting knowledge? Our latest episode is a deep dive into the evolving world of Apple Podcasts and Acast, promising to enhance your understanding of the industry's latest developments. We explore Apple's new Episode Art feature in their iOS 17 update and discuss the layoffs at Sony Music's podcast division. What's the buzz about Acast's strategic decision to not accept campaigns using Spotify's ad analytics? We unpack Acast's newly formed partnership with PodScribe and discuss how it underlines the importance of maintaining independence and objectivity when measuring and reporting on campaigns. We also delve into Acast's deal with PodScribe and its implications for podcast brand safety and contextual targeting - something every podcaster needs to be aware of. Finally, we cover a range of industry updates and news. From a spine-chilling Australian horror film about podcasting to the unveiling of Edison Research's upcoming Latino podcast listener report. Plus, we analyze recent appointments in the podcasting industry and discuss the controversy surrounding Russell Brand. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E39 · Fri, September 15, 2023
Naomi Mellor on the International Women's Podcast Awards, and PodcastOne on the NASDAQ
Good news from podcasting as downloads are up; and Podcast One gets onto the NASDAQ. Plus, we've an interview with Naomi Mellor, and for some reason, start talking about Bruno Brookes. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E38 · Fri, September 08, 2023
Ainsley Costello and Sam Mean on music in podcasting; Greg Glenday, Acast's new Chief Business Officer
In the chapters (use them!) Every industry has its rising stars, and ours is no different. Meet Ainsley Costello, the 19-year-old independent artist who is brilliantly navigating the modern music industry and the new value for value trend. Costello gets real about her experiences, the pushback from the music industry, and her own unique take on the future of music as she ventures into the crypto space. We also hear from Wavlake's Sam Mean. Greg Glenday, Acast's new Chief Business Officer, also talks to us; and Sam and James take a look at the stories from Podnews. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E37 · Fri, September 01, 2023
YouTube's RSS Support, and Transcribe.FM with Nathan Gathright
(This is mostly written by Buzzsprout's CoHost AI tool) Ready to unravel the mysteries of YouTube's support for RSS? Join us, James Cridland and Sam Sethi, as we navigate the intricate maze of open-standard and proprietary RSS, dissecting how these could shape the future of podcasting. We also offer a glimpse into Spotify's latest offerings for podcasters and Apple's Enhanced Analytics for paid subscriptions. And, just for fun, we discuss the World Series of Important Americans in podcasting (at least, that's what Sam calls it). We've scored a podcasting coup this week with special guest Nathan Gathright, who we talk to about Transcribe.FM and his work. In our final segment, we talk shop about the seismic shifts in the podcasting landscape brought about by new hires and corporate acquisitions. We applaud Apple's hiring of Stacy Goers, the implications of these power moves, and what they might mean for the future of podcasting. We also take an exciting detour into the world of podcast transcription, sharing our thoughts on the best options available and how to make the most of them. It's a rollercoaster ride through podcasting that you won't want to miss. So come along and get ready for a whirlwind journey through the ever-evolving podcasting landscape. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E36 · Fri, August 25, 2023
Live from Podcast Movement with the New Media Show
Live from the show floor at Podcast Movement 2023, in Denver, CO. Guests are Todd Cochrane, CEO, Blubrry Rob Greenlee, SteamYard and Nomono Anne Kavanaugh, OSSA Collective Sam Sethi is away this week, probably doing something with a dog. This episode was first heard on The New Media Show Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E36 · Fri, August 18, 2023
SquadCast acquired by Descript and IPFS podcasting
Ever wondered how changes in the podcasting landscape can revolutionize your content creation? Imagine driving your podcast to new heights using innovative technologies and groundbreaking integrations. Join us on this enlightening journey as we dissect pivotal issues such as Glenn Beck's show removal from Apple Podcasts and dive into the thrilling acquisition of Squadcast by Descript. Our esteemed guests, including Alex Gates, Cameron from ifuf'sIPFS Podcasting, Jay LeBoeuf from Descript, and Zack and Rock from Squadcast, join us to unravel these intriguing developments. We'll explore how Squadcast is now free to all Descript users and how the integration of these two platforms will empower creators like never before. What's more, we'll discuss how this collaboration will make 4K recordings available, what it means for production in all its stages, and its potential impact on profit and promotion. Lastly, we'll bring you the chance to hear from Sir Aleks Gates, a pioneer in podcasting 2.0 technologies. He'll guide us through the intricacies of Podping, a technology enabling live stream notifications and eliminating the need for polling. Plus, get ready to discover the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) network with Cameron from IPFS Podcasting, an incredible development that might just enable micro payments with Satoshi for hosting. Stay tuned for a podcast episode packed full of insightful information and exciting future possibilities for podcasting! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E35 · Fri, August 11, 2023
With Kyrin Down - Russia's fight with Apple Podcasts, and good news/bad news
Good news, bad news - financials sound good, consumption doesn’t The Russians are coming And advanced audience demographics for podcasts Plus, Live One’s Rob Ellin on the future of Kast Media, Podcast One, and more Go listen to Kyrin's show, Mere Mortals, here: https://podnews.net/podcast/i7thv For the full interview with Rob Ellin, find it at https://podcastbusinessjournal.com Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E34 · Fri, August 04, 2023
Exploring the 'Podfather' Adam Curry's Boostagram Ball: and the British Podcast Awards Controversy
(This was initially produced by Buzzsprout's AI) Join us on a thrilling exploration featuring none other than the 'Podfather' himself, Adam Curry. He pulls back the curtain on his groundbreaking podcast, Boostagram Ball, revealing the intricate dance of the music industry, and the essential role of an API for podcast developers. You'll get the skinny on how listeners can use the Lightning Network and Keysend to directly back their favorite artists. Intriguing, isn't it? Venture further with us as we navigate the choppy waters of the namespace, value block, and remote item. Discover their potential impact on artist payments and industry transparency, and the wizardry behind wallet switches that set Boost the Grand Ball apart. We'll also shed light on Amazon's new ad revenue scheme, Dave Wiener's interoperability concept, and the untapped potential of the Lightning Network. As we round off our journey, we'll look at the seismic shifts in the podcast industry, from the controversy around the British Podcast Awards to the latest industry acquisitions and layoffs. Hear straight from Jake Warren on the changes to the British Podcast Awards - and he's not happy. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E33 · Fri, July 28, 2023
Spotify's financials, and Rebecca Sananès on her career and working with Harry and Meghan
(This episode description originally from Buzzsprout's AI service) This week, we unpack the rollercoaster ride of Spotify's stocks, despite their active users and subscribers climbing higher. We'll clue you in on the details of contracts being cut, massive staff layoffs and how it's all shaking up the podcast operations. The data-driven approach by Daniel Eck on Spotify's future strategy will surely make your ears perk up. We're bringing in an industry powerhouse, Rebecca Sananès, to share her inspiring journey. From a humble beginning in small-town Vermont to snagging a National Murrow Award, her story is a testament to perseverance and passion. We'll delve into her experiences, her views on the dynamic podcasting industry, and how she is using this platform to raise the voices of women and the marginalized. We also spark a debate on video vs podcasts, shedding light on the influence of giants like Netflix and YouTube on podcasting. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E32 · Fri, July 21, 2023
Telling Media's Christiana Brenton and Georgie Holt; plus C-18 in Canada and Audioboom's results
Ever wonder how the world of international podcasting operates? Get ready to demystify it with us, as we delve into YouTube's global podcast expansion (or not, as the case may be). We'll be joined by the brains behind Telling Media, Christiana Brenton and Georgie Holt, who'll share their innovative performance marketing strategies and how they plan to disrupt the UK market to deliver better results for direct-to-consumer brands. The intriguing intricacies of podcasting don't end there. Tune in as we discuss the impact of unions, technophobes versus embracers, and government regulations like Canada's Bill C18 on the podcasting industry. Also, the power of performance marketing for clients, the importance of a podcast media agency, dazzling AI updates, head-turning Civility Scoring, and other major events shaking up the podcast industry. So, sit tight and join us on this rollercoaster ride through the dynamic universe of podcasting! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E31 · Fri, July 14, 2023
Celebrating 20 Years of Podcasting with Rob Greenlee and Christopher Lydon
(This description produced by Buzzsprout's CoHost AI tool) Guess what? Podcasting is celebrating its 20th anniversary and I have the honor of discussing this milestone with none other than Rob Greenlee, one of the first podcasters in the world! Rob shares his views on the journey of podcasting, the role of commercialization and the significance of major companies in the industry. And there's more - we also get nostalgic about the genesis of podcasting with the pioneer himself, Christopher Lydon, who applauds podcasting as a platform for impactful discourse. Are you curious about the evolution of podcasting? Allow Rob to guide you through the remarkable transformation of this medium. From humble beginnings to the advent of high-quality audio and riveting content, and its emergence as an activist catalyst of change, we explore it all. We also probe the influence of mainstream media, the importance of independent voices, and the crucial role of trust in podcasting. Technology enthusiasts, hold tight for this one - we delve into the latest advancements in podcasting tools. Spotlight on AI-powered tools like Spot On and Adthos that have revolutionized commercial delivery and production. But wait, there's a twist! We express apprehensions about the use of voice cloning technology in enhancing listener engagement. Wrapping up, we introduce you to the novel idea of podcast location tagging by topic, alongside the advantages of utilizing OpenStreetMap IDs. So, tune in and take a leap into the future of podcasting! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E30 · Fri, July 07, 2023
Libsyn's John W Gibbons, and Android's fragmentation
(This produced by Buzzsprout's CoHost AI tool) Leave a comment about this episode: https://podcastindex.social/@samsethi/110673314068746651 Ever wonder how the world of podcasting is being reshaped by tech and AI? Join us as we dive into the intricacies of the podcasting industry, dissecting intriguing data from OP3 that highlights the dominance of Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Apple Core Media. We'll also discuss an astonishing revelation from an Acast study: 79% of podcast listeners are at ease with AI's expanding role in podcasting. The focus then shifts to the business side of podcasting with an exploration of Libsyn's transformative journey and expansion plans, in an interview with John W Gibbons. We'll touch on the challenges of maintaining a successful business, the culture that nurtures innovation, and the importance of strategic financial decision-making, as exemplified by Libsyn's Podcast 2.0 initiative and de-listing saga. Finally, we'll bring you the latest from the heavy hitters – Audible and Apple Podcasts. We'll discuss Audible's strategy behind labeling exclusive shows. Also, we'll provide a snapshot of the latest data from Buzzsprout's platform stats for June. So, whether you're a podcaster, a podcast enthusiast, or an industry insider, this episode is packed with insights and revelations that you won't want to miss. Listen in! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E30 · Fri, June 30, 2023
Stitcher's Closure, and Naomi Mellor on the International Women's Podcast Awards
(This description mostly by Buzzsprout's CoHost AI) Are you ready to get the inside scoop on the world of podcasting? We're shedding light on the closure of Stitcher, a pioneering podcast app, and its ripple effects, particularly on listeners outside the US. We're venturing back to the app's beginnings, and its unique user experience. Sirius XM's future plans for the Stitcher brand also feature in our conversation. In the same breath, we turn our sights to the evolution of podcast advertising. Acast's new self-service platform is on the agenda, as is an in-depth analysis of Max Cutler's candid insights on the future of podcasting and his appeal for more resourceful shows. We're also highlighting the latest data on podcast consumption, with statistics from Australia, legal developments in New Zealand, and fresh research from Spain. Our discourse further extends to the latest events in the industry, featuring everything from MediaCorp's podcast talent hunt in Singapore to Daniel Ek's new role at Spotify. We won't leave out the exciting news on upcoming podcast awards. Buckle up for a fascinating journey into the ever-evolving world of podcasting. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E30 · Fri, June 23, 2023
Spotify Supremium, Acast Plus Access, and Listener Habits
Ever wondered how Facebook fares in the podcast platform rankings? This week's episode is packed with the latest podcasting news, featuring discussions on Spotify's new Supremium tier, the redesigned desktop app, and their controversial partnership with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Join me, James Cridland, the editor of Pod News, and my co-host, Sam Sethi, CEO of Podfans, as we unravel the mysteries of podcast consumer behavior, explore Apple's enhanced search, and dive deep into Acast's launch of Acast Plus Access. We also shed light on some intriguing survey results that will change the way you think about podcast listeners' habits. Learn how Mags Creative's deal with CAA will impact the podcasting industry, discover German podcasting's secret sauce, and hear about an unusual investment made by the Australian Radio Network in a leading radio broadcaster and podcast maker. Our conversation is filled with insights and revelations to keep you informed and entertained. As we wrap up this episode, we discuss the potential of podcast verify and the Podcast Standards project. Get acquainted with podcastdata.org, a powerful new tool for analyzing podcast trends, and find out about exciting upcoming events like Podcast Movement in Denver and Podcast Day Asia in Kuala Lumpur. Don't miss out on this engaging and informative episode covering all the latest happenings in the podcasting world! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E30 · Fri, June 16, 2023
with Skye Pillsbury - Spotify's Ad Analytics is launched, and Apple to kill value4value?
(The below is AI generated) What if you could access exclusive insights on the latest podcasting developments, straight from the industry's experts? Join us this week as we sit down with Skye Pillsbury, creator of the Squeeze newsletter, to uncover the most recent news in the podcasting world, including Spotify's exciting new Ad Analytics platform and a closer look at WNYC's recent challenges. Together with Skye, we explore podcast monetization with a focus on Spotify's efforts in Asia, as well as the implications of YouTube's entry into podcasting and Apple's policy on value for value podcasting 2.0. Don't miss our discussion on recent industry news such as Triton's ad booking platform, Spotify's investment in Saudi Arabian gaming podcast PodCamp, and the forthcoming Infinite Dial 2023 Australia report. As if that's not enough, we also touch on the potential of AI and chatbots in podcasting and share exciting details about upcoming events like Podcast Movement, Pod News Live, the British Podcast Awards, and the Independent Podcast Awards. Plus, we can't help but chat about our vacation plans, working from home, and the joys of long-haul flights. Get ready for an engaging and informative episode you won't want to miss! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E29 · Fri, June 09, 2023
Spotify Layoffs, AI-Powered Discovery, NYT Audio, and PodX/Listen Merger
What if you had insider access to the latest in podcasting news, trends, and expert insights? Look no further! This week, we bring you an action-packed episode featuring exclusive interviews with Mukul Devichand from the New York Times, Bradley Davis of PodChaser, Josh Adley of Listen, and Staffan Rossell of PodX. Together, we dissect the impact of Spotify's job cuts, their exclusive content strategy, and explore the future of podcasting. Curious about how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing podcast discovery? Learn how Podchaser's Collections+ leverages AI and machine learning to help listeners find their perfect podcast match. We also dive into Apple's latest updates to their podcast app, enhancing user experience and setting new records for podcast downloads. But wait, there's more! Discover how PodX's acquisition of Listen, a London-based audio production company, is shaking up the podcasting industry. Hear from Josh and Steffan on the specifics of the deal, their mission to empower podcast creators, and the future of podcast production. Don't miss this opportunity to stay in the know on the ever-evolving world of podcasting. Tune in now! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E28 · Fri, June 02, 2023
Gaslighting the Industry: Big Names Support, AI Transformations, and RSS Feed Frustrations
(The title, description and transcript are by Buzzsprout's AI tools. The chapter marks were manual - J) Are you ready to tackle the controversial topic of gaslighting in the podcast industry? This week, we discuss the actions of major players like Google, Apple, and Spotify, and examine their lack of support for the wider podcast community. We also share our thoughts on the recent Podcast Show in London and the disappointment surrounding YouTube's RSS ingest trial. We don't shy away from discussing the inadequate financial support provided by big names like Apple and Spotify. Join us as we question Apple's secretive approach to supporting events and their reluctance to provide API access for content creators. We also dive into the role of the Podcast Standards Group and their lack of action in challenging these issues and promoting diversity within the industry. Finally, we explore the transformative potential of AI in podcasting, with a focus on Ausha's AI-powered platform and Buzzsprout's Co-host AI feature. Learn about the benefits of AI-generated titles, descriptions, and chapter markers, as well as the importance of partnering with third-party companies for these services. Don't miss this insightful episode as we navigate the complex landscape of the podcast industry and share our thoughts on these pressing issues. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E27 · Fri, May 26, 2023
Live at The Podcast Show: YouTube RSS plans and the Edison Podcast Ranker
Special guest: the audience Live from The Podcast Show, Sam and James look back at the week's podcasting news. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E26 · Fri, May 19, 2023
New Releases and MD Interviews: Oscar Merry (Fountain 0.7), Martin Mouritzen (Podfriend 2.0) and Mark Asquith (Captivate Creator Suite).
Special Guests: Mark Asquith - Captivate Oscar Merry - Fountain Martin Mouritzen - Podfriend News: The New York Times released its standalone Audio app Spotify’s AI DJ launches in UK and Ireland The US podcast ad market is now worth $1.8bn, according to new data from the IAB and PWC . The IAB predicts the market will be $3.9bn by 2025. Buzzsprout has enlarged its podcast advertising tool to allow ads from products and businesses . The Diary Of A CEO is now streaming on BBC iPlayer! Good Tape is a new print magazine from Dane Cardiel VP, Gumball. Sign up Shreya Sharma has unveiled Audio Currents , a newsletter for global audio news, creator interviews and releases A group of media and investment veterans are launching a new podcast company called DWNLOAD Media RAJAR released the Spring 2023 MIDAS Report The Podcast Namespace is working on closing Phase 6 - June 1st. The Podnews Weekly Review - the last word in podcasting news - will also be the last word on The Amplify Theatre stage at The Podcast Show in London next week. Watch the show, live, with Sam Sethi and James Cridland, with guests and a look back at the news: Thursday May 25 at 4.15pm. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews
S2 E25 · Fri, May 12, 2023
Broadcast to Podcast; plus, a look ahead at The Podcast Show
Special Guests: Rob Lowenthal - Spotify/Megaphone Sharon Taylor - Triton Digital Darby Dorras - Listen Tom Billington - The Podcast Show News: Acast released Q1/23 financials . Acast now hosts more than 100K registered podcasts globally and they’ve also exceeded 100mn monthly unique listeners. They have now paid more than $250 million out to their creators since Acast began. Amazon Music is paying some Australian listeners AUD$5 (USD$3.39) in vouchers just for listening to a podcast on the platform . Amazon quietly acquired Snackable, an AI platform . The Podcast Show 2023. You can still buy tickets for the event - the code PODNEWS will get you a discount. Bumper looks at ways to look at Listen Time as a method to measure your audience’s engagement with your podcast . Podcasting on YouTube is a flop so far , reports Ashley Carman in her newsletter. NewsGuard, a “news reliability data service”, has announced its entry into podcasting today . Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E24 · Fri, May 05, 2023
Good news! Plus, Chris Quamme Rhoden from Acast, and Nick Hilton on host reads
Special Guests: Chris Quamme Rhoden on Acast's work in the Podcast Standards Project. Nick Hilton talks about host reads. News: Spotify for Podcasters posted its second-highest share of new episodes , growing 13% since January. Spotify for Podcasters is rolling out the company’s monetisation programs, Automated Ads and Ambassador Ads , to more countries. Podcast ad spending grew by 32% last year in the UK , according to the IAB. Let’s change the standard for host-read advertising , says Nick Hilton in a blog post. He argues we’re undervaluing the medium: echoing Dan Granger’s thoughts in the Podcast Business Journal last Friday. The Podcast Academy has announced the association’s 2023-2024 Officers . The winners of The Publisher Podcast Awards were announced. The Podcast of the Year went to Hot Money from the Financial Times. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buz
S2 E23 · Fri, April 28, 2023
Spotify reach 500m MAU's. Podcasts appear in YouTube Music, Ofcom says the number of Brits listening to podcasts has flatlined.
Special Guests Ami Thakkar - The Podcast Academy, Board Member Staffan Rosell - PodX Group, CEO & Co-Founder News: YouTube Music now has podcasts - on the website version only for now . Spotify released its Q1/23 financial report . Spotify’s strongest Q1 since going public in 2018. The big headline: it surpassed 500M monthly active listeners (now at 515M) and 210m premium subscribers. Podcast revenue grew by nearly 20%. The Podcast Survey 2023 has been released by Ofcom, the UK media regulator. Ofcom just publishes the raw tables of data ; It suggests that the number of Brits listening to podcasts hasn’t changed in the last twelve months. Our podcasts in Asia series goes to Indonesia. The latest version of Hindenburg PRO 2 (build 2522) now exports SRT files. Podverse has added speaker names to transcripts on its web player. Podfriend v2 will support the 'podfollow' feature . The podcast:valueTimeSplit tag has been proposed by Alex Gates . Ausha has announced it has added AI to its platform. Nathan Gathright has written a blog post called “Examining Update Frequency. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.n
S2 E22 · Sat, April 22, 2023
Spotify strikes a deal with Jellysmack for video. RØDE Podcaster Duo & Streamer X launch at NAB. The Podcast Academy board announced.
Special Guests: Steven Bell Elisa Shearer News: Spotify is stopping platform exclusivity for some of its Gimlet shows Starting on June 1, Chartable will no longer provide confirmed plays and episode consumption data from Apple Podcasts Spotify has also announced it’s closing Heardle Spotify has struck a deal with Jellysmack , the creator company that works with stars like MrBeast and Bailey Sarian, that will see some of Jellysmack’s top creators uploading weekly video episodes to Spotify Author and activist Cory Doctorow has criticised Spotify, the BBC and Apple for operating walled gardens instead of open podcasting RØDE has launched a number of new products at the NAB Show in Las Vegas The Podcast Academy Board Finally Announced! Buzzsprout has added automated midrolls to their dynamic audio insertion tool Pocket Casts has added episode search The proposed podroll tag is now being supported by Podfans Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnew
S2 E21 · Fri, April 14, 2023
Podnews buys Podcast Business Journal. Kids Listen releases survey on kids podcasts. New 'Podroll' tag is rolled out on Podnews. Podcast Guru is LIT.
Special Guest: Sanden Totten, Kids Listen News: Podnews has acquired Podcast Business Journal which will publish a weekly roundup of news, podcast business data, and a long-form interview every week. You can sign up for free here Spotify’s Megaphone has launched its own broadcast-to-podcast technology tools . Building on its acquisition of Whooshkaa in Dec 2021 Lemonada Media and Apple Books have launched an audio book club Independent podcast networks say they aren’t pivoting to video , reports Ashley Carman Podcast app Podcast Guru appears to now support live episodes in its new beta release CurioCaster's Alby Integration is now live The podcast:podroll element has been proposed - a way to signal to podcast apps a list of other shows that this podcaster wishes to recommend Podnews now supports the 'podroll' tag on our podcast pages You can now search Podnews for GUIDs Podcast Index API allows for a GUID lookup https://podcastindex-org.github.io/docs-api/#get-/podcasts/byguid We gave the Adthos AI-generated audio ads service a go Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.
S2 E20 · Fri, April 07, 2023
Acast's SVP Marketing, Comms and Brand, Lizzy Pollott talks Interchangeable Ad Slots, Keyword and Conversational Ad Targeting and The Obamas join Acast. Plus it's Happy Adopt-a-Listener Month!
Special Guests: Lizzy Pollott - SVP Marketing, Communications & Brand Nina Robinson - CEO & Founder Soundtruism Productions News: Podcasts from Higher Ground are to be sold and distributed by Acast . Shows were previously with Spotify. Happy Adopt-a-Listener Month! Spotify for Podcasters increased its share in March to 23.1% of all new episodes Spotify is claiming the company now has 5.3m podcasts Spotify is to shut down its Clubhouse-clone, Spotify Live on April 30, 2023 A new library called Transcriptator has been published Martin Mouritzen is also hinting at a new version of Podfriends coming out soon RSSBlue is looking to add Podping support Why support alternateEnclosures? Because if you do, podcast hosts, you could save up to 87.5% of your bandwidth bills Cross-app comments are now available on the Podcast Index website. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E19 · Fri, March 31, 2023
Ahoj Jamesi! Podcast Standards Project launches, iOS 16.4 launches and Podnews Live in Barcelona/Mexico launches.
Special Guests: Justin Jackson and Charles Wilchin. A new grassroots industry coalition, the Podcast Standards Project , has been launched to advocate for open podcasting. The group includes podcast hosting companies like RSS.com, Buzzsprout, Red Circle, Captivate and Acast; and podcast players like Pocket Casts and Podverse. Remote recording tool Riverside has unveiled a significant update adding text-based editing and AI transcription features. At Radiodays Europe, it was announced that UK daily news podcast The News Agents had reached 24 million downloads since launching seven months ago . The show is hosted by Captivate. Libsyn’s Glow has unveiled integration with Spotify Open Access . Gumball has expanded its host-read podcast advertising marketplace to YouTube. Audacy’s auction of its radio·com domain name has been reset for another 90 days . Slate is the latest publisher to partner with YouTube to bring its podcasts to the platform. Podcast history: from Oct 13, 2003 - the rediscovered source code for Adam Curry’s iPod AppleScript was the first tool that would automagically update your iPod with any new mp3's that are downloaded to your “Radio UserLand” enclosures folder Blubrry has removed email addresses from RSS feeds by default (and the latest version of PowerPress also does so). Audible has announced the launch of Dolby Atmos on the platform . Podnews Live in Barcelona (September) and Mexico City (November) Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@po
S2 E18 · Fri, March 24, 2023
Podcasts are go (on YouTube) (kind of); and interview with Captivate's Mark Asquith
Special Guest: Mark Asquith - MD Captivate (Global) News: YouTube announced that “podcasts are a go!” YouTube’s Creator Insider has produced a video announcing the company’s new podcast features and metrics Facebook is shutting its audio channels in groups LinkedIn has launched the LinkedIn Podcast Academy , a six month incubator pilot for nineteen shows Spotify and NPR are detailing their new partnership in a post highlighting how the two companies are “forging a new partnership focused on diversification and discoverability” Audiobooks are now available to Spotify users in Canada Spotify Spent Less Than 10% of Its $100 Million Diversity Fund PodX Group expands further in Europe by acquiring Suomen Podcastmedia, Finland’s largest podcast company 10 million accounts on Mastodon Curiocaster adds support for Alby Wallet Dave Jones has started work on the #guidresolver : https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/guid-resolver Kevin Finn from Buzzsprout talked about adding a simple PodRoll WordPress.com acquires an ActivityPub plugin Over the last 90 days, podcasters have received at least $35,548 in “value4value” streaming sats and boosts. Reid Hoffman’s new podcast Possible. - www.possible.fm Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzs
S2 E17 · Fri, March 17, 2023
The iHeartPodcast Awards; Podcast Mania; Norma-Jean Belenky on Podcast Movement; Apple is #1
James is joined this week by Courtney Kocak, while Sam Sethi goes skiing. Links for this week's show at https://podnews.net/archive Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E16 · Fri, March 10, 2023
Spotify drops Anchor but streams on with new TikTok UI for podcast discoverability. RSS.com provides Automatic Transcripts for free
Special Guest: Jordan Blair - Buzzcast Co-Host and Producer Show Notes: Anchor is now called Spotify for Podcasters . The new podcast hosting service includes automated ads (US-only, invite-only), and podcast subscriptions (in 34 markets). Spotify will allows any podcaster to use Q&A and polls - wherever they’re hosted. Spotify also announced an expanded video podcasts lineup . Spotify revealed their latest interface , a vertically-scrolling way to discover new shows Spotify has also added Autoplay for Podcasts Spotify is also partnering with Patreon . Spotify Hi-fi, announced in February 2021 , has still not been launched Podcast host RSS.com is the first podcast host to have released fully free automatic transcripts for all its customers . The transcripts appear on episode pages on the RSS website Podcast listening has hit record highs, according to The Infinite Dial® from Edison Research Captivate just released a massive range of RSS enhancements, powered by Podcasting 2.0, for free to all Captivate Podcasters. A proposal has been made for the podcast namespace’s author tag . Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/15387
S2 E15 · Fri, March 03, 2023
Will YouTube podcasting earn your time & attention? Podnews Live in Vegas, Manchester and London.
Special Guest: Steve Pratt - Founder / Attention Strategist at The Creativity Business The News: ( All links are from Podnews.net ) YouTube Music adds podcasts and will support RSS uploads. See our full report. YouTube's new CEO, Neal Mohan , has written a blog post on the company's 2023 priorities . There's a paragraph about podcasting, which reflects the announcement made last week . You can now embed YouTube videos in Transistor website pages . The Podnews Daily podcast playlist appears visible on YouTube. Outgoing Spotify/Parcast exec Max Cutler has posted his predictions for the industry . 🎶 Spotify hits 200mn subscribers Spotify Live - costs $9.99 Open podcast analytics service OP3 has released show stats pages, with download data, podcast platforms, countries and more. The Ambies are March 7th! Podnews Weekly Review Live (Podcast Movement) Thursday, March 9, 2023 12:00 PM Podnews Live (Manchester/London) tickets - podnews.net/live Adam Curry says 'Podspeeding' frazzles your brain and you shouldn’t do it! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E14 · Fri, February 24, 2023
YouTube get into podcasting; Apple removes AppleCoreMedia, Podimo launches in the UK, and The Podcast Index shows cross-app comments working
Special Guests: Nayeema Raza - talks about ON with Kara Swisher/Vox Media - Podcast Extra Mitch Downey - NEW Podverse v4.12.1 with LIT, Video and Value4Value streaming SATs. Jake Chudnow - Podimo enters the UK podcast market with more than twenty new shows . Show Notes: Apple finally removed the AppleCoreMedia user agent from Apple Podcasts. ( Jonas Woost ) Listen Time & ( Steve Pratt ) Earned Value ... finally no downloads to measure? Bumper is suggesting Listen Time is the right metric and the company has published a detailed method of calculating it . I think Bumper is the other side of the coin for what I am doing. I'm focused on how to Earn Attention and Listen Time is about measuring time and attention that has been earned. - Steve Pratt. The Podcast Index website now shows Cross-App comments for individual podcast episodes. The Podcasting 2.0 podcast is a good place to see them. Nathan Gathright launched his early preview of http://Steno.fm Join us at Podcast Movement on March 9 at 12pm for a live Podnews Weekly Review recording. Podnews Live - Tickets for Salford, Manchester are on sale now. All the best podcasters are filling in the Podnews Report Card . Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support G
S2 E13 · Fri, February 17, 2023
Vox Media & Spotify raise significant new funding. Acast reports strong 2022 growth and seeks profitability by 2024. Podimo enters the UK market. Interviews with Hindenburg and RSS Blue
Special Guests Chris Mottes - CEO at Hindenburg Systems Hindenburg announced this week Hindenburg PRO v2 , a new version of the editor with new features including transcription. Podnews has an exclusive review of the new version . Here are the Hindenburg team demonstrating the new Hindenburg PRO v2 . Dovydas Joksas - CEO RSS Blue RSS Blue now support keysend protocol and .well-known lookup scheme which means you will be able to fetch wallet details from any provider that supports it. Show Notes Vox Media Podcast Network’ is raising $100 million from Penske Media who will own about 20% of Vox Media, making it the largest shareholder of the company. Spotify has a new investor . San Francisco-based hedge fund ValueAct Capital Management . Acast published its year-end financial report . In Q4/22, Acast claims 1.3bn listens (up 22% y/y). Net sales for the quarter were up 35% y/y to SEK454mn (US $43.7mn). They are on track towards profitability in 2024. Descript has made a number of changes to its redesign Podimo is to enter the UK podcast market with more than twenty new shows . RSS.com now supports Podcast.Txt for ownership verification. Publisher Podcast Awards night in London on Wednesday April 26th 2023. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net
S2 E12 · Fri, February 10, 2023
Google removes/adds podcasts; Tom Rossi on Buzzsprout subscriptions; Sean Glynn on Novel; Jordan Harbinger
Special Guests: Tom Rossi Sean Glynn Jordan Harbinger Show Notes Google tells us that Google Podcasts carousel links in Google Search (which the company said will go away at the end of this week) are being replaced with a new feature. Over a thousand Buzzsprout podcasts are using the subscriptions feature, according to Buzzcast . It was announced in late January. UK podcast company Novel has secured a £5mn ($6.2mn) Series A investment round . The investment will be used to accelerate growth with strategic partners, and to establish the company’s own network of originals. Dan Misener from Bumper says, 54% of the Apple Podcasts top 200 had trailers, and 50% of the Spotify top 200 did too . What makes a chart-topping podcast? Rephonic says that top shows tend to be weekly; tend to skew male in audience. Dave Jones has added a new Podcast Index API output of feed and episode value blocks. Cloudflare announced Wildebeest , an open-source, easy-to-deploy ActivityPub and Mastodon-compatible server Hindenburg 2.0 is launching shortly. Podverse (New Version) supports value-for-value streaming for videos. Podnews Live - Manchester 13th June - Save the Day! (0:00) 10 Feb (1:16) Google and podcasts (7:37) Interview: Tom Rossi from Buzzsprout (20:57) Interview: Sean Glynn from Novel (32:40) Trailers (36:32) What makes a #1? (38:35) Interview: Jordan Harbinger (43:25) YouTube and Freakonomics (45:29) People News (46:57) The Tech Stuff (1:05:14) Announcing Podnews Live (1:07:07) Boostagram Corner (1:10:30) Sam and James's week Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net <
S2 E11 · Fri, February 03, 2023
Spotify's financials; Leo Laporte, chief TWiT; Todd Cochrane; and an MA in Podcasting
Guests: Leo Laporte - Twit.TV Todd Cochrane - Podcast hosting company Blubrry has released support for "value4value" , a way to accept online payments from podcast listeners in apps like Fountain, Castamatic and Podverse. The company has partnered with Alby. With more than 100,000 shows using Blubrry, this is the biggest podcast host so far to natively support value4value. Brett Spencer & Sandy Warr - City, University of London has announced the UK’s first dedicated MA in Podcasting and a Centre of Podcasting Excellence News: Spotify released the company's Q4/22 financial update . In an earnings call , Daniel Ek admitted "In hindsight, I probably got a little carried away." We carry a longer quote from Ek about podcasting below. You can hear this clip in Podnews Extra UK podcast company Novel has secured a £5mn ($6.2mn) Series A investment round . The investment will be used to accelerate growth with strategic partners, and to establish the company’s own network of originals. Exclusive: Podnews today starts a series of articles about podcasting in East and South East Asia . Alby has released details about its partnership with Blubrry . Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support
S2 E10 · Fri, January 27, 2023
Dawn of a new age at Spotify. Become a supporter of this podcast thanks to Buzzsprout NEW subscriptions. Are new podcasts really 80% down?
Special Guest: Jack Davenport - Managing Director at Goalhanger Podcasts Spotify has announced that almost 600 people (6%) will be laid off . Daniel Ek announced in a memo that Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostroff is to leave the company; "Alex [ Norström ] will take on the responsibility for the content, advertising and licensing work going forward". The number of new podcasts has dramatically dropped by 80% in two years, according to data reported this week. Except… as we explore today in a deep-dive article , that data point doesn’t tell the whole story. In fact, podcasting is in a much better place. Buzzsprout has announced a podcast subscription tool . You can choose from recurring support, or premium content only available to your supporters; the company takes a fee of 15%. The Podnews Weekly Review has added the opportunity to become a PoWeR supporter if you’d like to see it at work. (0:00:00) Jan 27 (0:01:04) She's Offstroff - Spotify changes (0:21:30) Is podcasting really down by 80%? (0:28:04) Buzzsprout launches subscriptions (0:34:13) Quake Media launches (0:35:59) Global's news podcast report (0:37:41) Interview: Jack Davenport (0:55:40) People News (0:57:16) THe Tech Stuff (1:03:20) Around the world (1:05:54) Events (1:07:49) Boostagram Corner (1:11:42) Sam and James's week Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net
S2 E9 · Fri, January 20, 2023
Forget downloads, "Listen Time" maybe a better way to measure podcast success.
Special Guest Interviews: Jonas Woost - co-founder of Bumper writes about " A better way to measure podcast success: Listen Time " Lex Friedman is moving on from his role at Amazon and Wondery and is to become a full-time consultant at Lex Friedman Consulting . Top News Stories Exclusive: Google Podcasts has been removed from Google Search. Now, a Google search for a podcast no longer shows any play buttons linking to the service or any links to Google Podcasts. Open podcast analytics service OP3 has published its method of calculating downloads , including links to code. Cloudflare has launched Wildebeest , an ActivityPub and Mastodon-compatible server. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E8 · Fri, January 13, 2023
Apple launches Delegated Delivery, and a look back at Google Podcasts in 2022
Show notes come soon! Spotify chapters workaround... (0:00) Fri 13 Jan (0:53) Apple launches Delegated Delivery (4:54) Amazon almost do a deal but don't (7:31) A new Audible podcast (9:57) Google Podcasts Creator Program goes (16:05) Spotify loses shows (23:33) People news (25:43) The Tech Stuff (41:05) Awards and events (43:02) Boostagram Corner (47:59) Sam reveals his funding (50:09) James's old blog posts Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E7 · Fri, January 06, 2023
Show Me The Value? Web Monetisation or SATS? Sell your RSS feed or start a video? What's best in 2023?
This week James Cridland and Sam Sethi talk about: PRX adds V4V using Web Monetisation Spotify says its road to profitability is video Spotify adds Chapters, Transcripts and Polls - all proprietary OP3 starts testing a new stats page Chapters (hello, Spotify!) (00:00:00) Podnews Weekly Review (00:10:30) Laura Mayer sells an RSS feed (00:12:38) Podcast One to spin off (00:14:32) Is the podcast industry in market correction? (00:18:27) Spotify adds new things (00:21:25) And Spotify adds better chapter support (00:25:13) Apple and Google's data on us (00:29:40) Adobe Podcasts (00:31:51) Another big name "podcast" (00:33:08) People news (00:33:57) The Tech Stuff (00:44:24) Pod Events (00:47:03) Ad-free in Apple Podcasts (00:48:08) Boostagram Corner (00:51:07) Sam and James's week Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E6 · Fri, December 16, 2022
12 Podcast experts give their 2022 highlights and 2023 predictions. Benjamin Bellamy talks OP3, ActivityPub, Cross Comments. Dave Jones talks about NEW PodPing 2.0
This Week's Special Guests talk about their podcasting highlights for 2022 and their predictions for 2023. Mark Asquith - Captivate/Global - 2022: News Agents Hits 10m downloads - 2023: Higher Rate CPM’s Benjamin Bellamy- Adures/Castopod - 2022: Federated Social Networks - 2023: AI for podcasting (Stability.AI) Interview : Ad Aures support for OP3 and Castopod updates on ActivityPub plus Cross-Comments. Alban Brooke - Buzzsprout - 2022: Funny Buzzsprout Video - 2023: Podcasters Go Independent, own their IP and sell Premium Content Harry Duran - Podcast Junkies - 2022: Sponsorship beyond the CPM model - 2023: Building communities around shows. Dave Jones - 2022: Live Tag - 2023: Slow Continuous Growth Interview : NEW PodPing 2.0 and the Live Item Tag (LIT) Chris Messina - Tech Ride Home - 2022: TwitterSpaces - 2023: AI and Decentralised Payments Matt Mederios - Castos - 2022: Podcasting 2.0 movement - 2023: Direct to Listeners Dan Misener - Bumper - 2022: Seeing friends and clients again - 2023: Audience growth will prove harder John Spurlock - OP3 - 2022: Over 100 podcast hosts making it a healthy eco-system - 2023: Podcasts will get shorter Arielle Nisenblatt - 2022: Travelling the world meeting international podcasters - 2023: More travelling the world meeting international podcasters Neal Veglio - 2022: Removal of the email in RSS - 2023: Split between Big and Little Podcasts Jake Warren - Message Heard - 2022: Winning True Crime at British Podcast Awards - 2023: Podcasters will want to own more of their own IP EVENTS: Podcast Movement Evolutions in Las Vegas - 6th - 10th March The Podcast Show in London - 24th-25th May Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net </u
S2 E5 · Fri, December 09, 2022
Data everywhere but whose number 1?
Show Notes & Links Buzzsprout has posted its network statistics for November Spotify’s Anchor continues to lose market share: it was down to 21.6% of all new podcast episodes in November SXM Media is, once more, #1 for podcasts according to Edison Pocket Casts has raised its annual subscription price RadioPublic Pro is to discontinue Podnews have updated their list of podcast hosting companies Spotify has launched 2022 Podcaster Wrapped Podping.cloud 2.0 is live Dave Winer published an update on what is RSScloud Podnews now natively supports cross-app comments using ActivityPub John Spurlock is showing, and graphing, Podcast Index statistics Podchaser has launched Podchaser Alerts Looks like Spotify is adding hashtags! Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S2 E4 · Fri, December 02, 2022
Why are Apple putting metadata topics inside podcast pages? Bumper's Dan Misener tells us what he thinks. Are Satoshis the best way to reward podcasters? Trevor Bell argues there are better ways.
Special Guests: Dan Misener - co-founder Bumper Dan Misener has looked at the new topics that Apple Podcasts is automatically allocating to shows (see our coverage on Nov 15 , including our topics viewer ). He's produced a number of network maps, designed to show links between different shows; and produced episode topic maps for every category in Apple Podcasts . Trevor Bell - Podcast Producer at The Iron Fist Velvet Glove Podcast Trevor argues that Value4Value is good for podcasting but rewarding podcasters with Satoshis is too early and other means of monetisation maybe better for now. Show Notes and Links Seeing loads of downloads from a mysterious app called Dalvik? You're not alone ; they're all coming from Samsung Android phones, and we understand that the downloads are related to Samsung Free, the company's podcast app. Acast is encouraging the use of visual descriptions in podcasts , to make content more accessible for blind or low-vision people. Acast has launched a self-serve platform for podcast advertising . Hear the early days of podcasting in a special documentary, just added to Podnews Extra . Disctopia and Alby have added integration with “value 4 value” payments . Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get
S2 E3 · Fri, November 25, 2022
Spotify launches audiobooks globally. Anchor is still alive but Libsyn Studio is dead.
News & Links Audiobooks are now available on Spotify in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. They'd launched in the US in September Spotify Updates Notifications Spotify’s Anchor has added “audio enhancement” to its app Spotify has signed another exclusive: Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain Spotify announced the expansion of NextGen Dan Misener at Bumper has looked at the new topics that Apple Podcasts and he’s produced a number of network maps, designed to show links between different shows; and produced episode topic maps for every category in Apple Podcasts Libsyn has closed its free podcast hosting platform , Libsyn Studio Zeitpedia is using Generative AI voices to produce audio news digests. Here’s an AI-generated podcast called World Cup 2022 News Now Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) said “Come to @tumblr , we're adding activitypub for interconnect" Mastodon has just passed over 2 million active monthly users, a new record! If you add .rss to the end of someone’s account page - then you get an RSS feed. Find Fediverse accounts of your Twitter followers. https://fedifinder.glitch.me Leo Laporte is to retire from radio. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: <a href
S2 E2 · Fri, November 18, 2022
Is now the right time for ActivityPub? Is now the right time for Video Podcasting? If not now then when?
Special Guests: Chris Messina - co-author of ActivityStrea.ms - Full interview in NEW podcast Podnews Extra . The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ ActivityStreams ] format used by Mastodon and Castopod. It provides a client-to-server API for creating, updating and deleting content and a federated server-to-server API for delivering notifications and content. It is also used for cross-commenting in the Podcasting namespace. Jay LeBoeuf - Descript Descript has launched a new version which has more than 30 new visual and AI-powered editing features. The company has also announced a $50m funding round. Top Stories: Spotify has released video podcasts “ in 180 global markets ”. The service only works for shows hosted with Anchor, for playback within Spotify. Podnews analysis of the Podcast Index suggests there are now 53,952 video podcast shows on RSS, up 38% year-on-year. Headliner is now letting you upload your entire podcast to YouTube Conshax is a new value 4 value dashboard that interfaces with your Alby account - @Dave Jackson Apple Podcasts is quietly tagging individual podcast episodes by topic Acast has just announced Keyword Targeting Edison Research posts a 20% y-on-y increase in their latest Share of Ear survey Brisbane Podcasters meetup - it’s on November 25th in Southbank. Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@b
S2 E1 · Fri, November 11, 2022
Financial results for Acast, Audacy and iHeart; Vizzy enriches podcasts; and Sam goes to the pub
Welcome to EP 1 of Podnews Weekly with James Cridland and Sam Sethi. Podnews supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Sponsored By: Buzzsprout - brilliant video from Alban Brooke . I want this guy to do a video on Value4Value! - said Adam Curry Special Guest: Nic Ivanov - CEO Vizzy.fm Vizzy, a web-based podcast enrichment platform, is looking for early adopters to use its tool . Images, chapters and links can be added to podcasts, and are viewable using Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Podcast Addict and others. Top Stories: Acast released its financial report for Q3/22 Amazon Music Prime users, and Amazon Music Unlimited, now has thousands of ad-free podcasts from Acast The Podnews Daily podcast is on Amazon Music . Here’s how to add yours . The Fediverse is so much bigger than Mastodon says Castopod. (Castopod has been connected to Mastodon since April 2021) …Dave Jones has also pointed out that this is where cross-app comments live, so it’s a good opportunity for podcasting. If you’re one of the many people making the leap to Mastodon, you might be interested in MastoFeed , a tool to share new episodes of your podcast. Follow us on Mastodon James is @jamescridland@podcastindex.social Sam is @samsethi@podcastindex.social Podcast hosting company Libsyn - the first in the world - turns 18 tomorrow. Founded by Dave Mansueto, Matt Hoopes, Marty Mulligan , and Dave Cheka
S1 E100 · Fri, November 04, 2022
It's goodbye to Podland and hello to Podnews Weekly Review. It's goodbye to email and hello to Podcast:txt. It's goodbye to Twitter verified and hello to Amazon Music & Podcasts ad free.
Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Special Guests: Adam Curry (Podfather) & Dave Jones (Podsage) talk about: How the podcast namespace started? Why it will never be called Podcast 3.0? Why Value4Value has already jumped the ‘Chasm of Adoption’? What new tags are Adam/Dave most excited about in Phase 6 of the namespace? Show Notes & Links: Goodbye to Evo Terra's Podcast Pontifications and hello to The End Buzzsprout has become the first major podcast host to remove email addresses from RSS feeds . The podcast:txt tag in the new podcast namespace has been formalised . Amazon has made big changes to Amazon Music Prime, including ad-free podcasts . Buzzsprout’s platform stats for September give Amazon Music a 0.7% market share of all podcast downloads Amazon has “fired half of its Amp live radio division” Elon Musk @elonmusk "Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month." @jack 's new alternative to existing social networks like Twitter. https://bsky.app Detail is a new tool built for quickly shooting multi-camera video. Adobe Express Podcast Descript is raising tens of millions of dollars at a $550M valuation. But I think the biggest news is that @OpenAI is leading the round. Castos has built <a href='https://dynamo.castos.com/podcast-cov
S1 E99 · Fri, October 28, 2022
Stop the downloads - measure the listens. The Sports Podcast Awards, and Q3 results: Spotify and ABC Australia are up but the BBC is not
Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Special Guests: Dylan Pugh - The Sports Podcast Awards 2023 are now open for entry . There are 23 categories and close in mid-November. Show Notes & Links Spotify has reported its Q3/22 earnings . It has 456m monthly active users (up 20% y-on-y). Ad revenue, led by podcasting, is up 19% y-on-y and 7% q-on-q, at €385m (12.8% of the company’s total revenue). The company lost €228m in the quarter; they predict a loss of €300m in Q4 (but suggest they may also raise their prices, following Apple’s price hike). BBC Sounds, the corporation’s app for radio, music and podcasts, has posted a weekly average of 4.3m users , representing no growth from the previous quarter. ABC’s Annual Report was published . The national broadcaster is seeing 33m downloads per month for its podcasts (p64), up 22% year-on-year. PodcastOne, which closed an $8.1m funding round in July, has posted a number of increased metrics for podcasts in its slate . (Interview next week) Spotify has complained about anti-competitive behaviour from Apple , after Apple “forced” Spotify into what they consider a sub-optimal purchase flow for audiobooks. Apple requires a 30% cut from any in-app purchase. Apple has rejected Spotify’s new app three times from its App Store. It is the latest in a series of confrontations between the two companies Spotify now indexes 5,523,475 podcasts , a
S1 E98 · Thu, October 20, 2022
To edit or not to edit that is the question? Castopod v1.0 launches, Squadcast awarded US Patent, Is podcasting coming to TikTok? YouTube advertising for podcasters?
Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Special Guests: Neal Vigelio - Podknows Benjamin Bellamy - Ad Aures Yassine Doghri - Ad Aures Show Notes & Links After 3+ years, it's OFFICIAL … SquadCast.FM has been awarded a US patent for our Recording Engine with Progressive Uploads Social media app TikTok is preparing to launch a podcast app. TikTok’s parent company also owns Resso , a music streaming service in Brazil, India and Indonesia, which already carries podcasts from hosts like Libsyn . YouTube is rolling out enhanced advertising to podcast listeners SXM Media has discovered where and when people listen to podcasts with others . How many podcasts are you really competing with? Sounds Profitable’s Tom Webster suggests you aren’t competing with four million podcasts: it’s both much worse than that, and also much better than that, if you’d only market your podcast on other media. Read the article in full, and subscribe . Eric Nuzum has written about the power of three , and how we use it to promote podcasts. Nick Hilton asks who owns a podcast’s brand? Spotify has added free access to Podsights and Chartable for Megaphone customers in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Cas
S1 E97 · Fri, October 14, 2022
Spotify layoffs, it's just business? Todd Cochrane 1,628 not out! Podcast.ai brings back Steve Jobs? Phase 6 of Podcast Index announced!
Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Special Guests: Todd Cochrane Alban Brooke Show Notes & Links: Spotify is cancelling eleven of its original shows . Those cancelled represent less than 2% of Spotify’s more than 500 original podcasts; but it’s likely to result in “less than 5% of Spotify’s staff on original podcasts” being laid off. The Gimlet Union and Parcast Union have tweeted a statement about the 38 layoffs across Spotify. They say that some shows lost as much as three-quarters of their audience when going exclusive; and that employees were given as little as an hour to close out their work and leave. Steven Goldstein suggests that the podcast business is being “right-sized” Spotify has acquired platform safety company Kinzen. Spotify’s Podsights ad measurement service has launched in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. Podcast·ai has made a show where Joe Rogan interviews Steve Jobs . Todd Cochrane’s Geek News Central Podcast turns 18 years old this week. The first episode of the show was recorded on Oct 9 2004. It was one of the first shows to launch using the word “podcast” , and is up to episode 1,628. Phase 6 of the new podcast namespace proposes a number of new tags. podcast:events allows for real-time com
S1 E96 · Fri, October 07, 2022
Skye Pillsbury from newsletter 'The Squeeze' talks about 'What Does "Big Money Podcasting" Look Like?' both now and in the future, as layoffs continue and shows are cut.
We support both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Special Guest Skye Pillsbury - The Squeeze The Squeeze Newsletter Article What Does "Big Money Podcasting" Look Like? Show Notes + Links: Joe Rogan is no longer #1 in Podnews’s Ranker Anchor continues to lose market share Five editorial people from Spotify’s podcast team were laid off this month , reports Ashley Carman Cadence13 may be up for sale The RSS feed to Kara Swisher’s former podcast Sway has been repurposed by the New York Times to be used by tech show Hard Fork . Swisher is annoyed , Walt Mossberg is upset The winners of the International Women’s Podcast Awards were announced Spotify released a Fan Study for podcast creators … Nick Hilton digs deep into Spotify’s new podcast research Podcast host Castopod has added support for premium podcasts SATurn , the Alby view into boostagrams, <a href='https://feedback.getalby.com/feature-requests-/posts/toggle-for-total-sats-tlv-for-v4v?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=w
S1 E95 · Fri, September 30, 2022
iHeartMedia purchased podcast plays to game their download numbers and the IAB says it's ok!? John Spurlock talks OP3.dev and how it could help filter this bad practice.
SPECIAL GUESTS: Morten Strunge - Podimo John Spurlock - OP3.dev SHOW NOTES & LINKS: Podcast companies are buying short podcast plays within mobile game apps , causing official downloads of shows no one may be playing longer than twenty seconds according to Bloomberg 's Ashley Carman. Time has also published the story outside a paywall . Players get game tokens if they listen to a podcast for just twenty seconds. (Carman posts a graphic ). But, because more than 60 seconds of audio are downloaded by the player, as demonstrated in this article in Sounds Profitable , these plays count as an IAB-certified download from podcast hosts and in prefix services like Podtrac. That allows podcasts promoted in this way to charge for the ads delivered in the show, and for that traffic to be counted in rankers How many downloads per episode is “good”? Omny Studio publish their data. Podcast episodes are getting shorter , says Rephonic. September 15, 2022 : Podimo, the European subscription podcast service, has raised €58.6m ($58.5m) in funding . It had previously raised more than $116m. The Open Podcast Prefix Project has been quietly launched by John Spurlock. It’s a prefix analytics service committed to open data and listener privacy; and places listener data in the open. It could power trending and popularity data; or give independently-verified stats to advertisers. <li
S1 E94 · Fri, September 23, 2022
Spotify launch audiobooks, it costs extra. Acast layoff 15% seeking profitability. Transistor.fm supports the Open Podcast Prefix Project. Ivy.fm supports multiple Podcast Index Namespace tags. RSS Blue supports Alby and Fountain digital wallets.
Sponsors: Buzzsprout Ads can now Monetize Your Back Catalog, by finding insertion points in your entire back catalogue automatically. SquadCast invites you to join their new Slack channel, DM @SquadCastFM if you want to join. Notes & Links: Spotify has launched audiobooks (in the US only). Audiobooks are an extra cost and you’ll be taken to a website to purchase them. Spotify has signed a deal with Wattpad to bring Indonesian and Filipino webnovel authors to podcasting. Spotify’s video podcasting service is apparently being used to pirate movies Spotify’s Chartable, an analytics and attribution service, is to lower its prices by 50% Acast is to lay off around 70 people (15% of its staff) The Open Podcast Prefix Project has been launched by John Spurlock. INTERVIEW : JOHN SPURLOCK NEXT WEEK Transistor now supports the Open Podcast Prefix project Apple Podcasts wants a website link for your podcast Podimo, the European subscription podcast service, has raised €58.6m ($58.5m) in funding . It had previously raised more than $116m. INTERVIEW : MORTEN CEO PODIMO NEXT WEEK Ivy.fm now supports transcripts, soundbites, and location from the Podcast Index namespace! Captivate has just announced v2 of their dynamic content an
Bonus · Sun, September 18, 2022
Podland Extra Interviews: with Dino Sofos, Eric Nuzum and Mike Kadin
Special Guests: Dino Sofos - Founder and CEO, Persephonica Eric Nuzum - Co-founder, Magnificent Noise Mike Kadin - Founder and CEO at RedCircle Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S1 E92 · Fri, September 16, 2022
Happy 20th birthday RSS, Alby launches profile pages. Spotify rolls out new Podcast UI and 'reasonably soon' will add Audiobooks.
Guest Interviews: Eric Nuzum - Magnificent Noise Alex Newall - Rusty Quill Ltd Show Notes: 1. Spotify Spotify is the top podcast network in the US based on reach , according to new data from Edison Research. Spotify now has separate home feeds for Music and Podcasts & Shows! Audiobooks are coming to Spotify “reasonably soon” , according to CFO Paul Vogel. 2. Alby Alby has launched an analytics website for Value 4 Value , the podcast funding method from the Podcast Index. The website, called SATurn , gives a full view of payments made on the Value 4 Value system and interfaces with your Alby wallet. It's free to use, and includes a live feed much like Helipad. Now everyone with an Alby #Lightning Address can get their very own 'My Alby Page'. Sam Page: https://getalby.com/p/sam James Page: https://getalby.com/p/james Alby also brought #bitcoin to Linktree in their latest release. 3. Other Balcao claims it is a new decentralised podcast platform Podcast Index’s websites are no longer going to store any user’s email address. Emails will be stored hashed in future, according to Dave Jones iOS16 - new support for a useragent in AppleCoreMedia . Podcast images are much larger on the lockscreen, including support for embedded chapter images. Gramrphone, a live music startup, has announced integration with TikTok . <a href='https://www.goodpods.com/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_
S1 E91 · Fri, September 09, 2022
"Keep Calm and Carry On". BBC R&D launch 'Adaptive Podcasting' and Alby launch a new SAT's dashboard.
Guest Interviews Ian Forrester - BBC R&D - Adaptive Podcasting Rene Aaron - Alby - New Dashboard Show Notes The BBC Global News Podcast 's presenter Jackie Leonard, and producer Karen Martin, spoke at Radiodays Asia in Malaysia. The show, which is also recording a special edition at the event, is one of the top-rated shows in many Asian countries, with 33m downloads a month. In collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union and partners, BBC R&D has developed an open-source platform that allows the production of 'adaptive' podcasts. Is podcast search broken? Justin Jackson took a tweet from Sounds Profitable’s Bryan Barletta as inspiration to test the search facilities in podcast apps . Podnews did some research on what podcast search engines actually index . Alby is a micropayment wallet that uses the lightning network. They are working on a new Dashboard and their new WP plugin. Link: https://saturn.fly.dev August’s platform data for Buzzsprout Podverse, a podcast app, has launched searchable transcripts . Here’s an example from the Podland podcast . Wavvy – new web-based audio editor based on Audacity Trebble has launched an online audio editor Podnews podcast pages now support the podcast:person tag Pod The North, a Canadian podcast newsletter, launches today . Run by Kattie Laur Radio France podcasts wil
S1 E90 · Thu, September 01, 2022
You're everywhere or you're no where baby!? Podcasts are coming to YouTube and Twitter should you be on them? Spotify now have ads, transcriptions and maybe comments soon?
James Cridland and Sam Sethi return for this week's show NEWS: Adam Curry , the “podfather”, spoke with Dave Jones at Podcast Movement 2022, explaining the history of open podcasting, the Podcast Index and the features available with the new podcast namespace Edison Research and Sounds Profitable issued reports at Podcast Movement, Dallas The Podcast Broker, a new service for buying and selling podcasts , was launched at Podcast Movement. The service is the brainchild of TrueNativeMedia’s Heather Osgood YouTube has been rolling out YouTube Podcasts in the US. James broke the story of YouTube’s podcast ambitions in March. Kai Chuk , YouTube’s Director of Podcasting, spoke at Podcast Movement on Thursday YouTuber (and podcaster) Bandrew Scott looks at YouTube’s entrance to podcasting Podcasts are coming to Twitter and Substack has added a podcast preview feature Spotify has put the company’s new podcast ad experience live in their app . Chris Messina has captured and posted what it looks like Apple Podcasts has announced a number of changes to the platform’s RSS feed requirements “in 2023” Alby has unveiled an API . The product is a simple-to-use Bitcoin wallet, used as a browser extension. <a href='https://bl
S1 E89 · Fri, August 26, 2022
Live from Dallas: open podcasting, what to do with Spotify, and where the medium is going
We're sponsored by Buzzsprout and SquadCast. James Cridland joined Todd Cochrane from Blubrry, Rob Greenlee from Libsyn, Tangia Estrada from BIPOC Podcast Creators, and Heather Osgood from The Podcast Broker and True Native Media. This week, the show is from the New Media Show, live on stage at Podcast Movement. This version has been lightly edited from the original. You can find the New Media Show in your favourite podcast app. Want to watch? Here's the show as originally recorded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6JAh25hIT0 Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net
S1 E88 · Thu, August 18, 2022
Podverse mobile supports Alby. Libsyn expands to Europe and Canada. Spotify filters music from podcasts. Podnews launches podcastnamespace.org. Oprah protects her trademark and ASA fines Steven Bartlett.
This week's stories discussed by James Cridland and Sam Sethi The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against Huel and The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett . We asked Paul Chantler , one of the UK’s media law experts, how should you keep your host-read podcast ad legal ? Oprah Winfrey’s company has filed a lawsuit against fan podcast Oprahdemics from Radiotopia. Libsyn is expanding to Europe by acquiring German podcast company Julep Media . The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2022 was published by Edison Research and Elsie Escobar . Spotify is adding additional filter tabs in its app . Podcast hosting company Disctopia has launched its own mobile app . Spotify is testing a method of recording voice comments about a playlist . Edison Research has shared some data suggesting that a quarter of all podcasts are listened to between 6am- 10 am In Sounds Profitable with Podsights this week, Tom Webster looks at the problem of churn . <a href='https://www.listennotes.com/podcast-hosting/?utm_source=
S1 E87 · Thu, August 11, 2022
Podcast neighbourhoods, paying to be a guest, and podcast:verify. Evo Terra sits in for Sam Sethi.
Evo Terra joins James Cridland this week, while Sam drinks wine in Europe somewhere. Evo's podcast is at podcast pontifications and he runs simpler.media Special Guest: Dan Misener co-founder of Bumper . Podcast guests are paying up to $50,000 to appear on popular shows, and the podcasts don’t disclose it, according to a piece from Ashley Carman in Bloomberg. It quotes a number of podcasts who charge more than $30,000 per interview… and they only added a full disclosure (an FTC requirement) after being contacted by Bloomberg for the story. Dan Misener and Jonas Woost launched Bumper, a new podcast growth agency. Bumper will work with organisations on audience development strategies, marketing and promotion. How many downloads get you into the Apple Podcasts charts? Tanner Campbell managed to get into the top 100 in the US Books category last Friday with just 10 listens and 24 followers. In November last year, Steffan Garrero got into the top 50 using social media; but it had no effect on his overall downloads. Podtrac is to add a Sales Network Ranker report in Q3 this year, according to emails from ART19 to some of its customers . Tips and Tricks might be a waste of time, argues Evo Terra, in an article entitled Avoiding The Perils Of Un-aligned Podcast Advice The team at the Podcast Index have worked on a proposal for the podcast:verify tag , which would remove email addresses from RSS feeds, and instead use a simple one-click claiming process. It uses a simple token system, letting podcast hosting companies understand which services people are using, and avoiding the near-25% dropoff from email verification. It’s built to be simple to implement, and great for privacy. If you work for a podcast hosting company or a service like a directory or tool, <a href='https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/proposal-docs/verify/verify.md?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_c
S1 E86 · Thu, August 04, 2022
Who should pay to play? Should guests pay hosts or should listeners pay hosts? #value4value #transparency #trust. Is Thread.land the best place to leave your comments?
Guest Interviews John Spurlock - Thread.land Matt Medeiros - Castos Show Notes Acast has released the company’s Q2/22 financial report . The Swedish company now hosts 66,000 podcasts (a record growth last quarter); the number of listens in the quarter increased 41% year-on-year. The company lost $11m in the quarter, though now expects to make EBITDA profit in 2024, earlier than previously expected. “The heavy investment phase is now over, " says CEO Ross Adams, noting that the advertising market has been cooling globally. Bloomberg's Ashley Carman’s newsletter launches next month. Ashley wrote about the world of paid podcast appearances, or what some consider podcast payola. Guests are paying hosts up to $50K for an interview, and the disclosures around that exchange aren’t always clear or even existent. Skye Pillsbury (Frmr contributor, Hot Pod) has launched her newsletter called The Squeeze Want to support podcast:socialInteract with ActivityPub in your feed. Find your podcast on thread.land then DM @johnspurlock the unique prefix url . Congratulation to Josh Chen from JustCast for also adding Alby integration and enabling autofill in Value4Value tag to enable the Alby wallet. Online studio Cleanfeed has won an Emmy Award for Engineering, Science & Technology . The BBC claims a new record number of weekly users for its audio app, BBC Sounds . All future @SoundsProfNews podcasts will be built with @spoolermedia . <a href='https://paulenglish.com/moonbeam.html?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews
S1 E85 · Fri, July 29, 2022
Good Morning Podcasters! Alby Wallet API delivers Value 4 Value. Hosts RSS.com and Castos deliver integrated wallets. Podchaser API delivers transcripts. Podcast Index delivers descriptions and Spotify delivers Q2 financial results.
Guest Interview Alberto Betella - CTO RSS.com Show Notes Podcast host RSS.com is to announce integration with Alby this week: enabling value 4 value for thousands of podcasts. You’ll be able to activate and link your Alby account with your podcast in RSS.com’s dashboard . RSS has produced a video showing how it works on their platform Monetize your @CastosHQ podcast with @getAlby and @PodcastindexOrg value4value tag! Castos has produced a video showing how it works on their platform Full List of New Podcast 2.0 Apps Full List of Podcast Hosts Hot on the heels of last week's acquisition by Acast . Podchaser announced this week that developers can now pull episode transcripts from the Podchaser API . In this beta release, developers can retrieve JSON transcript files of episodes from the top 5k podcasts. Spotify published its Q2/21 financial report . which out-performed market expectations. Ignoring currency fluctuations, ad-supported revenue (including podcasting) is up 31%; the platform now has 4.4m podcasts. “The number of (monthly active users) that engaged with podcasts grew in the substantial double-digits Y/Y and per user podcast consumption rates continued to rise,” though no numbers were given. Does podcasting have a privacy problem? Writing on his personal blog, our Editor highlights what the GDPR actually says , whether you can do privacy-friendly geo-targeting, and where things might be an issue. Was the much-loved comedian and actor Robin Williams the first podcaster? We’ve unearthed some compelling evidence that shows tha
S1 E84 · Thu, July 21, 2022
Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the simple cryptowallet for podcasters
Special Guests Moritz Kaminski - Alby Ross Adams - Acast Bradley Davis - Podchaser Show Notes Acast is to acquire Podchaser , the “world’s most comprehensive and authoritative podcast database” in a deal worth $34m . Podchaser , which is expected to make a profit next year, will continue to operate as a separate brand: it contains data of more than 4.5m million podcasts, including advertising information. The integration will bring additional data to Acast’s advertisers. The podcast landscape is ever shifting! Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, has added its own podcaster wallet . The service allows you to earn from your listeners as they listen. The company has written a full guide to enabling your podcast . Audioboom’s H1/22 financials were released, showing revenue was up 79% on the same period last year. Profit was $2m, up from last year’s $0.2m, and the company’s doing 124m downloads a month (up 35%). Pushkin Industries has purchased podcast creator Transmitter Media . Transmitter’s founder and CEO, Gretta Cohn, will join Pushkin’s senior leadership team. Auphonic and Hindenburg have announced an integration Which company is sending the most unsolicited commercial email to podcasters, by scraping your RSS feed to gather your email? We have been running a spamtrap on our podcast feed for the last three months, and today, we reveal the podcast industry’s biggest spammer . (No, it d
S1 E83 · Thu, July 14, 2022
Hint: It's Really Simple to extend Standards
Special Guests: Mitch Downey - Podverse Mike Mignano - Angel Investor and ex-Spotify Show Notes: Michael Mignano , has written a piece about what he calls The Standards Innovation Paradox. In response, James Cridland wrote a long article that basically points out that Apple took the RSS standard and enhanced it. The thing that Mike Mignano says is impossible. Adam Curry said: Spotify is the shitcoin of podcasting . Spotify is expanding the ability to post video podcasts for creators in six new countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil and Mexico. This marks the first time the audio streaming company is making this feature available in non-English speaking countries. Spotify has purchased Heardle . Overcast, Marco Arment , describes “ cheap, sloppy dynamic ad insertion in podcasts ” as something that “ continues to degrade the experience for listeners ” in a tweet . Reddit is to start live audio Talks says Arielle Nissenblatt in a Twitter thread . Message Heard has signed an audio partnership with The Kyiv Independent . Descript launched Storyboard . Eddy , the audio editor that works like a word processor, now lets you edit video. Send James & Sam a message <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buz
S1 E82 · Fri, July 08, 2022
Podverse supports LIT and Video. Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts. Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, adds its own podcaster wallet.
Special Guests Harry Duran - Full Cast Oscar Merry - Fountain App Show Notes Podverse adds support for LIT and Video Support . Podcast Host Ranking from John Spurlock Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts Blubrry has launched 'podcast media kits’ that update daily Libsyn Studio Anchor podcast fraud . Here’s a link with details on how to report them Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, has added its own podcaster wallet . The service allows you to earn from your listeners as they listen. The company has written a full guide to enabling your podcast . Events The British Podcast Awards , powered by Audible, Ceremony- Kennington Park, London - Saturday 23rd July - Tickets on Sale: Monday 20th June. Send James & Sam a message Buzzsprout Start podcasting - keep podcasting! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/
S1 E81 · Fri, July 01, 2022
Tom Webster tells us that "creators" are mainly white men under 45 but where are the women? Bloomberg say Spotify's podcast strategy is failing!? Squadcast launch all new v5 and Voiceworks partners with Crowd Network on the Sports Network.
Special Guests Tom Webster - Sounds Profitable Zachariah Moreno & Rock Felder - Squadcast Sophie Hind & Jim Salveson - VoiceWorks Show Notes Sounds Profitable released The Creators , a study of the people who create podcasts. Tom Webster revealed that US podcast creators are more diverse than the US population, but are significantly younger and more male. Most own both Android and iOS devices, though more than four in ten podcast creators have been listening to podcasts for under a year. You can download the full report here. Bloomberg Businessweek posts Spotify’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Podcasting Has Yet to Pay Off . The piece, originally titled “Spotify’s Joe Rogan-Powered Podcast Bet Hasn’t Paid Off”, suggests that the company’s investments haven’t yet yielded a major hit, and contains criticism of Dawn Ostroff’s growth strategy. Spotify and Anchor have debuted RADAR Podcasters , a podcast-creator version of the Spotify program designed to spotlight emerging voices worldwide. The companies start by highlighting more than 40 creators around the world. The number of open video podcasts are on the rise. In November last year, Podcast Index listed 39,194 video podcasts. As of June this year, Podnews can reveal the number had grown by over a quarter to 50,863. We measured these by looking for enclosure files with the extension mov, mp4 or m4v, the three filetypes Apple Podcasts supports . Apple has recently put video podcasts in the spotlight again; Spotify launched its own proprietary video podcasts tool in April (which we can’t measure). <a target="_bl
S1 E80 · Thu, June 23, 2022
Acast and GoodPods are building 'Community' by enabling comments. Fountain and UnCut are building 'Community' by rewarding your time & attention? And Spotify are building 'Community' by sharing your music listening with friends but not your podcasts?
Special Guests Carlos Diaz - Uncut.fm is a new podcast platform that lets you "mint, share and sell your content as NFTs". Jake Warren - UK podcast production company Message Heard has signed with CAA Show Notes Breaking: Acast+ has announced an integration with Facebook. It allows Acast+ subscribers to offer members-only Facebook groups, as a launch partner of new Facebook functionality . Fountain is now rewarding people for listening to shows with Bitcoin , which they can then share with their favourite podcasters as “ value4value ”. The more people listen, the more they get (like this for Podland ). The Creators FREE webinar from Soundsprofitable. register here Spotify is testing a tool to record a podcast directly into the Spotify app Spotify to make streaming more social on new ‘community’ mobile app Send James & Sam a message Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: <a href='https://podne
S1 E79 · Thu, June 16, 2022
Interview with Ken Miller from Fathom; Spotify buys an AI voice service, Google Podcasts slips up in Pride Month, Sam looks different to what Adam Curry thinks
Special Guest Ken Miller - CTO Fathom New podcast app Fathom, designed for better podcast discovery, has been launched on iOS and in-browser. It promises you can “ask any question and hear answers from your favourite podcasters and their guests.” https://fathom.fm/podcast/podland-news Show Notes Breaking: Apple Podcasts has published details of how search in its app works. The post includes clarification that ratings and reviews aren’t factored into search results; and that the search function searches the show name, channel name, and episode title. In July last year, Podnews published data showing what metadata different podcast apps use : noting that Apple Podcasts does not search podcast (or episode) descriptions. During Pride Month, Google Podcasts is blocking and hiding some podcast episodes apparently because they use the word 'lesbian’. Transistor’s Justin Jackson has reported Acast to Canadian law enforcement after the company targeted Transistor customers . Acast recently targeted customers from Podbean , Captivate , Blubrry and others , using competitor’s logos, and sending multiple follow-up messages to each podcaster. International Women’s Podcast Festival in London is on Sat Jun 18. The British Podcast Awards , Ceremony- Kennington
S1 E78 · Fri, June 10, 2022
Buzzsprout's Alban Brooke tells us all about their new mid-roll ads platform. Spotify describe RSS as “outdated technology." while claiming they will reach one billion listeners by 2030 and generate US$100 billion in revenue.
Special Guest Alban Brooke - Head of Marketing at Buzzsprout. Buzzsprout the world’s second largest podcast host, has just formally announced Buzzsprout Ads , letting podcasters buy adverts for their shows (and other podcasters to earn revenue). We’re using them - automatically inserted by Buzzsprout Ads. Show Notes & Links Spotify had an Investor Day last Wednesday . “Spotify share price slid 55% this year. Daniel Ek said Spotify would grow beyond music, increasing creator tools and moving into audiobooks. This growth, Ek predicted, would take the company to 10 times its current size, with an aim to reach one billion listeners by 2030 and generate US$100 billion in revenue.” Maya Prohovnik said Spotify brought in around €200m ($215m) in podcast revenue last year. Podcasting lost the company €103m ($110m), though is expected to turn a profit within two years. Maya Prohovnik described RSS as “outdated technology”, and said they have been able to replace it for their on-platform distribution. She also claimed that every new Anchor show brings 2.5 new monthly active users to the Spotify platform. iHeart’s Conal Byrne writes for Forbes , promoting the benefit of RSS, which was soundly denigrated by Spotify in their presentation. Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman noted in an entertaining Twitter thread that Joe Rogan was missing from their presentation. Blubrry has emailed its podcast hosting customers that the company is ready to launch programmatic advertising . AVURLAssetHTTPUserAgentKey has just appeared in Apple’s documentation for the next version of iOS, allowing all podcast apps to correctly state their user agent. Developers can adopt this today; there will be a public beta in July, and this will roll out for everyone in Q3. Expect Podnews to grumpily highlight apps that don’t bother with it. <a href='https://twitter.com/headlinervideo/status/1533924066687692807?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_
S1 E77 · Thu, June 02, 2022
Dave Jones the Pod Sage talks Value4Value, Sats, Lightning Network, WebLN, Alby and using Hive's Podping to build a new Decentralised Cross App Notifications messaging bus.
Sponsors Buzzsprout - last week, 3,210 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever. Special Guest Dave Jones - Pod Sage from Podcast Index talks about ... Value 4 Value Lightning Network WebLN Alby Hive's Podping Podcast Index new tags and Show Notes & Links One of podcasting’s largest hosting companies, Megaphone, was down for more than nine hours. All the Spotify-owned company’s audio and RSS feeds disappeared at 8pm Eastern on Monday after a certificate expired . Spotify is conducting research within its app on new features. The company appears to be testing the ability to pay to promote your show, as well as automatically place ads in shows to earn revenue. Descript now supports new workflows that will let you jump to editing in Descript with one click - when recording in @RiversidedotFM or @SquadCastFM , live streaming in @Restreamio , or hosting in @CaptivateAudio EditEddy was launched on Product Hunt . The service makes audio editing simple - upload your spoken-word audio, get a transcript, and then edit your audio by editing the text. Here’s a video demo . Podverse enables searchable transcripts . #podcasting Send James & Sam a message Buzzsprout Start podcasting - keep podcasting! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support"
S1 E76 · Thu, May 26, 2022
From the Podcast Show 2022 - Jason Carter on the show; Alberto Betella on dodgy podcasters; Jessica Cordova-Kramer on audio reality
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S1 E75 · Sat, May 21, 2022
Scoop Queen Ashley Carman joins us. Apple announces Podcasts Delegated Delivery. No Anchor or Megaphone. Are you team Spotify or team Apple? RØDECaster Pro II leaked. Curiocaster and Podverse support <podcast:liveItem> tag.
Sponsors Buzzsprout - last week, 3,282 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever. Special Guest Ashley Carman - Bloomberg Show Notes & Links James Cridland Radio Days Europe - Roundup Selling paid subscriptions through Apple Podcasts? Until now, you’ve had to upload that audio separately to Apple; but Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery was announced yesterday , allowing creators to upload and manage that audio through selected podcast hosting companies when this feature launches in Q3. A number of initial podcast hosting companies have been announced including RSS·com, Libsyn and Buzzsprout; but if you run a podcast hosting company and wish to participate in Delegated Delivery, you’re encouraged to fill out this form . (Memo to Apple: here’s a list ). "Interesting that both of Spotify's hosting platforms, megaphone and anchor, arent participating at launch."- Ashley C "Spotify works with third parties to support its subscription offering, too. the only overlap is acast, at least according to the initial partner list. curious if this means there's now additional stratification in podcast world: team Spotify or team Apple "- Ashley C iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, and macOS 12.4 were made available yesterday. This brings annual paid subscriptions within the Apple Podcasts app. We told you last month ; you can add an annual plan now . With the new iOS, the Apple Podcasts app has had a welcome tweak for automatic download settings , with per-show customisation. You’ll find the new settings in your Se
S1 E74 · Thu, May 12, 2022
It Sounds Interesting now that Tom Webster has announced he is joining Sounds Profitable.
Sponsors Buzzsprout - last week, 3,437 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever. Special Guest Tom Webster - Sounds Profitable Show Notes & Links Tom Webster has announced he is to join Sounds Profitable as Partner . Writing in Sounds Profitable, he outlines the future for Sounds Profitable - to share content, research, run events and advisory services to help set the course for the future of the audio business. Todd Cochrane’s Geek News Central hits episode 1,600 this week . One of the first podcasts in the world, its first episode was Oct 9, 2004 - just a few weeks after the word “podcast” began to be used. This was the first podcast Tom Webster listened to. Wondery is streaming some shows in Dolby Atmos . You’ll need to be a Wondery+ subscriber to listen because there aren’t any standard podcast apps that playback the format yet. The sixth annual IAB US Podcast Advertising Revenue study was published . It shows US podcast ad revenue growth increasing dramatically during 2021, hitting $1.4bn. Revenues are forecast to hit $4.2bn in 2024. iHeartMedia’s podcast business brought in $69m during the first quarter - 12% of total revenue; its radio business brought in $416m. The company posted a net loss of $48.7m, though, for the quarter. Spotify is to close Spotify Stations , a lean-back music radio experience. <a href='https://twitter.com/chrismessina/status/1524048767422386176?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.
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