Welcome to EP 1 of Podnews Weekly with James Cridland and Sam Sethi.

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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.

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• Acast released its financial report for Q3/22
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• 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.

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• 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 Chekan on Nov 5, 2004, here’s the back story and, rescued from the web,

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