The last word in podcasting news. Every Friday James Cridland (⚡james@crid.land ) and Sam Sethi (⚡sam@getalby.com) review and analyse the week's top podcasting news as covered on Podnews. We also interview some of the biggest names in podcasting making the news. Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: podcast hosting made easy.
Oscar Merry- talks about Fountain App (clips, boostergrams and chapters)
Alex Jacobi- talks about OPAF (Open Podcast Analytics Format)
SHOW NOTES
In a client note, Richard Kramer, an analyst from Arete Research has criticised Spotify.
Our Editor asked Spotify for all his personal data, to discover Spotify knows what kind of car he drives, and what length podcast he prefers - and why Spotify will never know as much as Apple or Google.
Meanwhile, 9to5Mac says Spotify falls short as a podcast app. (Hasn’t stopped it from being #1 in many markets).
The number of podcasts in Spanish grew 6.8 times last year, according to iVoox.
Simplecast founder and CEO Brad Smith has been promoted he’s been named Head of Podcast Products for SiriusXM.
"Podcasting Killed the Radio Star" - River Radio, a radio station in the UK, is
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