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.
Spotify has launched clickable call-to-action cards, - described as ad banners for podcasts. Currently limited to Spotify Originals and Exclusives, US only.
Spotify’s new CTA cards aren’t new and aren’t open. The new JSON-based chapter specification from Podcast Index also allows graphical banners and clickthroughs which can be timed with audio.
Spotify has added star ratings to its app for podcasts. Could you please rate us?
Spotify added 1.2m new podcasts to Spotify’s catalogue in 2021. “Anchor continues to drive 80% of the new podcasts. Podcast Index added 466,000 shows in the past six months. It added 3.1m this year
The Podcast Font for websites, containing icons and logos for popular podcast platforms, apps with just one line of code. It’s open and free
More new podcast episodes were published last month on Anchor and Buzzsprout than anyone else
The Podnews Ranker shows an unchanged top three
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