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.
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Special Guest
Harry Duran talks about how he found a sponsor for his new podcast, raising $9k before launching
SubStack
Substack is moving into podcasting - “but better”. The platform also lets you podcast for free
YouTube
YouTube is the third most popular podcast platform in America
Should your podcast be on YouTube? Rephonic crunch the data: revealing that for English-language shows, it could well be worthwhile. The Podfather thinks it's a waste of time.
Dan Misener analyses the different types of podcast on YouTube
Jeff Vidler from Signal Hill Insights calls YouTube “the elephant in the podcasting room"
Acast
Acast published its annual report. The company saw net ad sales grow by 73%; while it almost doubled the loss of last year
Alberto Betella has suggested a podcast:verify tag, designed to removed the need for podcasters to expose/spam their email addresses in RSS feeds.
BBC
The hosts of one of the UK’s biggest podcasts, Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo are to take their fil
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