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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episode 96: 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.
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episode 95: 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...
episode 94: 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.
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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...
episode 93: 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
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episode 92: 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...
episode 91: "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...
episode 90: 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...
episode 89: Live from Dallas: open podcasting, what to do with Spotify, and where the medium is going
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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...
episode 88: 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...
episode 87: 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...