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 85: Good Morning Podcasters! Alby Wallet API delivers Value 4 Value. Hosts RSS.com and Castos deliver integrated wallets. Podchaser API delivers transcripts. Podcast Index delivers descriptions and Spotify delivers Q2 financial results.
Guest Interview
- Alberto Betella - CTO RSS.com
Show Notes
- Podcast host RSS.com is to announce integration with Alby this week: enabling value 4 value for thousands of podcasts. You’ll be able to activate and link your Alby account with your podcast in RSS.com’s dashboard...
episode 84: Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the simple cryptowallet for podcasters
Special Guests
- Moritz Kaminski - Alby
- Ross Adams - Acast
- Bradley Davis - Podchaser
Show Notes
- Acast is to acquire Podchaser, the “world’s most comprehensive and authoritative podcast database” in a deal worth $34m. Podchaser, which is expected to make a profit next year, will continue to operate as a separate brand: it contains data of more than 4.5m million podcasts, including advertising information...
episode 83: Hint: It's Really Simple to extend Standards
Special Guests:
- Mitch Downey - Podverse
- Mike Mignano - Angel Investor and ex-Spotify
Show Notes:
- Michael Mignano, has written a piece about what he calls The Standards Innovation Paradox.
- In response, James Cridland wrote a long article that basically points out that Apple took the RSS standard and enhanced it. The thing that Mike Mignano says is impossible...
episode 82: Podverse supports LIT and Video. Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts. Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, adds its own podcaster wallet.
Special Guests
- Harry Duran - Full Cast
- Oscar Merry - Fountain App
Show Notes
- Podverse adds support for LIT and Video Support.
- Podcast Host Ranking from John Spurlock
- Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts
- Blubrry has launched 'podcast media kits’ that update daily
- Libsyn Studio
- Anchor podcast fraud...
episode 81: Tom Webster tells us that "creators" are mainly white men under 45 but where are the women? Bloomberg say Spotify's podcast strategy is failing!? Squadcast launch all new v5 and Voiceworks partners with Crowd Network on the Sports Network.
Special Guests
- Tom Webster- Sounds Profitable
- Zachariah Moreno & Rock Felder - Squadcast
- Sophie Hind & Jim Salveson - VoiceWorks
Show Notes
- Sounds Profitable released The Creators, a study of the people who create podcasts. Tom Webster revealed that US podcast creators are more diverse than the US population, but are significantly younger and more male...
episode 80: Acast and GoodPods are building 'Community' by enabling comments. Fountain and UnCut are building 'Community' by rewarding your time & attention? And Spotify are building 'Community' by sharing your music listening with friends but not your podcasts?
Special Guests
- Carlos Diaz - Uncut.fm is a new podcast platform that lets you "mint, share and sell your content as NFTs".
- Jake Warren - UK podcast production company Message Heard has signed with CAA
Show Notes
- Breaking: Acast+ has announced an integration with Facebook...
episode 79: Interview with Ken Miller from Fathom; Spotify buys an AI voice service, Google Podcasts slips up in Pride Month, Sam looks different to what Adam Curry thinks
Special Guest
- Ken Miller - CTO Fathom
- New podcast app Fathom, designed for better podcast discovery, has been launched on iOS and in-browser. It promises you can “ask any question and hear answers from your favourite podcasters and their guests.”
- https://fathom.fm/podcast/podland-news
Show Notes
- Breaking: Apple Podcasts has published details of how search in its app works...
episode 78: Buzzsprout's Alban Brooke tells us all about their new mid-roll ads platform. Spotify describe RSS as “outdated technology." while claiming they will reach one billion listeners by 2030 and generate US$100 billion in revenue.
Special Guest
- Alban Brooke - Head of Marketing at Buzzsprout. Buzzsprout the world’s second largest podcast host, has just formally announced Buzzsprout Ads, letting podcasters buy adverts for their shows (and other podcasters to earn revenue).
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Show Notes & Links
- Spotify had an Investor Day last Wednesday.
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episode 77: Dave Jones the Pod Sage talks Value4Value, Sats, Lightning Network, WebLN, Alby and using Hive's Podping to build a new Decentralised Cross App Notifications messaging bus.
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episode 76: From the Podcast Show 2022 - Jason Carter on the show; Alberto Betella on dodgy podcasters; Jessica Cordova-Kramer on audio reality
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