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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 20: It's all about the numbers! Google 100m, Amazon 1.5bn, Podcast Index 2.7m plus interviews with Juliana Meyer CEO Supapass and Elsie Escobar Libsyn.

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Join Sam Sethi and Matt Deegan on this week's jam packed & informative show

INTERVIEWS:

 - Elsie Escobar - Libsyn talking about Libsyn 5 beta 1

 - Juliana Meyer - Supapass - one website and app for your content, community and paywall.

NEWS

 - Google Podcasts has hit 100m installations on Android.

 - Amazon Podcasts launched to more than 1.5bn potential listeners in France, Italy, Spain and India...


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 April 15, 2021  1h8m
 
 

episode 21: Podcasts, Podcasts everywhere but not a mention of RSS anywhere! We discuss Apple's podcast subscriptions, Facebook's podcasting app and Google recommendations

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's jam-packed show about Apple subscriptions and Facebook's entry into podcasting with the help of Spotify. 


NEWS

  • Apple Podcasts is adding paid Podcasts Subscriptions in May. As a podcaster, you can set your own price for your own show.

  • Apple Podcasts will take a 30% commission of the subscription price for a subscriber’s first year, dropping to 15% for additional years...


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 April 22, 2021  46m
 
 

episode 22: Like London buses, you wait years for a subscription service to turn up and two come along at the same time. James and Sam analyse Spotify's new subscription service and compare it with Apple's alternative subscription service.

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's thought-provoking show about Spotify's new subscription service.


NEWS:

  • Spotify has announced their Paid Subscriptions service, which is hosted on Anchor. 

  • Spotify’s Paid Subscriptions tool sounds nice when compared with Apple - who can argue with free. But it isn’t quite as straightforward as that. Or, even, free.

    • It’s not actually free...


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 April 30, 2021  55m
 
 

episode 23: Will Superfans pay extra to come into a Spotify Green Room or Twitter Space? Should Apple buy Clubhouse? Interviews with Will Page, Author of Tarzan Economics and Charles Van Winkle, Senior Software Engineer, Descript.

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's deep dive into subscription services.


SPECIAL GUESTS: 

- Will Page - Author of Tarzan Economics, Visiting Fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Former Chief Economist at Spotify and PRS for Music...


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 May 7, 2021  1h12m
 
 

episode 24: Whether it's firmographic enrichment or psychographically targeting, everyone is saying podcasting is getting bigger, while Apple is learning to crawl podland faster but it's not podping speed just yet?

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's deep dive into subscription services.

SPECIAL GUESTS: 

  • Brandon Blackburn, POD TV

IN THIS PODCAST:

  • Spotify is adding a way to share timestamps when you share a podcast - a way to share a particular point to start listening.
    • Links work on desktop, iOS and Android: here’s a link to economist Will Page’s interview on Podland to see how it works...


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 May 14, 2021  53m
 
 

episode 25: I'm at a loss, will anyone notice the difference? Lossless audio comes to Apple, Spotify and Amazon for free.

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's deep dive into .

SPECIAL GUESTS: 

  • Lindsay Tjepkema, CEO & Co-Founder at Casted
  • Adrian Spataru, CEO & Co-Founder at  Cleanvoice.ai

IN THIS PODCAST:

  • The Ambies, the first podcast awards from The Podcast Academy. The podcast of the year went to Wondery’s Dying For Sex...


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 May 20, 2021  49m
 
 

episode 26: Podcast piracy or defamation, should podcast hosts monitor the content or could a new podcast license be the simple fix to the problem?

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they discuss podcast piracy, theft, content moderation and licensing...


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 May 28, 2021  1h19m
 
 

episode 27: Space Casts v Apple Casts: Monetising podcasts through feeds and channels

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they discuss monetising podcasts through channels. 

NEWS:

Title: Spacecasts v Apple Channels.
Full Episode: https://www.podland...


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 June 3, 2021  28m
 
 

episode 28: Apple Subscriptions and Channels are finally coming! With special guest Neil Mody the CEO Headliner.

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they discuss monetising podcasts through channels.

Special Guest:
Neil Mody - CEO HeadlinerVideo

News Headlines:

  • Apple has set the launch date for Apple Podcasts Subscriptions and Channels June 15;  subscriptions best practices.

  • Podcast Day 24 a 24-hour conference about podcasting, from Australia, UK and North America...


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 June 10, 2021  1h2m
 
 

episode 29: Apple channels finally arrive. Facebook podcasts launch next week and who is in the Spotify Green Room? Our special guest is Mark Asquith CEO Captivate. And do we need a GUID for every podcast?

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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they ask: Is Podcast hosting no longer a USP? It's fast becoming free. So how can podcast hosts survive? Should they go vertical with more paid features or simply be acquired by the big boys? #fightorflight.

Special Guest:
- ???? Mark Asquith - CEO, Captivate FM talking about Captivate v2.0 new platform and features.


News Headlines:

- Apple Podcasts launched Apple Podcasts Subscriptions and Channels...


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 June 18, 2021  58m