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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 52: Happy 1st birthday to us! What will Spotify do with its big M&A war chest, Castamatic 8 supports Value4Value and Lisa Laporte CEO of TWiT tells us how to run a successful podcast network.


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GUEST:

  • Lisa Laporte - CEO -  TWiT.tv
  • Franco Solerio - Founder & Developer -  Castamatic

NEWS: 

  • Copenhagen-based podcast production company Podimo has secured $78m of funding. The subscription company hosts more than 950 original shows and plans to move into new markets...


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 November 25, 2021  1h7m
 
 

episode 53: Winslow Bright talks about licensing music for your podcast. Hint: there is no fair usage. It's the start of the podcast awards season. Facebook podcasting is growing but it's clearly not ready for primetime and Spotify is testing sponsorship?

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 HOSTS:

  • Listen to James Cridland and Sam Sethi   

GUEST: 

  • Winslow Bright - Executive Producer at Premier Music Group

NEWS: 

  • Apple Podcasts announced its Best of 2021. A Slight Change of Plans with Maya Shankar from Pushkin Industries was chosen as Best Show of the Year...


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 December 2, 2021  57m
 
 

episode 54: Spotify may owe millions from missing licenses and may have gained millions from missing podcasts?


 HOSTS:

  • Listen to James Cridland and Sam Sethi   

GUEST: 

  • Jeff Price CEO - Word Collections

    Spotify has pulled a number of comedy albums from its service, after claims they weren’t licensed correctly.  Jeff Price has announced a $3.5m investment round for his Word Collections company, which “focuses on getting comedians and other spoken-word performers paid for the use of their works for the first time”...


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 December 9, 2021  1h21m
 
 

episode 55: Fake it until you make it, unless you buy it. Spotify's Megaphone buys Whooshkaa but still no date for exclusive podcasts, HiFi sound or transcriptions? SiriusXM we can't read you? Comments are live on Podverse and Buzzsprout supports the Person Tag.


GUEST: Larry Rosin, the co-founder and President of Edison Research

Spotify buys
Whooshkaa! Congratulations Rob  Loewenthal.  A great guy and a great team. 

SiriusXM is being sued for failing to provide podcast transcripts for deaf users by the National Association for the Deaf and the Disability Rights Advocates.  

  • As we researched in June 2020, transcripts can offer significant SEO benefits...


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 December 16, 2021  1h41m
 
 

episode 56: Jonas Woost, Director Of Strategy at Pacific Content, predicts the near future of podcasting in 2022


James Cridland talks with Jonas Woost Director Of Strategy at Pacific Content about his podcast predictions for 2022. 

They talk about .....


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 January 4, 2022  37m
 
 

episode 57: Spotify launch call-to-actions cards, ratings but still no Hifi? What's a GUID and a ULID? Cash app now supports Lightning payments. Facebook mutes podcasts, not as big as they think. India the biggest podcast market by 2023? Sam talks about Podcasting3?


NEWS: 

  • 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...


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 January 13, 2022  55m
 
 

episode 58: Brad Mielke tells us what he learnt from 1,000 daily podcasts? Effy Kang tells us about podcasting in China. Celebs tell us about their favourite podcasts on Apple. Helipad tells us how many SAT's we've earned in real-time and Podping tells us first!


GUESTS:  

  • Brad Mielke - Host/Managing Editor, "Start Here" Podcast at ABC News

  • Effy Kang - Head of Capital Markets at Lizhi - the first podcast app that Apple promoted in the Chinese app store

NEWS:

  • Apple Podcasts has launched “Listen With”, a podcast playlist service to help listeners discover new shows. The first podcast guide is Jay Shetty...


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 January 20, 2022  1h10m
 
 

episode 59: Scott Waxman tells us why books and podcasts fit together? Hala Taha tells us why promoting your podcast with an audiogram maybe a waste of time? Amazon buys exclusive rights to ‘My Favorite Murder’ podcast. Libsyn5 is live to all users.


GUESTS: 

  • SCOTT WAXMAN // HALA TAHA

NEWS:

  • Spotify takes Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s podcast ‘into its own hands’ after the couple produced NO content for a YEAR.

  • Spotify picks Joe Rogan over Neil Young

  • Stephen Fry has launched a new podcast exploring the brain. The podcast is exclusively on Audible.

  • Amazon Buys Exclusive Rights to ‘My Favorite Murder’ Podcast...


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 January 27, 2022  1h17m
 
 

episode 60: Captivate CEO Mark Asquith talks about the global acquisition and their future. Castos CEO Craig Hewitt talks about supporting Value4Value and why it's a better model than advertising for podcasters

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GUESTS: 

  • Mark Asquith co-founder and MD of Captivate.FM talks about their acquisition by Global and what's next for Captivate and how the line between radio and podcasting has blurred?

  • Craig Hewitt founder and CEO of Castos talks about the latest version of their platform and their upcoming support for Value4Value and why advertising is not the future for podcast monetisation...


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 February 4, 2022  1h29m
 
 

episode 61: Pay Attention, Cash is King, Bitcoin is the native currency of the Internet and it's raining Sat's on Fountain.

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GUESTS:

  • Gigi -  Closing the Loop - The Future of Value
  • Oscar Merry - Fountain Podcaster Wallet
  • Evo Terra - Hall of Fame Induction
  • Stewart Townsend - Podcast Hawk

NEWS:

  • Lightning Network is now available on Cash App. It's the fastest, free way to pay anyone in bitcoin...


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 February 11, 2022  1h25m