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 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 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 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.
Sponsors:
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- SquadCast invites you to join their new Slack channel, DM @SquadCastFM if you want to join.
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 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 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 97: Spotify layoffs, it's just business? Todd Cochrane 1,628 not out! Podcast.ai brings back Steve Jobs? Phase 6 of Podcast Index announced!
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Special Guests:
- Todd Cochrane
- Alban Brooke
Show Notes & Links:
- Spotify is cancelling eleven of its original shows...
episode 98: To edit or not to edit that is the question? Castopod v1.0 launches, Squadcast awarded US Patent, Is podcasting coming to TikTok? YouTube advertising for podcasters?
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Special Guests:
- Neal Vigelio - Podknows
- Benjamin Bellamy - Ad Aures
- Yassine Doghri - Ad Aures
Show Notes & Links
- After 3+ years, it's OFFICIAL … SquadCast...
episode 99: Stop the downloads - measure the listens. The Sports Podcast Awards, and Q3 results: Spotify and ABC Australia are up but the BBC is not
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Special Guests:
- Dylan Pugh - The Sports Podcast Awards 2023 are now open for entry. There are 23 categories and close in mid-November.
Show Notes & Links
- Spotify has reported its Q3/22 earnings. It has 456m monthly active users (up 20% y-on-y)...
episode 100: It's goodbye to Podland and hello to Podnews Weekly Review. It's goodbye to email and hello to Podcast:txt. It's goodbye to Twitter verified and hello to Amazon Music & Podcasts ad free.
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Special Guests:
- Adam Curry (Podfather) & Dave Jones (Podsage) talk about:
- How the podcast namespace started?
- Why it will never be called Podcast 3...