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The last word in podcasting news. Every Friday James Cridland (⚡james@getalby.com ) and Sam Sethi (⚡sam@getalby.com) review and analyse the week's top podcasting news as covered on Podnews. They also interview some of the biggest names in podcasting making the news ... Please support the show with cash: https://podnews.net/weeklysupport ... or support the show with SATS by using the boost button in your new podcast app ... Sponsored by Buzzsprout: podcast hosting made easy.
Why are Apple putting metadata topics inside podcast pages? Bumper's Dan Misener tells us what he thinks. Are Satoshis the best way to reward podcasters? Trevor Bell argues there are better ways.
#4
Yesterday at 1:00 AM
Special Guests:
Dan Misener- co-founder Bumper
Trevor Bell - Podcast Producer at The Iron Fist Velvet Glove Podcast
Trevor argues that Value4Value is good for podcasting but rewarding podcasters with Satoshis is to...Spotify launches audiobooks globally. Anchor is still alive but Libsyn Studio is dead.
#3
11/25/2022
News & Links
Audiobooks are now available on Spotify in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. They'd launched in the US in SeptemberSpotify Updates NotificationsSpotify’s Anchor has added “audio enhancement” to its appSpotify has signed another exclusive: Anything Goes with Emma ChamberlainSpotify announced the expansion of NextGenDan Misener at Bumper has looked at the new topics that Apple Podcasts andhe’s produced a number of network maps, designed to show links between different shows; and produced episode topic maps for every category in Apple PodcastsLibsyn has closed its free podcast hosting platform, Libsyn S...
Is now the right time for ActivityPub? Is now the right time for Video Podcasting? If not now then when?
#2
11/18/2022
Special Guests:
Chris Messina - co-author of ActivityStrea.ms - Full interview in NEW podcast Podnews Extra. The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] format used by Mastodon and Castopod. It provides a client-to-server API for creating, updating and deleting content and a federated server-to-server API for delivering notifications and content. It is also used for cross-commenting in the Podcasting namespace.
Jay LeBoeuf - DescriptDescript has launched a new version which has more than 30 new visual and AI-powered editing features. The company has also announced a $50m funding round.
Financial results for Acast, Audacy and iHeart; Vizzy enriches podcasts; and Sam goes to the pub
#1
11/11/2022
Welcome to EP 1 of Podnews Weekly with James Cridland and Sam Sethi.
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Special Guest: Nic Ivanov - CEO Vizzy.fm
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.
#100
11/04/2022
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Goodbye to Evo Terra's Podcast Pontifications and hello to The EndBuzzsprout has become...Stop the downloads - measure the listens. The Sports Podcast Awards, and Q3 results: Spotify and ABC Australia are up but the BBC is not
#99
10/28/2022
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Show Notes & Links
Spotify has reported its Q3/22 earnings. It has 456m monthly active users (up 20% y-on-y). Ad revenue, led by podcasting, is up 19% y-on-y and 7% q-on-q, at €385m (12.8% of the company’s total revenue). The company lost €228m in the quarter; they pre...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?
#98
10/20/2022
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After 3+ years, it's OFFICIAL … SquadCast.FM has been awarded a US patent for our Recording Engine with Progressive UploadsSocial media app TikTok is preparing to launch a podcast app.
TikTok’s parent company also owns Resso, a...
Spotify layoffs, it's just business? Todd Cochrane 1,628 not out! Podcast.ai brings back Steve Jobs? Phase 6 of Podcast Index announced!
#97
10/14/2022
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Spotify is cancelling eleven of its original shows. Those cancelled represent less than 2% of Spotify’s more than 500 original podcasts; but it’s likely to result in “less than 5% of Spotify’s staff on original podcasts” being laid off.The Gimlet Union and Parcast Union have tweeted a statement ab...
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.
#96
10/07/2022
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Special Guest
Skye Pillsbury - The Squeeze The Squeeze Newsletter Article What Does "Big Money Podcasting" Look Like?Show Notes + Links:
Joe Rogan is no longer #1 in Podnews’s Ranker Anchor continues to lose market shareFive editorial people from Spotify’s podcast team were laid off this month, reports Ashley CarmanCadence13 may be up for saleThe RSS feed to Kara Swisher’s former podcast Sway has been re...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.
#95
09/30/2022
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Morten Strunge - PodimoJohn Spurlock - OP3.devSHOW 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. (Carman posts a graphic). But, because more than 60 seconds of audio are downloaded by the player, as demonstrated in this article in Sounds Profitable, th...
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.
#94
09/23/2022
Sponsors:
Buzzsprout Ads can now Monetize Your Back Catalog, by finding insertion points in your entire back catalogue automatically.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.Spotify has signed a deal with Wattpad to bring Indonesian and Filipino webnovel authors to podcasting.Spotify’s video podcasting service is apparently being used to pira...Podland Extra Interviews: with Dino Sofos, Eric Nuzum and Mike Kadin
#93
09/18/2022
Special Guests:
Dino Sofos - Founder and CEO, Persephonica Eric Nuzum - Co-founder, Magnificent Noise Mike Kadin - Founder and CEO at RedCircleSupport the showGet in touch with our weekly review of all things podcasting!
Website: weekly.podnews.net Twitter: @jamescridland / @podnews and @samsethi / @samtalkstech Boosts: ⚡james@crid.land and ⚡sam@getalby.com Mastodon: @james@crid.land and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Donate: ⚡James and ⚡ SamThis podcast supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps
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Happy 20th birthday RSS, Alby launches profile pages. Spotify rolls out new Podcast UI and 'reasonably soon' will add Audiobooks.
#92
09/16/2022
Guest Interviews:
Eric Nuzum - Magnificent NoiseAlex Newall - Rusty Quill LtdShow Notes:
1. Spotify
Spotify now has separate home feeds for Music and Podcasts & Shows!
Audiobooks are coming to Spotify “reasonably soon”, according to CFO Paul Vogel.
2. Alby
Alby has launched an analytics website for Value 4 Value, the podcast funding method from the Podcas..."Keep Calm and Carry On". BBC R&D launch 'Adaptive Podcasting' and Alby launch a new SAT's dashboard.
#91
09/09/2022
Guest Interviews
Ian Forrester - BBC R&D - Adaptive PodcastingRene Aaron - Alby - New DashboardShow 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.In collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union and partners, BBC R&D has developed an open-source platform that allows the production of 'adaptive' podcasts.
I...
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?
#90
09/01/2022
James Cridland and Sam Sethi return for this week's show
NEWS:
Edison Research and Sounds Profitable issued reports at Podcast Movement, Dallas
The Podcast Broker, a new service for buying and selling podcasts, was launched at Podcast Movement. The service is the brainchild of TrueNativeMedia’s Heather Osgood
YouTube ha...
Live from Dallas: open podcasting, what to do with Spotify, and where the medium is going
#89
08/26/2022
We're sponsored by Buzzsprout and SquadCast.
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.
Want to watch? Here's the show as originally recorded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6JAh25hIT0
G...
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.
#88
08/18/2022
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.
Libsyn is expanding to Europe by acquiring German podcast company Julep Media.
The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2022 was published by Edison Research and Elsie...
Podcast neighbourhoods, paying to be a guest, and podcast:verify. Evo Terra sits in for Sam Sethi.
#87
08/11/2022
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.
Who should pay to play? Should guests pay hosts or should listeners pay hosts? #value4value #transparency #trust. Is Thread.land the best place to leave your comments?
#86
08/04/2022
Guest Interviews
John Spurlock - Thread.land Matt Medeiros - CastosShow Notes
The Swedish company now hosts 66,000 podcasts (a record growth last quarter); the number of listens in the quarter increased 41% year-on-year.
The company lost $11m in the quarter, though now expects to make EBITDA profit in 2024, earlier than previously expected.
“The heavy investment phase is now over, " says CEO Ross Adams...
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.
#85
07/29/2022
Guest Interview
Alberto Betella - CTO RSS.comShow Notes
Monetize your @CastosHQ podcast with @getAlby and @PodcastindexOrg value4value tag! Castos has produced a video showing how it works on their platform
Full List of New Pod...
Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the simple cryptowallet for podcasters
#84
07/21/2022
Special Guests
Moritz Kaminski - AlbyRoss Adams - AcastBradley Davis - PodchaserShow 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. The integration will bring additional data to Acast’s advertisers.The podcast landscape is ever shifting!
Alby, a browser extension...
Hint: It's Really Simple to extend Standards
#83
07/14/2022
Special Guests:
Mitch Downey - PodverseMike Mignano - Angel Investor and ex-SpotifyShow 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.
Adam Curry said: Spotify is the shitcoin of podcasting.
Spotify...
Podverse supports LIT and Video. Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts. Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, adds its own podcaster wallet.
#82
07/08/2022
Special Guests
Harry Duran - Full CastOscar Merry - Fountain AppShow Notes
Podverse adds support for LIT and Video Support. Podcast Host Ranking from John Spurlock Fountain rewards users for listening to podcastsBlubrry has launched 'podcast media kits’ that update daily Libsyn StudioAnchor podcast fraud. Here’s a link with details on how to report themAlby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, has added its own podcaster wallet. The service allows you to earn from your listeners as they listen. The company has written a full guide to enabling your podcast.Events<...
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.
#81
07/01/2022
Special Guests
Tom Webster- Sounds ProfitableZachariah Moreno & Rock Felder - SquadcastSophie Hind & Jim Salveson - VoiceWorksShow 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. Most own both Android and iOS devices, though more than four in ten podcast creators have been listening to podcasts for under a year.You can download the full report here.
Bloomberg Businessweek posts Spotify’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Podcasting Has...
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?
#80
06/23/2022
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. It allows Acast+ subscribers to offer members-only Facebook groups, as a launch partner of new Facebook functionality.Fountain is now rewarding people for li...
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
#79
06/16/2022
Special Guest
Ken Miller - CTO FathomNew 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. The post includes clarification that ratings and reviews aren’t factored into search results; and that the search function searches the show name, ch...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.
#78
06/10/2022
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).We’re using them - automatically inserted by Buzzsprout Ads.
Show Notes & Links
Spotify had an Investor Day last Wednesday.“Spotify share price slid 55% this year. Daniel Ek said Spotify would grow beyond music, increasing creator tools and moving into audiobooks. This growth, Ek predicted, would take the compan...
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.
#77
06/02/2022
Sponsors
Buzzsprout - last week, 3,210 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever.Special Guest
Dave Jones - Pod Sage from Podcast Index talks about ...Value 4 Value Lightning NetworkWebLNAlby Hive's PodpingPodcast Index new tags andShow Notes & Links
One of podcasting’s largest hosting companies, Megaphone, was down for more than nine hours. All the Spotify-owned company’s audio and RSS feeds...From the Podcast Show 2022 - Jason Carter on the show; Alberto Betella on dodgy podcasters; Jessica Cordova-Kramer on audio reality
#76
05/26/2022
Show notes are coming soon for this episode.
Support the showGet in touch with our weekly review of all things podcasting!
Website: weekly.podnews.net Twitter: @jamescridland / @podnews and @samsethi / @samtalkstech Boosts: ⚡james@crid.land and ⚡sam@getalby.com Mastodon: @james@crid.land and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Donate: ⚡James and ⚡ SamThis podcast supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps
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Scoop Queen Ashley Carman joins us. Apple announces Podcasts Delegated Delivery. No Anchor or Megaphone. Are you team Spotify or team Apple? RØDECaster Pro II leaked. Curiocaster and Podverse support <podcast:liveItem> tag.
#75
05/21/2022
Sponsors
Buzzsprout - last week, 3,282 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever.Special Guest
Ashley Carman - BloombergShow Notes & Links
James Cridland Radio Days Europe - RoundupSelling paid subscriptions through Apple Podcasts? Until now, you’ve had to upload that audio separately to Apple; but Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery was announced yesterday, allowing creators to upload...
It Sounds Interesting now that Tom Webster has announced he is joining Sounds Profitable.
#74
05/12/2022
Sponsors
Buzzsprout - last week, 3,437 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever.Special Guest
Tom Webster - Sounds ProfitableShow Notes & Links
Tom Webster has announced he is to join Sounds Profitable as Partner.Writing in Sounds Profitable, he outlines the future for Sounds Profitable - to share content, research, run events and advisory services to help set the co...
Down Anchor, Goodbye Facebook, Au Revoir Michael Mignano & Tom Webster. Hello Squadcast!
#73
05/05/2022
Sponsors
Buzzsprout - last week, 3,549 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout NEW: Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser: and, using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever.Special Guest
Steve Jones - Content Director at Crowd NetworkShow Notes & Links:
Facebook is pulling out of podcasts and will close the service starting Jun 3. The company will stop creators adding podcasts to the service this week. They don’t plan to communicate the closure to Face...Will video help make the next podcasting star? Anchor, Substack and YouTube think so. We talk to Tom Billington about the London Podcast Show and Neil Mody about Headliner, Disco and Eddy.
#72
04/28/2022
Sponsor
Buzzsprout - last week, 3,448 people started a podcast with BuzzsproutGuests
Tom Billington - Content Director for The Podcast ShowNeil Mody - CEO & Co-Founder HeadlinerShow Notes & Links:
Spotify’s Anchor has rolled out proprietary video podcasts to all Anchor users in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK.Paid subscriptions will be available for these shows, too; additionally, Anchor has integrated with Riverside.
Remote recording tool Riverside has just raised $35m in Series B funding.
A...
Hello to Spotify's new curation and moderation policies. Goodbye to Spotify's Greenroom creator fund and Facebook's podcasts.
#71
04/21/2022
Sponsor
Buzzsprout - last week, 3,684 people started a podcast with BuzzsproutNotes & Links:
1. Spotify Selling Vapourware Again!?
2. Gaming the Spotify Algorithm?
There’s a new global #1 - the Brazilian artist Anitta’s Envolver...Internationalise in order to profitise or use swap promos but never ever plagiarise.
#70
04/14/2022
Sponsor
Buzzsprout - last week, 3,686 people started a podcast with BuzzsproutSpecial Guest
Lauren Passell - CEO TinkMedia talks about why she has launched a podcast swap database for podcasters interested in setting up a promo swap for their podcast.Notes & Links:
An Anchor podcast called Soldier of Misfortune has been accused of being a shameless rip-off by Brendan I Koerner, a journalist for The Atlantic . He accuses the podcaster, Jesse Rapaport, of knowingly stealing his work.Spotify says that they’ll continue losing money...
Acast you're still spamming your competition? BBC you're still losing your talent? YouTube you're still making us wait? Apple you're still not providing us transcripts? Why O Why!?
#69
04/07/2022
Sponsor
Buzzsprout - last week, 3,847 people started a podcast with BuzzsproutSpecial Guest
Harry Duran talks about how he found a sponsor for his new podcast, raising $9k before launchingSubStack
Substack is moving into podcasting - “but better”. The platform also lets you podcast for freeYouTube
YouTube is the third most popular podcast platform in AmericaShould your podcast be on YouTube? Rephonic crunch the data: revealing that for English-language shows, it could well be worthwhile. The Po...
Like London buses, you wait ages for one new podcast app and three come along at the same time. We talk with Chris Messina about NEW YouTube, Spotify and Twitter podcast apps coming soon.
#68
03/31/2022
SPECIAL GUEST: Chris Messina
NEWS:
YouTube:
YouTube is looking at ingesting podcast RSS feeds directly with a new podcasts homepage to be at youtube.com/podcasts (a URL that doesn’t work, yet)
Spotify:
Spotify is working on a brand new podcast interface. Spotted by Chris Messina, who posted a screen recording archiv...
