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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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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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Episodes

Live at The Podcast Show: YouTube RSS plans and the Edison Podcast Ranker

5/25/2023
Special guest: the audience Live from The Podcast Show, Sam and James look back at the week's podcasting news. Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:00:40:00

New Releases and MD Interviews: Oscar Merry (Fountain 0.7), Martin Mouritzen (Podfriend 2.0) and Mark Asquith (Captivate Creator Suite).

5/19/2023
Special Guests: Captivate News: The New York TimesThe US podcast ad market is now worth $1.8bn, according to new data from the IAB and PWCallow ads from products and businessesSign upAudio CurrentsDWNLOAD MediaRAJAR released the Spring 2023 MIDAS ReportPhase 6 Podnews Weekly ReviewThe Podcast ShowThursday May 25 at 4.15pm. Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:02:28:03

Broadcast to Podcast; plus, a look ahead at The Podcast Show

5/12/2023
Special Guests: Rob Lowenthal - Spotify/MegaphoneSharon Taylor - Triton DigitalDarby Dorras - ListenTom Billington - The Podcast ShowNews: Acast released Q1/23 financialsAmazon Music is paying some Australian listeners AUD$5 (USD$3.39) in vouchers just for listening to a podcast on the platformAmazon quietly acquired Snackable, an AI platformbuy ticketsa method to measure your audience’s engagement with your podcastPodcasting on YouTube is a flop so farNewsGuard, a “news reliability data service”, has announced its entry into podcasting todaySupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:35:58

Good news! Plus, Chris Quamme Rhoden from Acast, and Nick Hilton on host reads

5/5/2023
Special Guests: News: Spotify for Podcasters posted its second-highest share of new episodesSpotify for PodcastersAutomated AdsAmbassador AdsPodcast ad spending grew by 32% last year in the UKLet’s change the standard for host-read advertisingDan Granger’s thoughts in the Podcast Business JournalThe Podcast Academy has announced the association’s 2023-2024 OfficersThe winners of The Publisher Podcast AwardsHot MoneySupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:07:01

Spotify reach 500m MAU's. Podcasts appear in YouTube Music, Ofcom says the number of Brits listening to podcasts has flatlined.

4/27/2023
Special Guests Ami ThakkarStaffan RosellNews: on the website version only for nowSpotify released its Q1/23 financial reportdatapodcasts in Asiaadded speaker names to transcriptsPodfriend v2 will support the 'podfollow' featureThe podcast:valueTimeSplit tag has been proposed by Alex Gates Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:20:43

Spotify strikes a deal with Jellysmack for video. RØDE Podcaster Duo & Streamer X launch at NAB. The Podcast Academy board announced.

4/22/2023
Special Guests: News: Spotify is stopping platform exclusivity for some of its Gimlet showsSpotify has also announced it’s closing HeardleJellysmackRØDE has launched a number of new products at the NAB Show in Las VegasBuzzsprout has added automated midrolls to their dynamic audio insertion toolPocket Casts has added episode searchproposedPodfansSupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:45:12

Podnews buys Podcast Business Journal. Kids Listen releases survey on kids podcasts. New 'Podroll' tag is rolled out on Podnews. Podcast Guru is LIT.

4/14/2023
Special Guest: Sanden Totten, Kids Listen News: Podnews has acquired Podcast Business Journalsign up for free here Spotify’s Megaphone has launched its own broadcast-to-podcast technology toolsDec 2021 Lemonada Media and Apple Books have launched an audio book club Independent podcast networks say they aren’t pivoting to video Podcast app Podcast Guru appears to now support live episodes The podcast:podroll element has been proposed https://podcastindex-org.github.io/docs-api/#get-/podcasts/byguidAdthos AI-generated audio ads serviceSupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:21:52

Acast's SVP Marketing, Comms and Brand, Lizzy Pollott talks Interchangeable Ad Slots, Keyword and Conversational Ad Targeting and The Obamas join Acast. Plus it's Happy Adopt-a-Listener Month!

4/7/2023
Special Guests: Lizzy PollottNina RobinsonNews: Podcasts from Higher Ground are to be sold and distributed by Acast Happy Adopt-a-Listener Month! Spotify for Podcasters increased its share in March to 23.1% of all new episodes the company now has 5.3m podcasts Spotify is to shut down its Clubhouse-clone, Spotify Live new library called Transcriptator has been published could save up to 87.5% of your bandwidth bills Cross-app comments are now availableSupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:36:49

Ahoj Jamesi! Podcast Standards Project launches, iOS 16.4 launches and Podnews Live in Barcelona/Mexico launches.

3/30/2023
Special Guests: Justin Jackson and Charles Wilchin. A new grassroots industry coalition, the Podcast Standards ProjectRiverside has unveiled a significant updateThe News Agents had reached 24 million downloads since launching seven months agoLibsyn’s Glow has unveiled integration with Spotify Open AccessGumball has expanded its host-read podcast advertising marketplace to YouTube. has been reset for another 90 daysSlate is the latest publisher to partner with YouTuberediscovered source code for Adam Curry’s iPod AppleScriptautomagically update your iPod with any new mp3's that are downloaded to your “Radio UserLand” enclosures folderSupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:06:24

Podcasts are go (on YouTube) (kind of); and interview with Captivate's Mark Asquith

3/24/2023
Special Guest: Mark Asquith - MD Captivate (Global) News: YouTube announced that “podcasts are a go!”YouTube’s Creator Insider has produced a video announcing the company’s new podcast features and metricsFacebook is shutting its audio channels in groupsLinkedIn has launched the LinkedIn Podcast Academyare “forging a new partnership focused on diversification and discoverability”Dave Jones#guidresolverhttps://github.com/Podcastindex-org/guid-resolverKevin FinnReid Hoffman’swww.possible.fm Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:17:22

The iHeartPodcast Awards; Podcast Mania; Norma-Jean Belenky on Podcast Movement; Apple is #1

3/16/2023
James is joined this week by Courtney Kocak, while Sam Sethi goes skiing. Links for this week's show at https://podnews.net/archive Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:00:54:40

Spotify drops Anchor but streams on with new TikTok UI for podcast discoverability. RSS.com provides Automatic Transcripts for free

3/9/2023
Special Guest: Jordan Blair - Buzzcast Co-Host and Producer Show Notes: Spotify for Podcastersan expanded video podcasts lineupSpotify revealed their latest interfaceSpotify is also partnering with Patreonannounced in February 2021Podcast host RSS.​com is the first podcast host to have released fully free automatic transcripts for all its customersPodcast listening has hit record highs, according to The Infinite Dial® from Edison ResearchA proposal has been made for the podcast namespace’s author tagSupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:00:42:16

Will YouTube podcasting earn your time & attention? Podnews Live in Vegas, Manchester and London.

3/2/2023
Special Guest: Steve PrattThe News: (All links are from Podnews.net) See our full report.Neal Mohanwritten a blog post on the company's 2023 prioritiesthe announcement made last weekembed YouTube videos in Transistor website pages appears visibleMax Cutler has posted his predictions for the industryPodnews Weekly Review LivePodnews Livepodnews.net/liveSupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:25:58

YouTube get into podcasting; Apple removes AppleCoreMedia, Podimo launches in the UK, and The Podcast Index shows cross-app comments working

2/23/2023
Special Guests: Nayeema RazaPodcast ExtraMitch DowneyJake ChudnowPodimo enters the UK podcast market with more than twenty new showsShow Notes: the AppleCoreMedia user agent Jonas WoostSteve Pratt Listen Timethe company has published a detailed method of calculating it Steve Pratt.Podcasting 2.0 Nathan Gathright http://Steno.fm March 9 at 12pm Podnews LiveTickets Podnews Report Card. Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:28:31

Vox Media & Spotify raise significant new funding. Acast reports strong 2022 growth and seeks profitability by 2024. Podimo enters the UK market. Interviews with Hindenburg and RSS Blue

2/16/2023
Special Guests Chris MottesHindenburg SystemsHindenburg announced this week Hindenburg PRO v2, a new version of the editor with new features including transcription. Podnews has an exclusive review of the new version. Here are the Hindenburg team demonstrating the new Hindenburg PRO v2. RSS BlueRSS Blue now support keysend protocol and .well-known lookup scheme which means you will be able to fetch wallet details from any provider that supports it. Show Notes PodcastSpotify has a new investorValueAct Capital ManagementAcast published its year-end financial reportDescript has made a number of changes to its redesignPodimo is to enter Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:29:40

Google removes/adds podcasts; Tom Rossi on Buzzsprout subscriptions; Sean Glynn on Novel; Jordan Harbinger

2/9/2023
Special Guests: Show Notes go away Buzzcastannounced UK podcast company Novel has secured a £5mn ($6.2mn) Series A investment round 54% of the Apple Podcasts top 200 had trailers, and 50% of the Spotify top 200 did too What makes a chart-topping podcast? Dave Jones has added a new Podcast Index API output Wildebeest Podnews Live - Manchester 13th June - Save the Day! (0:00) 10 Feb (1:16) Google and podcasts (7:37) Interview: Tom Rossi from Buzzsprout (20:57) Interview: Sean Glynn from Novel (32:40) Trailers Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:14:35

Spotify's financials; Leo Laporte, chief TWiT; Todd Cochrane; and an MA in Podcasting

2/2/2023
Guests: Leo Laporte Todd CochraneBlubrry has released support for "value4value" Brett Spencer & Sandy Warr the UK’s first dedicated MA in Podcasting and a Centre of Podcasting ExcellenceNews: Spotify released the company's Q4/22 financial updatean earnings callDaniel Ek Podnews Extra UK podcast company Novel has secured a £5mn ($6.2mn) Series A investment round a series of articles about podcasting in East and South East Asia Alby has released details about its partnership with BlubrrySupport the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:51:15

Dawn of a new age at Spotify. Become a supporter of this podcast thanks to Buzzsprout NEW subscriptions. Are new podcasts really 80% down?

1/26/2023
Special Guest: Jack Davenport - Managing Director at Goalhanger Podcasts announcedalmost 600 people (6%) will be laid offDaniel Ek announced in a memoNorström dropped by 80%explore today in a deep-dive article Buzzsprout has announced a podcast subscription toolThe Podnews Weekly Review has added the opportunity to become a PoWeR supporter(0:00:00) Jan 27 (0:01:04) She's Offstroff - Spotify changes (0:21:30) Is podcasting really down by 80%? (0:28:04) Buzzsprout launches subscriptions (0:34: Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:15:50

Forget downloads, "Listen Time" maybe a better way to measure podcast success.

1/19/2023
Special Guest Interviews: Jonas WoostBumperA better way to measure podcast success: Listen Time Lex Friedmana full-time consultant at Lex Friedman ConsultingTop News Stories Exclusive: Google search for a podcastpublished its method of calculating downloadsCloudflare has launched Wildebeest Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:01:17:50

Apple launches Delegated Delivery, and a look back at Google Podcasts in 2022

1/12/2023
Show notes come soon! Spotify chapters workaround... (0:00) Fri 13 Jan (0:53) Apple launches Delegated Delivery (4:54) Amazon almost do a deal but don't (7:31) A new Audible podcast (9:57) Google Podcasts Creator Program goes (16:05) Spotify loses shows (23:33) People news (25:43) The Tech Stuff (41:05) Awards and events (43:02) Boostagram Corner (47:59) Sam reveals his funding (50:09) James's old blog posts Support the showConnect With Us: weekly.podnews.netweekly@podnews.net@jamescridland@podnews@samsethi@samtalkstech⚡james@crid.land⚡sam@getalby.com@james@bne.social@samsethi@podcastindex.socialwww.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support sign up for free here NEW: Podnews Live Events: (Tickets on sale now!)

Duration:00:55:40