Podnews Weekly Review
The last word in podcasting news.
Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review the week's top stories from Podnews; and interview some of the biggest names making the news from across the podcast industry.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 256
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Podcast Evolution in Asia: Hosts, Apps, and Innovation
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Full interview: Alex Sanfilippo, from PodMatch
Alex Sanfilippo shares how PodMatch is revolutionizing podcast guest booking through an innovative platform that functions like a dating app for interviews. He explains the platform's unique business…
PodMatch, and data about YouTube and Spotify consumption
James and Sam examine Spotify's new direct messaging feature for sharing podcast recommendations and how it might impact content discovery.
• Spotify releases data showing Gen Z students increase podc…
From Podcast Movement, Dallas TX - and the Wonda of Wondercraft
This audio has been rescued from almost inaudible audio thanks to recording using the wrong microphone - this was just on a laptop microphone carried around a loud conference. Good job that Buzzsprou…
From Ads to Subscriptions: How Today's Podcasts Actually Make Money
James and Sam are away this week, so time for an interview in more detail than we normally would. Norma-Jean Belenky discusses her new podcast PodBiz, which explores the various ways podcasters monet…
Amazon restructures Wondery: 110 jobs gone
Amazon's restructuring of Wondery signals deeper issues with their podcast strategy as they distribute operations across Audible, creator services, and advertising divisions while losing approximatel…
Spotify Chasing YouTube While Ads Fall Short - and JAR Podcast Solutions
James Cridland and Sam Sethi explore Spotify's mixed financial results showing strong overall growth but declining ad revenue, alongside their increasing focus on video podcasts at the expense of aud…
Public Broadcasters vs. Open Access: The RTVE Controversy
The old guard of media gatekeepers are trying to stay relevant as independent creators flourish across podcasting, video, and beyond.
• Spanish broadcaster RTVE blocking Antennapod and other podcast a…
Turning Podcast IP into Multi-Platform Revenue
We have interviews with James Burtt from the newly-launched Pivot Productions; Liam Heffernan from Mercury Podcast Network who has just announced a new partnership with the Student Radio Association;…
Podcast Video Is Complicated But We Can't Surrender It to YouTube
Interviews with the Golden Lobes, Adelicious, and the Podcast Standards Project - all in the chapters! Plus:
• NPR adding support for the funding tag across all its shows, enabling direct audience sup…
Spotify's Secret to Higher Podcast Consumption
Apple celebrates twenty years of podcasting in the Apple ecosystem - and Jon Savage asks for help with his podcast studio in Cape Town.
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Don't just listen to podcasts - watch them, says YouTube CEO
- Podcasting is a mainstream media in Australia, the US and UK with over 50% of people listening to a podcast every month in each country. Our time and attention is limited so what other media is dec…
Spotify supports Podcasting 2.0! Plus, research into kids podcasts
Spotify is supporting the new podcast namespace. Who'd have thought it?!
Plus, we speak with Elena Tsakakis and Molly Bloom about kids podcasting, and what they learnt from their latest research.
Patreon, AI voices, and HLS video
John McDermott from Caloroga Shark Media sits in for Sam Sethi, who is riding a bicycle and tasing wine across the south of France. Try his podcast Eastwood Reloaded - https://podnews.net/podcast/iz4…
Acast Intelligence, and video in open RSS
We speak with John Burgess from Acast, and Gautham Raj Anand from Hubhopper, and look at the week's podcast news.
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From The Podcast Show, London; and Max Cutler from PAVE Studios
This was to be a fun live episode, but sadly, the audio recording of that failed to be usable. Bah!
Lucky we got other audio as well. So, in this episode, we go round the show talking with people, an…
Buzzsprout's new tools, and Acast launches talent-voiced ads
We speak with Michael Bayston about Acast's new initiative; plus, Alban Brooke on new tools for Buzzsprout podcasters everywhere - even us!
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Jason Carter, Ruth Fitzsimons, and Spotify - what are they "play"ing at?
Ahead of The Podcast Show in London, Jason Carter spills the tea about what'll be there. Not literally.
Also, Bauer Ireland's Ruth Fitzsimons. And, we look into Spotify's new play counts, and whatever…
Spotify's financials, and its $100mn podcast payout
Sam and James - no guests this week - chat about Spotify, Apple and all things podcasting news this week.
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Podcasting in the Arab states and in India; plus the two billion US industry
We speak with Stefano Fallaha from Podeo on podcasting in the Arab states, and Gotham Raj Anand from Hubhopper on Indian podcasting after YouTube. Plus, all the latest news from the podcast industry.
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