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
Acast is 10: interview with Ross Adams; plus, podcast guesting, and Spotify's IAB exit
We chat with Kathryn Musilek from Shark Party Media about podcast guesting; with Acast's CEO, Ross Adams, about Acast's tenth birthday, and wonder whether Spotify's exist from the IAB (and IAB certif…
FlightPath, the M&M Global Awards, and Max Cutler’s PAVE Studios
Stephen Bartlett’s Flight Studio, SHEQONOMI and Media Disco
We speak to Georgie and Christiana from Flight Studio, Steven Bartlett’s modest entry into the podcast space; James Allen of Media Disco and the dynamic Anu Bhardwaj of SHEQONOMI.
Sam's working for the Podcast Standard Project. Plus, YouTube at Evolutions
Sam and James also talk mowPod and plenty of other bits about the week's news.
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From Podcast Movement Evolutions: the Podnews Report Card and the Indian podcast market
We're live in Los Angeles - and we interview Gautam Raj Anand from Hubhopper about podcasting in India.
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Todd Cochrane; Mike Kadin; and BBC podcasts
We interview Blubrry's Todd Cochrane about his new Vid2Pod tool; and chat with RedCircle's Mike Kadin about OpenRAP. Plus, the BBC's podcast strategy.
Connec…
Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub; Gretchen Smith on Ad Results Media
We interview Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub - and catch up with Gretchen Smith from Ad Results Media about ARM Pro.
James also helpfully wades into the "preloading audio" argument that's consumed podca…
Pushkin's future with Gretta Cohn, Buzzsprout's iOS app with Alban Brooke, and Apple's transcripts
In the chapters today...
Sam chats with Gretta Cohn about Pushkin's future plans
James chats with Alban Brooke about Buzzsprout's iOS app
Apple's transcripts, and YouTube Music's firings
Podcast Search Optimisation, new IAB guidelines, and a special Aussie gift
We talk:
- Podcast Search Optimisation,
- New IAB guidelines
- Court cases, and lots more
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The Art of Audio Advertising; and Sam visits Brisbane
James and Sam are at The Pod in Brisbane - https://edgestudio.productions/the-pod/ - to cover what's been going on this week in podcasting.
This week - an interview with Stew Redwine on what makes a g…
The Locked On Network's strategy, new Podscribe data, and Acast in profit
While Sam wanders around Australia, James interviews David Locke from the Locked On Podcast Network on how they use SMS to make more loyal listeners; and Amelia Coomber from Podscribe on new data for…
Triton Digital's 2023 Podcast Report; Podfest; and Spotify's new strategy
James is joined this week by Dave Jones of the Podcast Index. https://podcastindex.org/
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Wondercraft AI's Oskar Serrander; Apple's transcripts, and more
We talk with Wondercraft AI's Oskar Serrander, and Sam and James talk about the week's news in podcasting. Also, something fun from Buzzsprout.
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Podcasting 2.0 criticism; Alby outage; and the EU's Digital Markets Act
We discuss Rob and Elsie's criticism of Podcasting 2.0; the Digital Markets Act in Europe and what that means for podcasting; and Alby's outage. (This is a re-upload without 30 minutes of silence, d'…
Is advertising ageist? An interview with Adelicious; and what people want from podcast advertising
We speak with Andy Goldsmith from Adelicious; Sam starts singing old 1980s TV commercials; and has a bit of a rant about some data.
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Interview with Kevin Smith of Snipd; and seemingly a bad news special?
Step into the future of podcasting with us as we unwrap the latest industry shifts and ponder whether tracking total listening hours trumps download counts. We're joined by Kevin Smith, CEO and co-fo…
James and Sam revisit podcasting in 2023; and give our predictions for 2024
James and Sam look back at our predictions for 2023. How many did we get right? We also look at our highlights and lowlights of the year.
Then, we give our predictions for 2024! At least one of them w…
2023's highlights, and 2024's predictions from our friends
Highlights of 2023, and predictions for 2024, from our friends. Including:
Jennifer Han from Ausha
Brett Spencer from City University of London
Mark Asquith from Captivate
Dave Jones from the Podcast Ind…
PodcastAI; Fountain; Podcast Guru; and Apple's effect on downloads
Ever considered what your attention is worth when you indulge in the latest podcast episode? You might just find out as we compare the value of podcast content with the likes of Netflix and Spotify, …
