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
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 m…
01:29:59 |
Fri 30 Sep 2022
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:
- 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 @SquadCa…
00:56:17 |
Fri 23 Sep 2022
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
Connect With …
01:04:32 |
Sun 18 Sep 2022
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 Researc…
01:17:14 |
Fri 16 Sep 2022
"Keep Calm and Carry On". BBC R&D launch 'Adaptive Podcasting' and Alby launch a new SAT's dashboard.
Guest Interviews
- Ian Forrester - BBC R&D - Adaptive Podcasting
- Rene Aaron - Alby - New Dashboard
Show Notes
- The BBC Global News Podcast's presenter Jackie Leonard, and producer Karen Martin, spoke at Rad…
01:01:56 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
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?
James Cridland and Sam Sethi return for this week's show
NEWS:
- Adam Curry, the “podfather”, spoke with Dave Jones at Podcast Movement 2022, explaining the history of open podcasting, the Podcast Inde…
00:54:32 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Live from Dallas: open podcasting, what to do with Spotify, and where the medium is going
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…
01:11:23 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
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.
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 Cha…
01:01:06 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Podcast neighbourhoods, paying to be a guest, and podcast:verify. Evo Terra sits in for Sam Sethi.
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 Bumpe…
01:02:40 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
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?
Guest Interviews
- John Spurlock - Thread.land
- Matt Medeiros - Castos
Show Notes
- Acast has released the company’s Q2/22 financial report.
The Swedish company now hosts 66,000 podcasts (a record growth las…
01:15:31 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
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.
Guest Interview
- Alberto Betella - CTO RSS.com
Show Notes
- Podcast host RSS.com is to announce integration with Alby this week: enabling value 4 value for thousands of podcasts. You’ll be able to activate…
01:15:21 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the simple cryptowallet for podcasters
Special Guests
- Moritz Kaminski - Alby
- Ross Adams - Acast
- Bradley Davis - Podchaser
Show Notes
- Acast is to acquire Podchaser, the “world’s most comprehensive and authoritative podcast database” in a deal …
01:14:19 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Hint: It's Really Simple to extend Standards
Special Guests:
- Mitch Downey - Podverse
- Mike Mignano - Angel Investor and ex-Spotify
Show Notes:
- Michael Mignano, has written a piece about what he calls The Standards Innovation Paradox.
- In response, Ja…
01:14:20 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Podverse supports LIT and Video. Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts. Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, adds its own podcaster wallet.
Special Guests
- Harry Duran - Full Cast
- Oscar Merry - Fountain App
Show Notes
- Podverse adds support for LIT and Video Support.
- Podcast Host Ranking from John Spurlock
- Fountain rewards users for listening…
00:45:52 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
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.
Special Guests
- Tom Webster- Sounds Profitable
- Zachariah Moreno & Rock Felder - Squadcast
- Sophie Hind & Jim Salveson - VoiceWorks
Show Notes
- Sounds Profitable released The Creators, a study of the people w…
01:11:48 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
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?
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
…
01:15:33 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
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
Special Guest
- Ken Miller - CTO Fathom
- New 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 fr…
00:59:17 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
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.
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 s…
00:48:04 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
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.
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…
01:18:51 |
Thu 02 Jun 2022
From the Podcast Show 2022 - Jason Carter on the show; Alberto Betella on dodgy podcasters; Jessica Cordova-Kramer on audio reality
Show notes are coming soon for this episode.
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00:57:22 |
Thu 26 May 2022
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