Podnews Weekly Review

By James Cridland and Sam Sethi

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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. 

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Episode Date
Spotify's Now Playing; plus, Spirit Studios' Matt Campion on content creation
Nov 16, 2024
Mike Parkinson and Jamie Anderson - podcasts with AI voices
Nov 09, 2024
Jamie East on the Daily Mail's Podcast Success; plus the Independent Podcast Awards winners
Nov 01, 2024
Jack Sylvester on Diary of a CEO; and Flight Studio's podcast innovations
Oct 25, 2024
Oscar Merry on Fountain's Latest Update; plus Spotify's Audiobook Expansion
Oct 18, 2024
YouTube’s Sandy Wilheim; The Ambies and South Africa
Oct 11, 2024
Spotify's Maya Prohovnik; plus Ross Adams from Acast
Oct 04, 2024
Spotify closes Chartable; and Mark Asquith on Captivate's new Spark AI
Sep 27, 2024
Carl Fridsjö from Podspace; and adventures in AI
Sep 20, 2024
Steve Pratt's Insights on Attention Marketing, plus Buzzsprout's new websites
Sep 13, 2024
PodFund for Podcast 2.0; AI in Podcasting; and the Castro app
Sep 06, 2024
Wondery's New Heights Acquisition; and Mignon Fogarty's 18th year in podcasting
Aug 30, 2024
Apple's web app - from Podcast Movement
Aug 22, 2024
Bumper's dashboard; Apple's 30%; PodEngine.ai
Aug 16, 2024
Wondercraft's ad studio; NFC Podcast Beacons; Podcast Discovery's virtual 3D studio
Aug 09, 2024
Lower Street's Pacific Content Acquisition; and the future of Descript
Aug 02, 2024
An adblocking podcast app; and AI-powered podcasting with Superproducer AI
Jul 26, 2024
How does copyright work for podcasting? Plus, a new Overcast rewrite and Adobe tools
Jul 19, 2024
Neal Veglio guests; Spotify Comments; Pary Bell from TPX
Jul 12, 2024
Spotify's innovations, multi-language, and Kim Fox - the Podcast Professor
Jul 05, 2024
Buzzsprout's new Android app; Zombie Google Podcasts and PodToo
Jun 28, 2024
Libsyn integrates with YouTube; plus Riverside's AI Tools and podcast events
Jun 21, 2024
Podcasting in Africa; plus, Spotify's video uploading
Jun 14, 2024
Spotify to recertify; new Descript version; and rumours!
Jun 07, 2024
Pacific Content closes; interviews with Pocket Casts and Platform Media
May 30, 2024
Live at The Podcast Show in London: PodX, Spotify and LIT
May 23, 2024
Spotify’s consumption data; Canadaland; Wavlake
May 17, 2024
The IAB's new numbers, and our first week using fanmail
May 10, 2024
Buzzsprout's fanmail; Captivate's YouTube integration; and Spotify vs Apple
May 03, 2024
Acast is 10: interview with Ross Adams; plus, podcast guesting, and Spotify's IAB exit
Apr 26, 2024
FlightPath, the M&M Global Awards, and Max Cutler’s PAVE Studios
Apr 19, 2024
Stephen Bartlett’s Flight Studio, SHEQONOMI and Media Disco
Apr 12, 2024
Sam's working for the Podcast Standard Project. Plus, YouTube at Evolutions
Apr 05, 2024
From Podcast Movement Evolutions: the Podnews Report Card and the Indian podcast market
Mar 29, 2024
Todd Cochrane; Mike Kadin; and BBC podcasts
Mar 22, 2024
Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub; Gretchen Smith on Ad Results Media
Mar 16, 2024
Pushkin's future with Gretta Cohn, Buzzsprout's iOS app with Alban Brooke, and Apple's transcripts
Mar 08, 2024
Podcast Search Optimisation, new IAB guidelines, and a special Aussie gift
Mar 01, 2024
The Art of Audio Advertising; and Sam visits Brisbane
Feb 23, 2024
The Locked On Network's strategy, new Podscribe data, and Acast in profit
Feb 16, 2024
Triton Digital's 2023 Podcast Report; Podfest; and Spotify's new strategy
Feb 09, 2024
Wondercraft AI's Oskar Serrander; Apple's transcripts, and more
Feb 02, 2024
Podcasting 2.0 criticism; Alby outage; and the EU's Digital Markets Act
Jan 26, 2024
Is advertising ageist? An interview with Adelicious; and what people want from podcast advertising
Jan 19, 2024
Interview with Kevin Smith of Snipd; and seemingly a bad news special?
Jan 12, 2024
James and Sam revisit podcasting in 2023; and give our predictions for 2024
Jan 05, 2024
2023's highlights, and 2024's predictions from our friends
Dec 29, 2023
PodcastAI; Fountain; Podcast Guru; and Apple's effect on downloads
Dec 22, 2023
TWiT Layoffs, Ainsley Costello and Just Loud, and a bombshell
Dec 15, 2023
Copyright claims, Spotify's job losses, Pod People and Podgagement
Dec 08, 2023
The podcast app that will skip the ads for you; plus Spotify's Wrapped, YouTube and Descript
Dec 01, 2023
Brendan Mulligan and Lisa Jacobs
Nov 24, 2023
Live Streaming at Podcon MX with Alberto Betella; and Ainsley Costello
Nov 17, 2023
Exploring Buzzsprout with Tom Rossi and Podhome with Barry Luijbregts
Nov 10, 2023
Unveiling RSS Blue for Music Podcasters and the double-winner at the Independent Podcast Awards
Nov 03, 2023
Inside Caloroga Shark Media; and Spotify is back in black
Oct 27, 2023
Gene Liverman joins us, with Steve Goldstein and Jay Nachlis revealing more about YouTube and podcasting
Oct 20, 2023
Todd Cochrane's 19th year of podcasting
Oct 13, 2023
Spotify's audiobooks, Canada's regulation, and Sam at the British Podcast Awards
Oct 06, 2023
Exclusive Edison Podcast Metrics UK data; and the dangers of headphones
Sep 29, 2023
Ross Adams from Acast; Pete Birsinger from Podscribe; and the last word in podcasting news
Sep 22, 2023
Naomi Mellor on the International Women's Podcast Awards, and PodcastOne on the NASDAQ
Sep 15, 2023
Ainsley Costello and Sam Mean on music in podcasting; Greg Glenday, Acast's new Chief Business Officer
Sep 08, 2023
YouTube's RSS Support, and Transcribe.FM with Nathan Gathright
Sep 01, 2023
Live from Podcast Movement with the New Media Show
Aug 25, 2023
SquadCast acquired by Descript and IPFS podcasting
Aug 18, 2023
With Kyrin Down - Russia's fight with Apple Podcasts, and good news/bad news
Aug 11, 2023
Exploring the 'Podfather' Adam Curry's Boostagram Ball: and the British Podcast Awards Controversy
Aug 04, 2023
Spotify's financials, and Rebecca Sananès on her career and working with Harry and Meghan
Jul 28, 2023
Telling Media's Christiana Brenton and Georgie Holt; plus C-18 in Canada and Audioboom's results
Jul 21, 2023
Celebrating 20 Years of Podcasting with Rob Greenlee and Christopher Lydon
Jul 14, 2023
Libsyn's John W Gibbons, and Android's fragmentation
Jul 07, 2023
Stitcher's Closure, and Naomi Mellor on the International Women's Podcast Awards
Jun 30, 2023
Spotify Supremium, Acast Plus Access, and Listener Habits
Jun 23, 2023
with Skye Pillsbury - Spotify's Ad Analytics is launched, and Apple to kill value4value?
Jun 16, 2023
Spotify Layoffs, AI-Powered Discovery, NYT Audio, and PodX/Listen Merger
Jun 09, 2023
Gaslighting the Industry: Big Names Support, AI Transformations, and RSS Feed Frustrations
Jun 02, 2023
Live at The Podcast Show: YouTube RSS plans and the Edison Podcast Ranker
May 26, 2023
New Releases and MD Interviews: Oscar Merry (Fountain 0.7), Martin Mouritzen (Podfriend 2.0) and Mark Asquith (Captivate Creator Suite).
May 19, 2023
Broadcast to Podcast; plus, a look ahead at The Podcast Show
May 12, 2023
Good news! Plus, Chris Quamme Rhoden from Acast, and Nick Hilton on host reads
May 05, 2023
Spotify reach 500m MAU's. Podcasts appear in YouTube Music, Ofcom says the number of Brits listening to podcasts has flatlined.
Apr 28, 2023
Spotify strikes a deal with Jellysmack for video. RØDE Podcaster Duo & Streamer X launch at NAB. The Podcast Academy board announced.
Apr 22, 2023
Podnews buys Podcast Business Journal. Kids Listen releases survey on kids podcasts. New 'Podroll' tag is rolled out on Podnews. Podcast Guru is LIT.
Apr 14, 2023
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!
Apr 07, 2023
Ahoj Jamesi! Podcast Standards Project launches, iOS 16.4 launches and Podnews Live in Barcelona/Mexico launches.
Mar 31, 2023
Podcasts are go (on YouTube) (kind of); and interview with Captivate's Mark Asquith
Mar 24, 2023
The iHeartPodcast Awards; Podcast Mania; Norma-Jean Belenky on Podcast Movement; Apple is #1
Mar 17, 2023
Spotify drops Anchor but streams on with new TikTok UI for podcast discoverability. RSS.com provides Automatic Transcripts for free
Mar 10, 2023
Will YouTube podcasting earn your time & attention? Podnews Live in Vegas, Manchester and London.
Mar 03, 2023
YouTube get into podcasting; Apple removes AppleCoreMedia, Podimo launches in the UK, and The Podcast Index shows cross-app comments working
Feb 24, 2023
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
Feb 17, 2023
Google removes/adds podcasts; Tom Rossi on Buzzsprout subscriptions; Sean Glynn on Novel; Jordan Harbinger
Feb 10, 2023
Spotify's financials; Leo Laporte, chief TWiT; Todd Cochrane; and an MA in Podcasting
Feb 03, 2023
Dawn of a new age at Spotify. Become a supporter of this podcast thanks to Buzzsprout NEW subscriptions. Are new podcasts really 80% down?
Jan 27, 2023
Forget downloads, "Listen Time" maybe a better way to measure podcast success.
Jan 20, 2023
Apple launches Delegated Delivery, and a look back at Google Podcasts in 2022
Jan 13, 2023
Show Me The Value? Web Monetisation or SATS? Sell your RSS feed or start a video? What's best in 2023?
Jan 06, 2023
12 Podcast experts give their 2022 highlights and 2023 predictions. Benjamin Bellamy talks OP3, ActivityPub, Cross Comments. Dave Jones talks about NEW PodPing 2.0
Dec 16, 2022
Data everywhere but whose number 1?
Dec 09, 2022
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.
Dec 02, 2022
Spotify launches audiobooks globally. Anchor is still alive but Libsyn Studio is dead.
Nov 25, 2022
Is now the right time for ActivityPub? Is now the right time for Video Podcasting? If not now then when?
Nov 18, 2022
Financial results for Acast, Audacy and iHeart; Vizzy enriches podcasts; and Sam goes to the pub
Nov 11, 2022
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.
Nov 04, 2022
Stop the downloads - measure the listens. The Sports Podcast Awards, and Q3 results: Spotify and ABC Australia are up but the BBC is not
Oct 28, 2022
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?
Oct 20, 2022
Spotify layoffs, it's just business? Todd Cochrane 1,628 not out! Podcast.ai brings back Steve Jobs? Phase 6 of Podcast Index announced!
Oct 14, 2022
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.
Oct 07, 2022
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.
Sep 30, 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.
Sep 23, 2022
Podland Extra Interviews: with Dino Sofos, Eric Nuzum and Mike Kadin
Sep 18, 2022
Happy 20th birthday RSS, Alby launches profile pages. Spotify rolls out new Podcast UI and 'reasonably soon' will add Audiobooks.
Sep 16, 2022
"Keep Calm and Carry On". BBC R&D launch 'Adaptive Podcasting' and Alby launch a new SAT's dashboard.
Sep 09, 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?
Sep 01, 2022
Live from Dallas: open podcasting, what to do with Spotify, and where the medium is going
Aug 26, 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.
Aug 18, 2022
Podcast neighbourhoods, paying to be a guest, and podcast:verify. Evo Terra sits in for Sam Sethi.
Aug 11, 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?
Aug 04, 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.
Jul 29, 2022
Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the simple cryptowallet for podcasters
Jul 21, 2022
Hint: It's Really Simple to extend Standards
Jul 14, 2022
Podverse supports LIT and Video. Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts. Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, adds its own podcaster wallet.
Jul 08, 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.
Jul 01, 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?
Jun 23, 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
Jun 16, 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.
Jun 10, 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.
Jun 02, 2022
From the Podcast Show 2022 - Jason Carter on the show; Alberto Betella on dodgy podcasters; Jessica Cordova-Kramer on audio reality
May 26, 2022
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 tag.
May 21, 2022
It Sounds Interesting now that Tom Webster has announced he is joining Sounds Profitable.
May 12, 2022
Down Anchor, Goodbye Facebook, Au Revoir Michael Mignano & Tom Webster. Hello Squadcast!
May 05, 2022
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.
Apr 28, 2022
Hello to Spotify's new curation and moderation policies. Goodbye to Spotify's Greenroom creator fund and Facebook's podcasts.
Apr 21, 2022
Internationalise in order to profitise or use swap promos but never ever plagiarise.
Apr 14, 2022
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!?
Apr 07, 2022
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.
Mar 31, 2022
Podland on tour in LA with Alban Brooke at Podcast Movement talking about the Podnews Report Card, The Ambies, the Infinite Dial 2022 and YouTube's no show.
Mar 26, 2022
Acast spam, spam multiple platform updates, spam, Gumball, spam, Websub, spam but no chapters, no transcriptions just lightning comments.
Mar 17, 2022
"Will Video Kill The Podcast Star?" - We interview James O. Boggs and Andy Bowers from Spooler Media the "dynamic, real-time audio" publishing system. Amazon released Amp, a “live radio app”. YouTube offers podcasters up to $50k to switch.
Mar 10, 2022
Is Youtube the best place for podcasting now? Is Twitter the next place for podcasting?Is interactive podcasting the future of podcasting?
Mar 03, 2022
This week's report card: ACast very bad, GoodPods bad, ActivityPub very good and Super Listener Wayne Cheong dies, very sad.
Feb 25, 2022
Crowd Network launches in Manchester, James launches 'Podnews Report Cards', Facebook launches audio rooms, Podping launches live notifications and Sam launches The Crafty Tug?
Feb 18, 2022
Pay Attention, Cash is King, Bitcoin is the native currency of the Internet and it's raining Sat's on Fountain.
Feb 11, 2022
Captivate CEO Mark Asquith talks about the global acquisition and their future. Castos CEO Craig Hewitt talks about supporting Value4Value and why it's a better model than advertising for podcasters
Feb 03, 2022
Scott Waxman tells us why books and podcasts fit together? Hala Taha tells us why promoting your podcast with an audiogram maybe a waste of time? Amazon buys exclusive rights to ‘My Favorite Murder’ podcast. Libsyn5 is live to all users.
Jan 27, 2022
Brad Mielke tells us what he learnt from 1,000 daily podcasts? Effy Kang tells us about podcasting in China. Celebs tell us about their favourite podcasts on Apple. Helipad tells us how many SAT's we've earned in real-time and Podping tells us first!
Jan 20, 2022
Spotify launch call-to-actions cards, ratings but still no Hifi? What's a GUID and a ULID? Cash app now supports Lightning payments. Facebook mutes podcasts, not as big as they think. India the biggest podcast market by 2023? Sam talks about Podcasting3?
Jan 13, 2022
Jonas Woost, Director Of Strategy at Pacific Content, predicts the near future of podcasting in 2022
Jan 04, 2022
Fake it until you make it, unless you buy it. Spotify's Megaphone buys Whooshkaa but still no date for exclusive podcasts, HiFi sound or transcriptions? SiriusXM we can't read you? Comments are live on Podverse and Buzzsprout supports the Person Tag.
Dec 16, 2021
Spotify may owe millions from missing licenses and may have gained millions from missing podcasts?
Dec 09, 2021
Winslow Bright talks about licensing music for your podcast. Hint: there is no fair usage. It's the start of the podcast awards season. Facebook podcasting is growing but it's clearly not ready for primetime and Spotify is testing sponsorship?
Dec 02, 2021
Happy 1st birthday to us! What will Spotify do with its big M&A war chest, Castamatic 8 supports Value4Value and Lisa Laporte CEO of TWiT tells us how to run a successful podcast network.
Nov 25, 2021
Podcast listening is growing globally, Spotify advertising and subscriptions are expanding internationally but why is no one checking the content is factual, not breaking copyright and has a license to use it?
Nov 18, 2021
Podcasting 2.0 is all about an open 'Interoperable' ecosystem of apps using RSS that create shared value, not closed ecosystems from old SAGA apps - (Spotify, Apple, Google and Amazon).
Nov 11, 2021
Why's everyone going proprietary? Is it time to change the name podcast? Is James really one in a billion? And what's the secret sauce for creating a hit podcast?
Nov 04, 2021
Spotify tells us they're sort of No1. Benjamin Bellamy tells us about the new Recommendation, Medium and Gateway RSS 2.0 namespace tags to make your podcast more discoverable. Bailey Drake tells us how to record live audio apps and transcribe them.
Oct 28, 2021
Bryan Barletta sits in for Sam - Apple's downloads and Spotify's ad sales. Interview with Adam Bowie about podcast trends
Oct 21, 2021
Dr Brian of London talks Web 3, Podping, Hive and Dairy Cows? James now speaks fluent Spanish thanks to Veritone MARVEL․ai and Genevieve Hassan's podcast takes off with 5M Virgin Atlantic passengers.
Oct 14, 2021
Chris Messina talks about Spotify Ads, the history of open formats on the social web and how ActivityPub could impact the future of Podcasting?
Oct 07, 2021
Open RSS rated good by Acast. Closed Apple Podcast app rated bad by its users. #Discuss
Sep 30, 2021
Research, research everywhere but who is right? Nielsen says podcasting is still growing. eMarketer says Spotify has overtaken Apple Podcasts and Arete Research says Spotify's management needs to change!
Sep 23, 2021
In our opinion, we need better listener tools - Clips, Comments and Content moderation. Oscar Merry talks about Fountain App, Alex Jacobi talks about the Open Podcast Analytics Format and will Podcasting Kill the Radio Star?
Sep 16, 2021
Passing the RSS buck! Is unmoderated podcasting spreading misinformation? Do podcasting apps need better content moderation reporting tools? Twitter to support Value4Value boosts.
Sep 09, 2021
Has Google given up on podcasting? Are subscriptions better than ads? Amazon, Spotify and Twitter double down on live social audio. Does podcasting need policing for lies and defamation?
Sep 02, 2021
Apple: The Internet Explorer of podcast apps? Evo Terra on why podcast apps suck. How's Spotify doing and multiple new ways to discover podcasts.
Aug 26, 2021
What happens to podcast downloads if IP addresses go away? Interview: Bryan Barletta, plus automating YouTube for podcasting.
Aug 19, 2021
Mark Cuban lies his ass off. We interview Martin Mouritzen, PodFriend about Cross-App commenting and Boostagrams.
Aug 12, 2021
Sam's back! Spotify's revenue, Apple's bugfix, and a new value4value app
Aug 05, 2021
Podcasting in South East Asia; Sharon Taylor co-hosts; Spotify paid podcasting and more
Jul 29, 2021
Dynamic ads and podcast networks - Rachel Corbett co-hosts; Mignon Fogarty is our guest
Jul 22, 2021
Podcast SEO: stuff the title and forget the description, it's only a B medium anyway!?
Jul 16, 2021
Apple iOS 14.6, is it a bug or a feature exposing the dirty download secret? Ross Adams CEO, ACast explains 5 reasons why we need RSS, Is Audacity dangerous now it's Russian owned. Podcasts finally agree on episode notes. Interview with Jim Ballas, CTO,
Jul 08, 2021
Why Amazon podcasts start to splash the cash and bought Art19 and Smartless? We interview Arielle Nissenblatt from the Podcast Taxonomy board and we interview Don MacKinnon (Hark) and Hannah Blake (Entale) both help with podcast discovery
Jul 01, 2021
Facebook Podcasting. It's alive but why can't you actually play them yet? We interview David Markowitz, Netflix amd Niklas Hildebrand, Audry.
Jun 24, 2021
Apple channels finally arrive. Facebook podcasts launch next week and who is in the Spotify Green Room? Our special guest is Mark Asquith CEO Captivate. And do we need a GUID for every podcast?
Jun 18, 2021
Apple Subscriptions and Channels are finally coming! With special guest Neil Mody the CEO Headliner.
Jun 10, 2021
Space Casts v Apple Casts: Monetising podcasts through feeds and channels
Jun 03, 2021
Podcast piracy or defamation, should podcast hosts monitor the content or could a new podcast license be the simple fix to the problem?
May 27, 2021
I'm at a loss, will anyone notice the difference? Lossless audio comes to Apple, Spotify and Amazon for free.
May 20, 2021
Whether it's firmographic enrichment or psychographically targeting, everyone is saying podcasting is getting bigger, while Apple is learning to crawl podland faster but it's not podping speed just yet?
May 14, 2021
Will Superfans pay extra to come into a Spotify Green Room or Twitter Space? Should Apple buy Clubhouse? Interviews with Will Page, Author of Tarzan Economics and Charles Van Winkle, Senior Software Engineer, Descript.
May 06, 2021
Like London buses, you wait years for a subscription service to turn up and two come along at the same time. James and Sam analyse Spotify's new subscription service and compare it with Apple's alternative subscription service.
Apr 29, 2021
Podcasts, Podcasts everywhere but not a mention of RSS anywhere! We discuss Apple's podcast subscriptions, Facebook's podcasting app and Google recommendations
Apr 22, 2021
It's all about the numbers! Google 100m, Amazon 1.5bn, Podcast Index 2.7m plus interviews with Juliana Meyer CEO Supapass and Elsie Escobar Libsyn.
Apr 15, 2021
James and Sam are joined by Alban Brooke from Buzzsprout, and talk stats and sats
Apr 08, 2021
Organiser of The British Podcast Awards Matt Deegan joins as co-host. Spotify launch 'Sound Up' and buy Locker Room. Voting for the Ambies is now open. You can now download the Podclock.
Apr 01, 2021
It's now 2 million podcasts, Interviews: Chair - Podcast Academy, CEO - Riverside FM, Head of Digital Audio - iHeart Podcast Network
Mar 25, 2021
Is Apple no longer free? Is podcast streaming a myth? PodBean Live or Clubhouse? Why was Message Heard in the NY Times? The NEW Recommendation Tag and Where's James? .
Mar 18, 2021
To subscribe or not to subscribe that is the question. Interviews with Sean Glynn from Novel, Rob Loewenthal from Whooshkaa, Jess Kupferman from She Podcasts and Agnes Kozera from Podcorn
Mar 11, 2021
The Ambies nominees announced, Will Spotify overtake Apple?, Interview with Kal Amin Sounder, Women's History Month
Mar 04, 2021
Spotify StreamOn Analysis, Interview with Spotify's Mike Mignano and Podcast Movement the winners and losers.
Feb 25, 2021
iHeartMedia buy Triton Digital, Songs For Podcasters, Interview with Tom Rossi from Buzzsprout
Feb 18, 2021
Clubhouse, SoundClub or Fireside? Music Fair Usage, New Spotify Play Book and Maps.FM
Feb 11, 2021
Anchor's redesign; podcast consumption in Denmark; Sounds Profitable's clever ad-tech, New People and Location Tags
Feb 04, 2021
How fast is podcasting growing? Plus: Africa Podfest, Podcast Radio, and news of a new, 24-hour global podcast conference
Jan 28, 2021
Apple's new subscriptions? Spotify's failing strategy? Does Clubhouse need moderating? Interviews with Podpage, MatchCasts, Podchaser and A Million Ads
Jan 21, 2021
Clubcasting, TwitterSpaces, Dynamic Content Insertion and Interviews with, Buzzsprout, Adelicious.FM and BBC World Service.
Jan 14, 2021
Apple and Spotify privacy issues. Interview with Rob Greenlee about changes at The Podcast Academy.
Jan 08, 2021
Podcast Predictions for 2021 with Steve Pratt, Partner at Pacific Content.
Dec 27, 2020
The pros and cons of closed Spotify v open distributed podcasting. Interview with The Podfather Adam Curry & Dave Jones from podcastindex.org about Podcast 2.0
Dec 24, 2020
Podcast Misinformation, Podcast Taxonomy, Interview with Kate Bradley Chernis, CEO Lately.AI about atomizing your podcast into hundreds of mini-movie trailers.
Dec 18, 2020
New podcast:location tag, interview with Sam Liang, CEO of Otter.AI, about live notes.
Dec 11, 2020
Does Amazon want to buy Wondery? Interview with Mark Asquith, CEO Captivate, about private feeds.
Dec 03, 2020
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