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Podnews Weekly Review

Podnews Weekly Review

227 Episodes • By James Cridland and Sam Sethi • podnews.net
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. Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - ...more
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Video and its part in podcasting - Annalise Nielsen from Pacific Content and Lower Street
We chat with Annalise from Pacific Content about how... more
Mar 14 2025 1h 26m
YouTube and Google Podcasts Evolution
Chapter 1 15 mins
Interview: Annalise Nielsen, Pacific Content
Chapter 2 15 mins
Spotify news
Chapter 3 9 mins
Audiobooks and AI
Chapter 4 2 mins
Google closes another thing
Chapter 5 4 mins
Round the world
Chapter 6 4 mins
Awards and events
Chapter 7 10 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 8 8 mins
The inbox
Chapter 9 13 mins
James and Sam's week
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Extra: Adam Curry and Dave Jones on the Godcaster
A full version of an interview with Adam and Dave ab... more
Mar 10 2025 40m
Podcast Engagement Through Community Interface
Chapter 1 3 mins
Introduction to Godcaster
Chapter 2 7 mins
Problem-Solving for Faith-Based Radio
Chapter 3 7 mins
Building the Godcaster Platform
Chapter 4 8 mins
The Web Player and RSS Feeds
Chapter 5 7 mins
Publisher Feeds and Future Plans
Chapter 6 5 mins
Value for Value and Monetization
Chapter 7 1 min
Future of Podcasting 2.0
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Faith, Radio, and Podcasting 2.0 - Adam Curry and Dave Jones
We talk about Godcaster, and also catch up with the ... more
Mar 7 2025 1h 23m
Pod News Weekly Technology Review
Chapter 1 25 mins
Interview: Adam Curry, Dave Jones
Chapter 2 5 mins
"You play, we pay"
Chapter 3 6 mins
Wonder what's up with Wondery?
Chapter 4 9 mins
YouTube's Big Stat
Chapter 5 6 mins
Spotify's Open Access and payments
Chapter 6 4 mins
Round the world
Chapter 7 2 mins
Events and Awards
Chapter 8 22 mins
The Tech Stuff
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Podimo's success; and the Pod Predictor from Coleman Insights
We speak with Morten Strunge of Podimo about the com... more
Feb 28 2025 1h 34m
Podcasting Trends Across the Globe
Chapter 1 9 mins
Apple Podcasts launches a new thing
Chapter 2 30 sec
Podimo hits a million
Chapter 3 14 mins
Interview: Morten Strunge, Podimo
Chapter 4 8 mins
YouTube
Chapter 5 14 mins
Interview: Jay Nachlis, Pod Predictor
Chapter 6 11 mins
Round the world
Chapter 7 5 mins
People News
Chapter 8 14 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 9 4 mins
Inbox
Chapter 10 8 mins
James and Sam's week
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Extra: Rockie Thomas from SoundStack
Rockie talks about why the new podcast namespace exc... more
Feb 24 2025 30m
Expanding Radio Stations to Podcasting 2.0
Chapter 1 10 mins
The Future of Podcast Advertising
Chapter 2 8 mins
Balancing Programmatic and Direct Podcast Advertising
Chapter 3 10 mins
Expanding Podcast Distribution Channels
Chapter 4 52 sec
Podcast Show Plans and Excitement
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SoundStack's Rockie Thomas; and has Podcasting 2.0 failed?
We chat with Rockie Thomas, who is very excited abou... more
Feb 21 2025 1h 33m
New Features for Content Creators
Chapter 1 1 min
The Podnews Report Card
Chapter 2 13 mins
Interview: Rockie Thomas of SoundStack
Chapter 3 1 min
SiriusXM launches Podcasts+ for all platforms
Chapter 4 2 mins
Milestones
Chapter 5 5 mins
Round the world
Chapter 6 33 sec
[Ad] Promoguy Talk Pills
Chapter 7 1 min
(Cont.) Round the world
Chapter 8 3 mins
Jobs
Chapter 9 29 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 10 17 mins
Is Podcasting 2.0 a failure?
Chapter 11 2 mins
The inbox
Chapter 12 13 mins
Sam and James's week
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Spotify's payments to creators, and Acast in profit
Sam and James talk about Spotify's recently rev... more
Feb 14 2025 1h 12m
Unified Digital Audio ID for Advertisers
Chapter 1 8 mins
Spotify reveals creator earnings
Chapter 2 5 mins
Acast makes profit
Chapter 3 7 mins
Netflix getting into podcasting?
Chapter 4 2 mins
Murdoch buys a podcast company
Chapter 5 1 min
Wondery closes LATAM
Chapter 6 9 mins
YouTube promises things
Chapter 7 6 mins
Round the world
Chapter 8 11 mins
Events
Chapter 9 8 mins
The Inbox
Chapter 10 9 mins
James and Sam's week
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Extra: David Bodycombe on video for podcasts
James chats with David Bodycombe on how he produces ... more
Feb 10 2025 20m
Audio and Video Future-Proofing on YouTube
Chapter 1 14 mins
Utilizing Video for Podcasts
Chapter 2 6 mins
Optimizing Podcasts for YouTube Engagement
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Riverside's AI tools; and why do video podcasting?
We speak with Kendall Breitman from Riverside on the... more
Feb 7 2025 1h 28m
Clean Feed Pro Pricing Update
Chapter 1 13 mins
Spotify's good financials
Chapter 2 1 min
The growth of live
Chapter 3 12 mins
Interview: Kendall Breitman, Riverside
Chapter 4 3 mins
Kast Media bankruptcy
Chapter 5 2 mins
Charging guests to appear and not telling the audience
Chapter 6 2 mins
White House podcasters
Chapter 7 10 mins
Interview: David Bodycombe
Chapter 8 7 mins
Round the world
Chapter 9 2 mins
People News
Chapter 10 1 min
Events
Chapter 11 9 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 12 5 mins
Boostagram Corner etc
Chapter 13 14 mins
Sam and James's week
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Europe's podcast growth, and the podcast numbers you should know
We speak with Andreea Coscai from EuroWaves about Eu... more
Jan 31 2025 1h 15m
iHeart's Podcast Strategy and Revenue Model
Chapter 1 1 min
Buzzsprout is #1
Chapter 2 13 mins
Numbers go down, numbers go up
Chapter 3 2 mins
TuneIn
Chapter 4 12 mins
Interview: Andreea Coscai, Eurowaves
Chapter 5 8 mins
Around the world
Chapter 6 8 mins
The tech stuff
Chapter 7 1 min
PodCamp 2.0
Chapter 8 7 mins
Here's where the Spotify news is
Chapter 9 3 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 10 16 mins
Sam and James's week
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How Apple Podcasts works in China; and another set of predictions for the year
We're late - sorry. But we're here. We use... more
Jan 25 2025 1h 11m
Tech News Weekly Review
Chapter 1 7 mins
Apple Podcasts in China
Chapter 2 5 mins
The manosphere
Chapter 3 4 mins
Sports networks
Chapter 4 2 mins
The podcast election (again)
Chapter 5 2 mins
Choppity wins Dragons Den
Chapter 6 36 sec
Africa Podcast Day
Chapter 7 3 mins
New Zealand
Chapter 8 1 min
Arriverderci Licensync
Chapter 9 4 mins
Auddia raising money again
Chapter 10 2 mins
People and jobs
Chapter 11 2 mins
Events
Chapter 12 38 sec
[Ad] ChristiTutionalist Politics
Chapter 13
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 14 16 mins
(Cont.) Events
Chapter 15 2 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 16 5 mins
David John Clarke - prediction
Chapter 17 8 mins
Sam and James's week
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Extra: Stuart Last, CEO, Audioboom
The full interview with Stuart Last from last Friday... more
Jan 20 2025 15m
Benefits of Baked-in Advertising Model
Chapter 1 10 mins
Audioboom CEO Discusses Podcast Platform
Chapter 2 5 mins
Predicting Podcasting Trends and Revenue
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Spotify goes live with its Partner Program; Audioboom's CEO Stuart Last
Sam and James cover the news since we last did a &qu... more
Jan 17 2025 1h 41m
Impact of US Election on Industry
Chapter 1 16 mins
Spotify Partner Program goes live
Chapter 2 7 mins
Substack leans into podcasting and live streaming
Chapter 3 12 mins
Radio and podcasting
Chapter 4 1 min
TuneIn - another layoff round
Chapter 5 31 sec
Crowd Network doing well
Chapter 6 11 mins
Interview: Stuart Last, Audioboom
Chapter 7 3 mins
Pod Bible for sale
Chapter 8 4 mins
Australia podcast ranker
Chapter 9 3 mins
People News
Chapter 10 2 mins
Podcast Events
Chapter 11 11 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 12 9 mins
Boostagram corner
Chapter 13 15 mins
Sam and James's week
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Predictions for 2025
James and Sam predict the podcast industry's 20... more
Jan 10 2025 17m
Industry-Wide Campaign for Open RSS
Chapter 1 58 sec
James - time to choose
Chapter 2 56 sec
Sam - downloads will die
Chapter 3 41 sec
James - no more audio-only
Chapter 4 1 min
Sam - more money for podcasting
Chapter 5 57 sec
James - the year of AI voice
Chapter 6 3 mins
Sam - paid-for podcasts to grow
Chapter 7 1 min
James - fewer/smaller podcast industry events?
Chapter 8 1 min
Sam - live podcasting to take hold
Chapter 9 1 min
James - open RSS to be promoted more
Chapter 10 3 mins
Sam - location-based audio
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Highlights and lowlights of 2024; and our predictions for last year
Sam and James look at our predictions for last year;... more
Jan 3 2025 49m
Predictions for Acast's Future Growth
Chapter 1 9 mins
How Sam did
Chapter 2 7 mins
How James did
Chapter 3 31 mins
Highlights and Lowlights of 2024
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Special: predictions and reflections from our PWR Supporters
This episode features predictions and reflections fr... more
Dec 27 2024 44m
Video Podcasts and Embracing the Future
Chapter 1 5 mins
Cameron Moll
Chapter 2 7 mins
Matt Medeiros
Chapter 3 3 mins
Mike Hamilton
Chapter 4 1 min
Dave Jackson
Chapter 5 4 mins
Rachel Corbett
Chapter 6 5 mins
Si Jobling
Chapter 7 3 mins
Jim James
Chapter 8 1 min
Rockie Thomas
Chapter 9 2 mins
Neal Veglio
Chapter 10 2 mins
Claire Waite Brown
Chapter 11 6 mins
James Burtt
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Lemonada Media, secureRSS, Podthon and a new Podcasting 2.0 podcast
Send James & Sam a messageThis week, we've ... more
Dec 20 2024 1h 36m
New Ad Campaign for GoHanger
Chapter 1 11 mins
Interview: Jessica Cordova Kramer, Lemonada Media
Chapter 2 7 mins
TuneIn - tuning out?
Chapter 3 11 mins
Interview: Claire Waite Brown
Chapter 4 15 mins
Round the world
Chapter 5 10 mins
Interview: Podcasthon's Jeremie Mani
Chapter 6 4 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 7 10 mins
Interview: Russell Harrower, secure RSS
Chapter 8 10 mins
Podcast comments, again?
Chapter 9 5 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 10 6 mins
Sam and James's week
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Acast's Wonder Media Network acquisition; the Podcast Hall of Fame, and Podgagement
Send James & Sam a messageAcast's acquisiti... more
Dec 13 2024 1h 33m
Tech Updates
Chapter 1 1 min
Acast buy Wonder Media Network
Chapter 2 7 mins
Interview: Ross Adams, Acast
Chapter 3 8 mins
Interview: Shira Atkins, Wonder Media Network
Chapter 4 4 mins
Spotify video
Chapter 5 4 mins
Apple Podcasts on Android
Chapter 6 2 mins
Marco Arment on Apple
Chapter 7 4 mins
Station communities
Chapter 8 2 mins
Riverside gets more funding
Chapter 9 2 mins
Lemonada Media sign Gretchen Rubin Media
Chapter 10 6 mins
Around the world
Chapter 11 44 sec
People news
Chapter 12 10 mins
Interview: Rob Greenlee, Podcast Hall of Fame
Chapter 13 1 min
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 14 15 mins
Interview: Daniel J Lewis, Podgagement
Chapter 15 6 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 16 11 mins
Sam and James's week
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Daniel Ek's view of podcast ads; plus all the latest podcasting news
Send James & Sam a messageWe listen to a recent ... more
Dec 6 2024 1h 4m
Podcasting Technology and Micropayments Hope
Chapter 1 7 mins
Daniel Ek, and Spotify's future
Chapter 2 2 mins
Spotify add audio control for podcasts
Chapter 3 5 mins
Spotify 2024 Wrapped
Chapter 4 8 mins
Open RSS and video?
Chapter 5 7 mins
Acast's swanky new studios
Chapter 6 20 sec
Promo! For Podnews.
Chapter 7 8 mins
Around the world
Chapter 8 2 mins
Events
Chapter 9 5 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 10 3 mins
Boostagrams and fanmail
Chapter 11 11 mins
Sam and James's week
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Changes to streaming payments, Nick Dunkerley on Hindenburg, Jon Thoday from Avalon
Send James & Sam a messagea) a lot of impenetrab... more
Nov 29 2024 1h 39m
Spotify Discontinues US Listener Support
Chapter 1 20 mins
Changes coming to podcast payments
Chapter 2 14 mins
Interview with Nick from Hindenburg
Chapter 3 17 mins
Spotify
Chapter 4 14 mins
Interview: Jon Thoday from Avalon
Chapter 5 7 mins
Round the world
Chapter 6 2 mins
Moves and hires
Chapter 7 4 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 8 7 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 9 8 mins
Sam and James's week
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Amazon Music's Audible move; Neil Mody from Headliner, and Alberto Betella from RSS.com
Send James & Sam a messageCan Amazon Music'... more
Nov 22 2024 1h 30m
Evolution of Podcasting Revenue Models
Chapter 1 10 mins
Amazon Music does audiobooks now
Chapter 2 13 mins
Interview: Neil Mody, Headliner
Chapter 3 12 mins
Interview: Alberto Betella, RSS.com
Chapter 4 6 mins
Podfading
Chapter 5 7 mins
Apple's top shows of 2024
Chapter 6 11 mins
James rants about YouTube for a bit
Chapter 7 13 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 8 4 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 9 9 mins
Sam and James's week
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Spotify's Now Playing; plus, Spirit Studios' Matt Campion on content creation
Send James & Sam a messageIn this episode, James... more
Nov 16 2024 1h 20m
Spotify's Strategy With True Fans
Chapter 1 28 mins
Spotify Now Playing event
Chapter 2 2 mins
New Edison data
Chapter 3 1 min
Podcast Marketing Academy
Chapter 4 3 mins
Fiancial reports
Chapter 5 1 min
LinkedIn getting into video?
Chapter 6 1 min
Spotify doesn't do live video?
Chapter 7 13 mins
Interview: Matt Champion, Spirit Studios
Chapter 8 2 mins
Podcast Hall of Fame
Chapter 9 3 mins
People news
Chapter 10 7 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 11 1 min
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 12 10 mins
Sam and James's week
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Mike Parkinson and Jamie Anderson - podcasts with AI voices
Send James & Sam a messageFull interviews with J... more
Nov 9 2024 1h 26m
Podcast Show London Pre-Sale Waitlist
Chapter 1 2 mins
Medium is 47% AI slop
Chapter 2 10 mins
Podchaser's political skew
Chapter 3 3 mins
Acast's finances
Chapter 4 12 mins
Interview: Justin Jackson, Transistor
Chapter 5 12 mins
Spotify news
Chapter 6 14 mins
Interview: Mike Parkinson
Chapter 7 13 mins
Interview: Jamie Anderson
Chapter 8 1 min
Buzzsprout's new homepage
Chapter 9 2 mins
Sped-up podcast listening
Chapter 10 1 min
Events
Chapter 11 4 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 12 6 mins
Sam and James's week
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Jamie East on the Daily Mail's Podcast Success; plus the Independent Podcast Awards winners
Send James & Sam a messageWe chat with Jamie Eas... more
Nov 1 2024 1h 41m
Spotify Comments and Future Plans
Chapter 1 16 mins
Interview: Jamie East, DMG
Chapter 2 8 mins
Spotify's Open Access and paywalls
Chapter 3 2 mins
Spotify now has 6mn podcasts
Chapter 4 5 mins
Spotify's improved comments
Chapter 5 6 mins
Podtrac's country rankers
Chapter 6 4 mins
Choosing a default podcast app
Chapter 7 8 mins
El Pas and the auto downloads
Chapter 8 1 min
Michael Parkinson AI podcast
Chapter 9 3 mins
Round the world
Chapter 10 21 mins
Interview: It's A Continent, winners of Independent Podcast Awards
Chapter 11 7 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 12 5 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 13 8 mins
Sam and James's Week
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Jack Sylvester on Diary of a CEO; and Flight Studio's podcast innovations
Send James & Sam a messageA special episode, wit... more
Oct 25 2024 39m
Long-Form Podcasting Trends and Data
Chapter 1 11 mins
Podcast Data-Driven Strategies and Innovations
Chapter 2 6 mins
Podcast Production Experimentation and Innovations
Chapter 3 5 mins
Changing Podcast Landscape
Chapter 4 6 mins
Podcasts, Books, and Disruption
Chapter 5 10 mins
Podcast Data Analysis and Development
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