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Podnews Weekly Review

Podnews Weekly Review

211 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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Lemonada Media, secureRSS, Podthon and a new Podcasting 2.0 podcast
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Dec 20 2024 1h 36m
Utilizing RSS 2.0 for Comments Integration
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
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Dec 13 2024 1h 33m
Discussion About Podcast Community Engagement
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
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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
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Nov 29 2024 1h 39m
Importance of Podcasting for Avalon Shows
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
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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
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Nov 16 2024 1h 20m
Podcast Hall of Fame Announcement
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
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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
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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
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Oct 25 2024 39m
The Value of Longer Podcasts
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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Oscar Merry, and the new version of Fountain, plus This American Life
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Oct 18 2024 1h 19m
Cross-Act Comments and Publisher Feeds
Chapter 1 16 mins
Interview: Oscar Merry of Fountain
Chapter 2 7 mins
Spotify adds audiobooks
Chapter 3 9 mins
This American Life's ad revenue
Chapter 4 12 mins
Around the world
Chapter 5 9 mins
People news
Chapter 6 9 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 7 3 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 8 9 mins
Sam and James's week
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YouTube’s Sandy Wilheim; The Ambies and South Africa
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Oct 11 2024 1h 21m
Tech Updates in Podcasting Industry
Chapter 1 41 sec
James is in Ottawa
Chapter 2 42 sec
Todd Cochrane's 20 years in podcasting
Chapter 3 21 mins
Interview: Sandy Wilheim, YouTube
Chapter 4 3 mins
Notebook LM's fake podcasts
Chapter 5 2 mins
Paywalls - do they work?
Chapter 6 3 mins
Around the world
Chapter 7 11 mins
Interview: Paolo Dias
Chapter 8 2 mins
People news
Chapter 9 1 min
Events
Chapter 10 9 mins
Interview: Michele Cobb, The Ambies
Chapter 11 12 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 12 2 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 13 8 mins
James and Sam's week
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Spotify's Maya Prohovnik; plus Ross Adams from Acast
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Oct 4 2024 1h 18m
PodFund Support for Podcast Apps
Chapter 1 13 mins
Interview: Maya Prohovnik
Chapter 2 17 mins
Interview: Ross Adams, Acast
Chapter 3 5 mins
Reports and data
Chapter 4 46 sec
Spotify vs the rest of the world
Chapter 5 6 mins
Interview: Gautam Raj Anand
Chapter 6 1 min
Changes at Apple Podcasts
Chapter 7 3 mins
Dubai Podfest
Chapter 8 1 min
People news
Chapter 9 9 mins
Awards and Events
Chapter 10 5 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 11 2 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 12 8 mins
Sam and James's week
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Spotify closes Chartable; and Mark Asquith on Captivate's new Spark AI
Send James & Sam a messageWe chat with Mark abou... more
Sep 27 2024 1h 5m
Podcast Transcription Integration in Pocket Casts
Chapter 1 7 mins
Spotify shuts Chartable, adds features, changes staff
Chapter 2 12 mins
Interview: Mark Asquith, Captivate
Chapter 3 2 mins
RDE launches RDECaster Video
Chapter 4 1 min
Blubrry launches Pod2Vid
Chapter 5 5 mins
Round the world
Chapter 6 3 mins
People News
Chapter 7 1 min
Awards and events
Chapter 8 10 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 9 8 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 10 10 mins
Sam and James's week
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Carl Fridsjö from Podspace; and adventures in AI
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Sep 20 2024 1h 8m
YouTube's New Community Features
Chapter 1 9 mins
Google's NotebookLM and AI tools
Chapter 2 6 mins
Sam loves Spotify
Chapter 3 3 mins
YouTube adds hype
Chapter 4 6 mins
Podcast portals
Chapter 5 15 mins
Interview: Podspace
Chapter 6 4 mins
Around the world
Chapter 7 4 mins
Awards and events
Chapter 8 2 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 9 3 mins
Sam discovers what's new from RODE
Chapter 10 1 min
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 11 5 mins
James and Sam's week
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Steve Pratt's Insights on Attention Marketing, plus Buzzsprout's new websites
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Sep 13 2024 1h 12m
Mac RSS Reader Supports Podcasts
Chapter 1 4 mins
Buzzsprout's iOS widgets and websites
Chapter 2 15 mins
Interview: Steve Pratt
Chapter 3 10 mins
Steve Goldstein's session at PM
Chapter 4 5 mins
New in iOS 18
Chapter 5 4 mins
Streamyard's pricing
Chapter 6 5 mins
Round the world
Chapter 7 1 min
Events
Chapter 8 12 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 9 12 mins
Boostagram Corner
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PodFund for Podcast 2.0; AI in Podcasting; and the Castro app
Send James & Sam a messageWe chat with Mike Russ... more
Sep 6 2024 1h 10m
Podcast App Downloading Anomalies Detected
Chapter 1 42 sec
Shout out to old man Curry
Chapter 2 2 mins
Podcast Day Malaysia
Chapter 3 9 mins
Interview: Mike Russell, MRC
Chapter 4 5 mins
More Spotify numbers
Chapter 5 1 min
Truefans adds activitypub data
Chapter 6 14 mins
Podfund - inteview, Russell Harrower
Chapter 7 2 mins
Ainsley Costello - new album
Chapter 8 3 mins
More numbers from around the world
Chapter 9 1 min
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 10 21 mins
Interview: Dustin Black, Castro
Chapter 11 5 mins
Sam and James's week
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Wondery's New Heights Acquisition; and Mignon Fogarty's 18th year in podcasting
Send James & Sam a messageWondery has bought New... more
Aug 30 2024 1h
Android Dominance in Global Smartphone Market
Chapter 1 10 mins
Wondery buys New Heights
Chapter 2 13 mins
Interview: Mignon Fogarty on 18 years in podcasting
Chapter 3 2 mins
Apple Podcasts: a new low
Chapter 4 4 mins
Legal news
Chapter 5 10 mins
Around the world
Chapter 6 9 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 7 4 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 8 5 mins
Sam and James's week
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Apple's web app - from Podcast Movement
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Aug 22 2024 45m
Apple's Transition From iTunes to Web
Chapter 1 7 mins
Apple Podcasts on the web
Chapter 2 1 min
Jordan from Buzzsprout
Chapter 3 1 min
Apple measurement
Chapter 4 6 mins
Social Spotify features
Chapter 5 1 min
Todd and Mike from Blubrry
Chapter 6 1 min
Apps could be better
Chapter 7 1 min
Acast new studio
Chapter 8 57 sec
Rob Greenlee
Chapter 9 1 min
Reggie from AMP
Chapter 10 30 sec
Africa Podfest closes
Chapter 11 4 mins
The tech Stuff
Chapter 12 2 mins
Danny Brown from Captivate
Chapter 13 4 mins
Stephen Robles from Riverside
Chapter 14 28 sec
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 15 6 mins
Michelle from The Podcast Academy
Chapter 16 2 mins
Alban from Buzzsprout
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Bumper's dashboard; Apple's 30%; PodEngine.ai
Send James & Sam a messageWe chat with Dan Misen... more
Aug 16 2024 1h 24m
Podcast Measurement Tool Promotion
Chapter 1 9 mins
Trouble at Libsyn?
Chapter 2 17 mins
Interview Dan Misener
Chapter 3 7 mins
Ad research
Chapter 4 9 mins
Sam rants about Apple for a bit
Chapter 5 11 mins
Interview: Joe Tanerella
Chapter 6 5 mins
Round the world
Chapter 7 2 mins
Events
Chapter 8 8 mins
Tech Stuff
Chapter 9 6 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 10 4 mins
Sam and James's week
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Wondercraft's ad studio; NFC Podcast Beacons; Podcast Discovery's virtual 3D studio
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Aug 9 2024 1h 24m
Podcast Discovery Tool Topics
Chapter 1 46 sec
A chapter about chapters
Chapter 2 1 min
A CEO has gone
Chapter 3 15 mins
Interview: Wondercraft
Chapter 4 3 mins
Patreon - too good to be true?
Chapter 5 10 mins
Interview: Podcast Discovery Virtual Studio
Chapter 6 9 mins
X, GARM and brand safety
Chapter 7 2 mins
Veritonic research
Chapter 8 6 mins
Spotify's growth
Chapter 9 2 mins
Round the world
Chapter 10 59 sec
Events and awards
Chapter 11 6 mins
Interview: Mathew Passy
Chapter 12 7 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 13 1 min
Boostagram corner
Chapter 14 11 mins
Sam and James's week
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Lower Street's Pacific Content Acquisition; and the future of Descript
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Aug 2 2024 1h 27m
Launch of True Fans Wallet Expansion
Chapter 1 1 hr 24 mins
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An adblocking podcast app; and AI-powered podcasting with Superproducer AI
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Jul 26 2024 1h 7m
AI-Generated Clip Highlights Tool Opportunities
Chapter 1 16 mins
Spotify's financials
Chapter 2 16 mins
Interview: Micah from Adblock Podcasts
Chapter 3 3 mins
AI generated podcasts
Chapter 4 17 mins
Interview: Manan from Quickie
Chapter 5 1 min
Round the world
Chapter 6 2 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 7 2 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 8 5 mins
Sam and James's weel
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How does copyright work for podcasting? Plus, a new Overcast rewrite and Adobe tools
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Jul 19 2024 1h 20m
Enhancing Podcast Feeds for Greater Reach
Chapter 1 13 mins
Copyright and podcasting
Chapter 2 11 mins
Interview: Gordon Firemark
Chapter 3 2 mins
Lemonada Media for sale
Chapter 4 5 mins
Overcast rewrite
Chapter 5 3 mins
Adobe's podcast editor
Chapter 6 14 mins
Round the world
Chapter 7 15 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 8 4 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 9 9 mins
Sam and James's week
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Neal Veglio guests; Spotify Comments; Pary Bell from TPX
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Jul 12 2024 56m
Measuring Success With OP3
Chapter 1 5 mins
Spotify comments
Chapter 2 6 mins
Most popular podcast gear
Chapter 3 5 mins
YouTube is #1 again
Chapter 4 5 mins
New Overcast
Chapter 5 11 mins
Interview: Pary Bell, TPX
Chapter 6 3 mins
Round the world
Chapter 7 1 min
People news and events
Chapter 8 6 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 9 4 mins
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 10 2 mins
Neal and James's week
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Spotify's innovations, multi-language, and Kim Fox - the Podcast Professor
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Jul 5 2024 54m
Spotify's Latest Masterclass and Updates
Chapter 1 2 mins
Google Podcasts has finally gone away
Chapter 2 4 mins
Spotify keep building
Chapter 3 2 mins
Buzzsprout redesign
Chapter 4 7 mins
NYT and stats
Chapter 5 11 mins
Interview: Kim Fox, Podcast Professor
Chapter 6 7 mins
James in different languages
Chapter 7 1 min
Round the world
Chapter 8 3 mins
People and events
Chapter 9 8 mins
The Tech Stuff
Chapter 10 41 sec
Boostagram Corner
Chapter 11 3 mins
Sam and James's week
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