Podnews Weekly Review

Podnews Weekly Review

The last word in podcasting news. Every Friday James Cridland (⚡james@crid.land ) and Sam Sethi (⚡sam@getalby.com) review and analyse the week's top podcasting news as covered on Podnews. We also interview some of the biggest names in podcasting making the news. Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: podcast hosting made easy.

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Spotify’s consumption data; Canadaland; Wavlake

May 17, 2024 • 106 mins

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Interviews with Canadaland and Wavlake. Details about Spotify’s new consumption data. An exclusive of Canadaland’s new podcast brand. Boosts, fan mail and more. 

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The IAB's new numbers, and our first week using fanmail

May 10, 2024 • 75 mins

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Our first week with Buzzsprout's new fanmail product was surprisingly good. We look into that, as well as the latest news - including the IAB numbers out of the US.

We've chapters in all standards-supporting podcast players.


Here are the chapters for Anton who listens in Spotify and needs a better podcast player

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Buzzsprout's fanmail; Captivate's YouTube integration; and Spotify vs Apple

May 3, 2024 • 93 mins

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Including Kevin Finn from Buzzsprout and Mark Asquith from Captivate.

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Acast is 10: interview with Ross Adams; plus, podcast guesting, and Spotify's IAB exit

April 26, 2024 • 82 mins

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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 certification) is a mistake.

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FlightPath, the M&M Global Awards, and Max Cutler’s PAVE Studios

April 19, 2024 • 89 mins

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“This week, we sit down with Jeremy King of the M&M Global Awards and Sean Howard, CEO of Flight Path, to dissect the pulse of podcast advertising and data analysis,” the AI says. Lizzy Pollott from Acast is also interviewed with Jeremy. 

“Join us for a journey through the evolving world of podcasting where every voice has the potential to echo globally.” - although presumably y...

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Stephen Bartlett’s Flight Studio, SHEQONOMI and Media Disco

April 12, 2024 • 88 mins

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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. 

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Sam's working for the Podcast Standard Project. Plus, YouTube at Evolutions

April 5, 2024 • 68 mins

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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

March 29, 2024 • 71 mins

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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

March 22, 2024 • 92 mins

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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.

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Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub; Gretchen Smith on Ad Results Media

March 16, 2024 • 89 mins

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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 podcastindex.social over the last week.

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Pushkin's future with Gretta Cohn, Buzzsprout's iOS app with Alban Brooke, and Apple's transcripts

March 8, 2024 • 81 mins

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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

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Podcast Search Optimisation, new IAB guidelines, and a special Aussie gift

March 1, 2024 • 56 mins

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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

February 23, 2024 • 74 mins

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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 good podcast ad; Anthony Nwaneri on his podcast Why Your Podcast Isn't Growing - and Sam gets some rants off his chest. Buckle up!

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The Locked On Network's strategy, new Podscribe data, and Acast in profit

February 16, 2024 • 51 mins

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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 podcast advertising.

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Triton Digital's 2023 Podcast Report; Podfest; and Spotify's new strategy

February 9, 2024 • 86 mins

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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

February 2, 2024 • 94 mins

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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

January 26, 2024 • 57 mins

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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'oh)

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Is advertising ageist? An interview with Adelicious; and what people want from podcast advertising

January 19, 2024 • 86 mins

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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?

January 12, 2024 • 100 mins

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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-founder of Snipd, for an exclusive look at his AI-driven app that's changing the way we listen to podcasts. 

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James and Sam revisit podcasting in 2023; and give our predictions for 2024

January 5, 2024 • 59 mins

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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 won't come as a surprise.

We're back next week - 12th January 2024 -  with our first full show of the year.

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