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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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.

What do you like or not like about this episode? We'd love to hear from you. weekly@podnews.net will find us both, or if you're using a modern podcast app, hit t...

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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 you could edit out ...

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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 and James also talk mowPod and plenty of other bits about the week's news.

If you get value from this show, give us value - share this show, or send some sats!

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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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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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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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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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We talk:

  • Podcast Search Optimisation,
  • New IAB guidelines
  • Court cases, and lots more

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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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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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James is joined this week by Dave Jones of the Podcast Index. https://podcastindex.org/


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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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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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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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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 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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Highlights of 2023, and predictions for 2024, from our friends. Including:

Jennifer Han from Ausha
Brett Spencer from City University of London
Mark Asquith from Captivate
Dave Jones from the Podcast Index
Lauren Passell from Tink Media
Skye Pillsbury from The Squeeze
Arielle Nissenblatt from Descript
Sandy Warr from City University of London
Lizzy Pollott from Acast
Me...

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Ever considered what your attention is worth when you indulge in the latest podcast episode? You might just find out as we compare the value of podcast content with the likes of Netflix and Spotify, suggesting a fair satoshi range that listeners could shell out per minute of audio bliss. With podcasting's landscape constantly shifting, we're joined by Edward Brawer, CEO of Podcast AI, to delve into how a...

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We look at the layoffs and show cancellations at the TWiT network; and at Paul Vogel's departure from Spotify. Plus, Ainsley Costello and JL about a live concert - and right at the end, Sam Sethi has news about Podfans.

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