Podnews Weekly Review

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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 from across the podcast industry.

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What Spotify And YouTube Changes Mean For Podcast Revenue

James is joined this week by Liam Heffernan from Mercury Podcasts, while Sam gets wet walking around Ireland.We weigh how platform decisions around ads, metrics, and video can quietly reshape podcast monetization, especially for smaller ...

August 21, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 34 • 57:46

RSS launches video podcasts that pay; and Acast buys Backyard Ventures

We speak with Ben and Alberto from RSS.com on their new video podcast plan. Plus, Acast is buying Backyard Ventures: why?• RSS.com MAX plan for Apple HLS video and 70% revenue share • PAID meaning programmatic ads in...

August 14, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 33 • 1:22:51

Spotify add a "Skip Ahead" button, and recognise women podcasters

We talk with Spotify’s first Equal Podcast Ambassador, Morgan Absher, about building Two Hot Takes into a video-first community and what real industry support for women creators should look like. Then we dig into Spotify’s financials and a cont...

August 07, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 32 • 1:28:04

EarMax Media, Cheerful Earful, and the alternateEnclosure continues to grow

We chat with Andy Maxwell from EarMax Media about the new podcast-first ad agency, and Giles Gear from Cheerful Earful about the funniest podcast festival in the world.Also: we challenge the idea that creators are being “ripped off” and ...

July 31, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 31 • 1:29:36

The AMP Accords - a new era for podcast measurement?

We speak with Dan Granger and Giles Martin from Oxford Road, about the new AMP Accords. Is this a new start for podcast measurement? And, can we get podcast apps into the revenue ecosystem? Plus, Edison Research on their recent reports....

July 24, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 30 • 1:37:36

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