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Podnews Weekly Review
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.
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Podnews Weekly Review
Spotify drops Anchor but streams on with new TikTok UI for podcast discoverability. RSS.com provides Automatic Transcripts for free
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James Cridland, Sam Sethi & Jordan Blair
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Season 2
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Episode 16
Special Guest: Jordan Blair - Buzzcast Co-Host and Producer
Show Notes:
- Anchor is now called Spotify for Podcasters. The new podcast hosting service includes automated ads (US-only, invite-only), and podcast subscriptions (in 34 markets).
- Spotify will allows any podcaster to use Q&A and polls - wherever they’re hosted.
- Spotify also announced an expanded video podcasts lineup.
- Spotify revealed their latest interface, a vertically-scrolling way to discover new shows
- Spotify has also added Autoplay for Podcasts
- Spotify is also partnering with Patreon.
- Spotify Hi-fi, announced in February 2021, has still not been launched
- Podcast host RSS.com is the first podcast host to have released fully free automatic transcripts for all its customers. The transcripts appear on episode pages on the RSS website
- Podcast listening has hit record highs, according to The Infinite Dial® from Edison Research
- Captivate just released a massive range of RSS enhancements, powered by Podcasting 2.0, for free to all Captivate Podcasters.
- A proposal has been made for the podcast namespace’s author tag.
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