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Spotify tells us they're sort of No1. Benjamin Bellamy tells us about the new Recommendation, Medium and Gateway RSS 2.0 namespace tags to make your podcast more discoverable. Bailey Drake tells us how to record live audio apps and transcribe them.

October 28, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 48

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GUESTS:

Bailey Drake - Back Stage by Headliner
Benjamin Bellamy - CEO Ad Aures

NEWS:

Spotify released its Q3/21 results. It has 3.2m podcasts on its platform (subtext: beating Apple). Earnings were buoyed by growth in podcast advertising
Spotify is to add video podcasts, but probably not as you know them. You can only upload them via Anchor - there’s a waitlist to join - and you can only watch the videos on Spotify
Facebook’s Chelsea White and Irena Lam appeared on The New Media Show. Now everyone can get their podcast into Facebook
Shadow is a new podcast app for iOS which includes SharePlay, so you can listen to a podcast with friends. Here are some promo codes for a free year of Shadow+

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