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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Episodes
205 episodes
Spotify's Now Playing; plus, Spirit Studios' Matt Campion on content creation
In this episode, James Cridland reports from West Hollywood about Spotify's major "Now Playing" event, where the company announced significant changes including rebranding Spotify for Podcasters to Spotify for Creators. The platform unveiled a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 100
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1:20:01
Mike Parkinson and Jamie Anderson - podcasts with AI voices
Full interviews with Justin Jackson, Mike Parkinson and Jamie Anderson are over at https://extra.podnews.net - what you hear here is about ten minutes of a 30+ minute interview.We speak to Jamie Anderson and Mike Parkinson about "Virtua...
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Season 2
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Episode 99
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1:26:30
Jamie East on the Daily Mail's Podcast Success; plus the Independent Podcast Awards winners
We chat with Jamie East about the Daily Mail's podcasts, and the company's expansion into Europe; and with the winner of the Independent Podcast Awards, It's A Continent.https://podnews.net/podcast/i9e1m
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Season 2
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Episode 98
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1:41:55
Jack Sylvester on Diary of a CEO; and Flight Studio's podcast innovations
A special episode, with a long-form interview with Diary of a CEO's Jack Sylvester.Find out how the podcast works; what the future is for Flight Studio and Steven Bartlett's new companies, and plenty more.We're back with our usu...
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Season 2
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Episode 97
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39:41
Oscar Merry on Fountain's Latest Update; plus Spotify's Audiobook Expansion
We look at the new Fountain build, and wonder what This American Life is doing
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Season 2
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Episode 96
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1:19:06
YouTube’s Sandy Wilheim; The Ambies and South Africa
We chat with Sandy Wilheim from YouTube; Michele Cobb from The Ambies; and Paolo Diaz about podcasting in South Africa.
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Season 2
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Episode 95
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1:21:31
Spotify's Maya Prohovnik; plus Ross Adams from Acast
The Acast study: https://podnews.net/press-release/consumerismRead Podnews for the full Spotify interview: https://podnews.net/
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Season 2
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Episode 94
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1:18:38
Spotify closes Chartable; and Mark Asquith on Captivate's new Spark AI
We chat with Mark about Captivate's Spark AI; discuss all that's new about Spotify; and the RODECaster Video.
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Season 2
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Episode 93
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1:05:56
Carl Fridsjö from Podspace; and adventures in AI
We interview Carl Fridsjö from Podspace, and learn about the company from Sweden.Plus - there are lots of exciting things going on with AI. We look at some of those, too!
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Season 2
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Episode 92
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1:08:36
Steve Pratt's Insights on Attention Marketing, plus Buzzsprout's new websites
James Cridland and Sam Sethi discuss various topics related to podcasting, including new features from Buzzsprout, the importance of attention in the digital age, and the shift towards video content. The episode also includes an interview with ...
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Season 2
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Episode 91
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1:12:46
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PodFund for Podcast 2.0; AI in Podcasting; and the Castro app
We chat with Mike Russell from Music Radio Creative; Dustin Bluck from Castro; and Russell Harrower from PodToo.
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Season 2
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Episode 90
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1:10:29
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Wondery's New Heights Acquisition; and Mignon Fogarty's 18th year in podcasting
Wondery has bought New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce. Sam and James look at the deal and wonder how much of it is Taylor Swift related... plus we hear from someone celebrating her 18th year in podcasting: Grammar Girl's Mignon Fogarty. Fi...
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Season 2
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Episode 89
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1:00:58
Apple's web app - from Podcast Movement
James wanders about at Podcast Movement while chatting with Sam about the latest podcasting news.
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Season 2
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Episode 88
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45:09
Bumper's dashboard; Apple's 30%; PodEngine.ai
We chat with Dan Misener from Bumper about the new Bumper Dashboard and a different way to measure your podcast success.And with Joe Tannorella from Pod Engine, about his new podcast tool.
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Season 2
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Episode 87
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1:24:41
Wondercraft's ad studio; NFC Podcast Beacons; Podcast Discovery's virtual 3D studio
We hear from Oskar Serrander, CEO of Wondercraft, about their new AI studio that promises to revolutionise ad production. Plus, we explore the significant leadership change at Libsyn and the sale of Pair Networks.We introduce Podcast ...
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Season 2
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Episode 86
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1:24:20
Lower Street's Pacific Content Acquisition; and the future of Descript
Join us this week as we reveal the fascinating details behind Lower Street's acquisition of Pacific Content. We sit down with Harry Morton, who shares his admiration for Pacific Content's creative work and how this acquisition is set to reshape...
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Season 2
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Episode 85
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1:27:32
An adblocking podcast app; and AI-powered podcasting with Superproducer AI
James talks with Micah Engle-Eshleman, who is building an adblocking podcast app that supports the podcast creators. Good thing? Dreadful idea? We'd be interested in your comments, via fanmail or a boostagram.Plus, Manan Bhalodia from S...
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Season 2
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Episode 84
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1:07:37
How does copyright work for podcasting? Plus, a new Overcast rewrite and Adobe tools
Unlock the secrets to smart podcasting as we explore game-changing developments in the industry! Get ready for a deep dive into Libsyn's leadership shake-up, the buzz around Lemonada Media's possible sale, and Overcast's latest update. PRS UK's...
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Season 2
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Episode 83
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1:20:35
Neal Veglio guests; Spotify Comments; Pary Bell from TPX
This week, James is joined by Neal Veglio from Podknows Podcasting - https://podknowspodcasting.co.uk/We speak with Pary Bell from https://www.thepodcastexchange.ca/ and talk about YouTube being #1 (is it?) and Spotify's new Comments fe...
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Season 2
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Episode 82
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56:44
Spotify's innovations, multi-language, and Kim Fox - the Podcast Professor
The latest news and trends in the podcasting industry. In this episode, we discuss Spotify's growing video podcast platform, Buzzsprout's website redesign, the debate around the future of free podcasts, and the podcast landscape in Egypt as exp...
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Season 2
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Episode 81
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54:54
Buzzsprout's new Android app; Zombie Google Podcasts and PodToo
In this episode, hosts James Cridland and Sam Sethi discuss Buzzsprout's new Android app, the New York Times putting podcasts behind a paywall, the fate of Google Podcasts, and YouTube adding a podcasts page. They also interview Alban Brooke fr...
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Season 2
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Episode 80
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49:27
Libsyn integrates with YouTube; plus Riverside's AI Tools and podcast events
Libsyn's integrated with YouTube's API - what does that mean? Plus, Kendall from Riverside spills the beans on the new features, and interviews with Theo Gadd from PodLife Events and Nathan Gathright from episodes.fmLonger interviews ar...
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Season 2
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Episode 79
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50:28
Podcasting in Africa; plus, Spotify's video uploading
We speak with Kevin Y Brown and Jon Savage about the podcast landscape in Africa. Those interviews are in full in the Podnews Extra feed. Also, Spotify's video ambitions, and Alby's removal of support for users in the US causes some concern for...
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Season 2
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Episode 78
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58:51
Spotify to recertify; new Descript version; and rumours!
From an airport lounge in New York, we hear about Descript's new version, and rumours in the industry...What do you think about our new shorter length? Give us feedback using fanmail or our contacts below.
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Season 2
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Episode 77
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48:17
Pacific Content closes; interviews with Pocket Casts and Platform Media
We interview Ellie from Pocket Casts on the future direction of the podcast app; Matthew from Platform Media on why the company was acquired by PodX; and talk about the closure of Pacific Content.We're trying something new this week: tr...
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Season 2
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Episode 76
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