
Wondercraft's AI video generation; plus, behind Truefans funding
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We dig into Goalhanger’s funding, Wondercraft’s AI video workflows, music on open RSS with sats, TrueFans’ metrics-first hosting, and the growing gap between downloads and watch time.
• Goalhanger’s community growth strategy with TCG investment
• Shift from ad revenue to events, merch and TV formats
• Community portals vs YouTube and Spotify constraints
• Wondercraft’s audio-to-video workflows and enterprise use
• Visualizing podcasts, editable AI timelines and avatars
• Trials, discounts and API access for automation
• Music on RSS with streaming sats and $1 hosting
• TrueFans’ per‑MB pricing, listen time and bot costs
• Spotify video’s measurement trade-offs and chapters
• TV apps, watch time metrics and platform competition
• Industry moves, awards, and market consolidation
• On-device AI for transcripts and ad detection
• Pricing shock, technical debt and clean redirects
• Useful tools: analytics prefixes, music libraries and zaps
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