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Podnews Weekly Review

James Cridland and Sam Sethi

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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 from across the podcast industry.Winner, "Best Podcasting Podcast", 2025 Ear Worthy AwardsSupport the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - keep podcasting!

Episodes (290)

Live from Dallas: open podcasting, what to do with Spotify, and where the medium...

Podnews Weekly Review

Aug 26, 20221:11:23pending

Podverse mobile supports Alby. Libsyn expands to Europe and Canada. Spotify filt...

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Aug 18, 20221:01:06pending

Podcast neighbourhoods, paying to be a guest, and podcast:verify. Evo Terra sits...

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Aug 11, 20221:02:40pending

Who should pay to play? Should guests pay hosts or should listeners pay hosts? #...

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Aug 4, 20221:15:31pending

Good Morning Podcasters! Alby Wallet API delivers Value 4 Value. Hosts RSS.com a...

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Jul 29, 20221:15:21pending

Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the...

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Jul 21, 20221:14:19pending

Hint: It's Really Simple to extend Standards

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Jul 14, 20221:14:20pending

Podverse supports LIT and Video. Fountain rewards users for listening to podcas...

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Jul 8, 202245:52pending

Tom Webster tells us that "creators" are mainly white men under 45 but where are...

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Jul 1, 20221:11:48pending

Acast and GoodPods are building 'Community' by enabling comments. Fountain and...

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Jun 23, 20221:15:33pending

Interview with Ken Miller from Fathom; Spotify buys an AI voice service, Google...

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Jun 16, 202259:17pending

Buzzsprout's Alban Brooke tells us all about their new mid-roll ads platform. Sp...

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Jun 10, 202248:04pending

Dave Jones the Pod Sage talks Value4Value, Sats, Lightning Network, WebLN, Alby...

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Jun 2, 20221:18:51pending

From the Podcast Show 2022 - Jason Carter on the show; Alberto Betella on dodgy...

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May 26, 202257:22pending

Scoop Queen Ashley Carman joins us. Apple announces Podcasts Delegated Delivery....

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May 21, 202256:55pending

It Sounds Interesting now that Tom Webster has announced he is joining Sounds Pr...

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May 12, 202259:04pending

Down Anchor, Goodbye Facebook, Au Revoir Michael Mignano & Tom Webster. Hello S...

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May 5, 202255:05pending

Will video help make the next podcasting star? Anchor, Substack and YouTube thin...

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Apr 28, 20221:30:54pending

Hello to Spotify's new curation and moderation policies. Goodbye to Spotify's Gr...

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Apr 21, 202259:27pending

Internationalise in order to profitise or use swap promos but never ever plagiar...

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Apr 14, 20221:11:42pending

Acast you're still spamming your competition? BBC you're still losing your tale...

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Apr 7, 20221:08:24pending

Like London buses, you wait ages for one new podcast app and three come along at...

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Mar 31, 20221:15:20pending

Podland on tour in LA with Alban Brooke at Podcast Movement talking about the Po...

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Mar 26, 202244:27pending

Acast spam, spam multiple platform updates, spam, Gumball, spam, Websub, spam bu...

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Mar 17, 20221:11:33pending

"Will Video Kill The Podcast Star?" - We interview James O. Boggs and Andy Bower...

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Mar 10, 202258:30pending

Is Youtube the best place for podcasting now? Is Twitter the next place for po...

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Mar 3, 20221:15:54pending

This week's report card: ACast very bad, GoodPods bad, ActivityPub very good and...

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Feb 25, 20221:14:19pending

Crowd Network launches in Manchester, James launches 'Podnews Report Cards', Fac...

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Feb 18, 202256:26pending

Pay Attention, Cash is King, Bitcoin is the native currency of the Internet and...

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Feb 11, 20221:25:01pending

Captivate CEO Mark Asquith talks about the global acquisition and their future....

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Feb 3, 20221:29:05pending

Scott Waxman tells us why books and podcasts fit together? Hala Taha tells us wh...

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Jan 27, 20221:16:29pending

Brad Mielke tells us what he learnt from 1,000 daily podcasts? Effy Kang tells u...

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Jan 20, 20221:10:13pending

Spotify launch call-to-actions cards, ratings but still no Hifi? What's a GUID a...

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Jan 13, 202255:03pending

Jonas Woost, Director Of Strategy at Pacific Content, predicts the near future o...

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Jan 4, 202237:02pending

Fake it until you make it, unless you buy it. Spotify's Megaphone buys Whooshkaa...

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Dec 16, 20211:40:36pending

Spotify may owe millions from missing licenses and may have gained millions from...

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Dec 9, 20211:20:38pending

Winslow Bright talks about licensing music for your podcast. Hint: there is no f...

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Dec 2, 202157:17pending

Happy 1st birthday to us! What will Spotify do with its big M&A war chest, Casta...

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Nov 25, 20211:07:13pending

Podcast listening is growing globally, Spotify advertising and subscriptions are...

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Nov 18, 20211:05:51pending

Podcasting 2.0 is all about an open 'Interoperable' ecosystem of apps using RSS...

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Nov 11, 202157:52pending

Why's everyone going proprietary? Is it time to change the name podcast? Is Jame...

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Nov 4, 202154:35pending

Spotify tells us they're sort of No1. Benjamin Bellamy tells us about the new Re...

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Oct 28, 20211:29:54pending

Bryan Barletta sits in for Sam - Apple's downloads and Spotify's ad sales. Inter...

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Oct 21, 202140:40pending

Dr Brian of London talks Web 3, Podping, Hive and Dairy Cows? James now speaks f...

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Oct 14, 20212:15:12pending

Chris Messina talks about Spotify Ads, the history of open formats on the social...

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Oct 7, 20211:16:20pending

Open RSS rated good by Acast. Closed Apple Podcast app rated bad by its users. #...

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Sep 30, 20211:02:02pending

Research, research everywhere but who is right? Nielsen says podcasting is stil...

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Sep 23, 20211:11:08pending

In our opinion, we need better listener tools - Clips, Comments and Content mode...

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Sep 16, 20211:11:33pending

Passing the RSS buck! Is unmoderated podcasting spreading misinformation? Do pod...

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Sep 9, 20211:11:36pending

Has Google given up on podcasting? Are subscriptions better than ads? Amazon, Sp...

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Sep 2, 202139:02pending
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