On this episode, we spoke with James Cridland, Editor of leading podcast news site Podnews.

Podcasting is on the rise, with 96,500 new podcasts in May 2020 alone. In this episode we discussed a number of topics related to podcasting, including:

Is Podcasting is on the increase?
The half-life of a podcast series
Is podcasting the new blogging?
How Podnews started
Producing a daily podcast and newsletter
The future of RSS
Apple's dominance in RSS standards
Spotify as a competitor
Is Google number 3 in Podcasting?
Is the Joe Rogan/Spotify deal the first of many?
Will we see the rise of "walled gardens"?
Apple's dominance with podcast discovery
IMDB as a podcast directory?
The importance of measurement & monetisation
Monetisation beyond advertising
The future of corporate podcasting
Private corporate podcasting
What is the future of podcasting?

Quick fire round

Favourite Podcast
Favourite podcast app
Apple or Spotify?
Favourite length of podcast
The last podcast you listened to

Three things to take advantage of podcasting

Subscribe to Podnews.net
Listen to other podcasts
Learn how to edit audio

More information on James can be found at jamescridland.net

The podcasts and products mentioned on the podcast are listed below

Podcast Festival - podcastfestival.events

The Bugle Podcast
Freenoter Podcast
Audacity
Adobe Audition
Hindenberg Journalist Pro

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S2 Episode 8: The Future of Podcasting with Podnews Editor James Cridland