Guest Interviews:

Show Notes:

1. Spotify

Spotify is the top podcast network in the US based on reach, according to new data from Edison Research.
Spotify now has separate home feeds for Music and Podcasts & Shows!
Audiobooks are coming to Spotify “reasonably soon”, according to CFO Paul Vogel.

2. Alby

Alby has launched an analytics website for Value 4 Value, the podcast funding method from the Podcast Index. The website, called SATurn, gives a full view of payments made on the Value 4 Value system and interfaces with your Alby wallet. It's free to use, and includes a live feed much like Helipad.
Now everyone with an Alby #Lightning Address can get their very own 'My Alby Page'.
- Sam Page: https://getalby.com/p/sam
- James Page: https://getalby.com/p/james
Alby also brought #bitcoin to Linktree in their latest release.

3. Other

Balcao claims it is a new decentralised podcast platform
Podcast Index’s websites are no longer going to store any user’s email address. Emails will be stored hashed in future, according to Dave Jones
iOS16 - new support for a useragent in AppleCoreMedia. Podcast images are much larger on the lockscreen, including support for embedded chapter images.
Gramrphone, a live music startup, has announced integration with TikTok.
Podcast discovery tool Goodpods has launched a website
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