Spotify launch audiobooks, it costs extra. Acast layoff 15% seeking profitability. Transistor.fm supports the Open Podcast Prefix Project. Ivy.fm supports multiple Podcast Index Namespace tags. RSS Blue supports Alby and Fountain digital wallets.

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Notes & Links: 

• Spotify has launched audiobooks (in the US only). Audiobooks are an extra cost and you’ll be taken to a website to purchase them.
• Spotify has signed a deal with Wattpad to bring Indonesian and Filipino webnovel authors to podcasting.
• Spotify’s video podcasting service is apparently being used to pirate movies
• Spotify’s Chartable, an analytics and attribution service, is to lower its prices by 50%
• Acast is to lay off around 70 people (15% of its staff)
• The Open Podcast Prefix Project has been launched by John Spurlock. 
• INTERVIEW: JOHN SPURLOCK NEXT WEEK
• Transistor now supports the Open Podcast Prefix project 
• Apple Podcasts wants a website link for your podcast
• Podimo, the European subscription podcast service, has raised €58.6m ($58.5m) in funding. It had previously raised more than $116m.
• INTERVIEW: MORTEN CEO PODIMO NEXT WEEK
• Ivy.fm now supports transcripts, soundbites, and location from the Podcast Index namespace!
• Captivate has just announced v2 of their dynamic content and monetisation engine AMIE
• RSS Blue has added support for Alby and Fountain d

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