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Canva integration, MGM studios, Netflix, images not showing up while searching on Google for podcasts, Artwork specs (yep, again,) all kinds of Apple Podcasts stuff including a very interesting word being censored that starts with m, and this time the stats convo is all about Call Her Daddy! Join the beta! beta.libsyn.com/key/libsynbeta Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message here: https://voicelink.fm/thefeed. We'd love to hear from you!** SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! https://thefeed.libsyn.com/contact Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:08 PROMO 1: Not Just Another Religion and Politics Podcast 3:36 Rob and Elsie Conversation Canva integration! Amazon acquired MGM Studios and what that means for podcasting Netflix is ‘expanding’ it’s podcasting footprint 21:54 Voice feedback about Voicelink.fm from Neal How important is your description to find potential listeners? Why when searching on Google for podcasts, some results come out with images and some without? Artwork specs! Yep, we mention them again and how the wrong specs could possibly cause issues with some podcast apps updating 35:48 PROMO 2: I Love Kentucky IAB stats vs unique download stats Double episodes in Apple Podcasts 42:54 Audio feedback from Jonathan about our meet-up on shownotes! via Voicelink.fm Apple Podcasts, shownotes and iOS 14.6 Good stuff about Apple supporting people with disabilities Apple has expanded their affiliate program to cover podcast subscriptions! Podcasters - hobby vs career Worst email of the week: how to profit from your audience Spotify brought downloaded podcasts to Apple Watch Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces! IAB’s survey of podcast ad revenue There is a word that’s being censored in Apple Podcasts as a verb, not a noun 1:13:35 PROMO 3: The Strokecast Stats EXTRA! No end of the month data yet, as when we recorded the episode it was not the end of the show Talking about Call Her Daddy as number 5 for Podtrac Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Not Just Another Religion and Politics Podcast PROMO 2: I Love Kentucky PROMO 3: The Strokecast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Libsyn 5 Update! Webinar Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion Streaming Giant Netflix Is Expanding Its Podcasting Footprint Apple previews powerful software updates designed for people with disabilities Apple Introduces Affiliate Program for Podcasts Subscriptions Why A Podcast Is A ‘Hobby’ For Apple And ‘Career’ For Spotify Spotify brings offline listening to the Apple Watch, at last Spaces is here, let’s chat U.S. Podcast Ad Revenues Grew 19% YoY in 2020; set to exceed $1B this year and $2B by 2023 Barstool’s ‘Call Her Daddy’ Returns To Top Five In April. The Call Her Daddy season finale DEI For Podcasters Audience Value and Growth Elsie will be joining the Podcasting, Seriously club in Clubhouse, come hang out with her! You can join the club to check her out on June 9 at 4 pm ET. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

OMG Audacity was acquired, clarifying more about the Apple Podcasts summary tag, how to get promoted on Amazon Music, podcasting music history, testing a new voice feedback service, stats, geographic and user agent and folks listening to this, we have a segment where we speak to your Amazon smart speaker — over and over and over — so please make sure you’re wearing headphones! SIGN UP FOR OUR WEBINAR RE: LIBSYN 5! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/l5update Join the beta! beta.libsyn.com/key/libsynbeta Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message here: https://voicelink.fm/thefeed. We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! https://thefeed.libsyn.com/contact Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:58 PROMO 1: Your Brain on Facts 3:28 Rob and Elsie Conversation Talking about the Apple Podcasts summary tag and why you should no longer use it Audacity was acquired! WUT? Apple Podcasts has been working around the clock to get the issues cleaned up! Getting a new Apple ID to log into Apple Podcasts Connect A service for your listeners to get your podcast delivered via email - it’s called Blogtrottr 14:44 What do you need to know about podcasting privacy? Audio feedback from Stacy Shout-out to Voicelink.fm Started publishing episodes 2 times a week and podcast downloads went down by a lot - help? 25:30 PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific How to get your show promoted on the Amazon Music service! Elsie and Rob might turn on your Alexa as they talk through asking Alexa to play a podcast How to figure out how many plays or downloads are coming from the Libsyn player on the website 33:47 Does libsyn also offer website hosting? Audio feedback from Chaplain Jared Spotify adds timestamped podcast sharing! 41:27 A bit of music in podcasting history - audio feedback from Jason Sometimes seasons make podcast episodes disappear Best tweet of the week! Worst email of the week 54:10 PROMO 3: Louisville Cycling Podcast Stats! Geographic and user agent Where have we been? In A Few Minutes and Podcasting for Coaches Where are we going? We Are Podcasts, Libsyn Meet-up and Libsyn Webinars Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Your Brain On Facts PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific PROMO 3: Louisville Cycling Podcast Stacy from Diabetes Connection Chaplain Jared from The Christian Meditation Podcast Jason from from Radio BSOTS Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Audacity has been acquired by Muse Group, which also owns MuseScore and Ultimate Guitar Blogtrottr Voicelink.fm Amazon Music Podcasts Listen On Amazon Music Buttons Spotify adds timestamped podcast sharing and other social features CC Mixter Best tweet of the week from And Now We Drink Rob on Ken Ray’s In A Few Minutes 107: Getting to Know Libsyn 5 and Glow.fm with Elsie Escobar - from Podcasting For Coaches Libsyn 5 Update! Webinar Podcast Episode Notes Deep Dive Meet-up DEI For Podcasters Audience Value and Growth HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Starting off right off the bat with a ton of information and the mind-blowing amount of podcasting news: The Apple Event, subscriptions, Spotify, Facebook, Libsyn 5 & feedback, clarification about tags, keywords, and categories on Apple Podcasts, using the Zoom H2N as an external microphone, and of course mean and median numbers Come hang out with Elsie Escobar and Rob Greenlee in the very first Clubhouse event in club LibsynPod! May 4 at 3 pm ET - You can join through this link! https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/libsynpod So sorry, iOS only for now 🥺 Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:15 PROMO 1: Thrive Sister Thrive! 3:43 Rob and Elsie Conversation 6:03 Getting to it, the Apple Event and podcasting! 7:53 What about those Apple Podcasts subscriptions? And the trouble? iPad Pros, pretty iMacs and such 25:51 Spotify and Facebook 31:13 Spotify subscriptions! “Will we be able to distribute our podcasts to Facebook?” 44:05 A bit of an update about Libsyn 5 Getting 3 hosts and guests on the individual episodes that they are on Search traffic has dropped 40% for Joe Rogan since his Spotify exclusive began 53:36 PROMO 2: The Salty Yak Podcast Where has podcasting been? In movies and commercials! What about those tags and keywords? 58:35 Clarification about categories, and will they give you more exposure? Getting your show back on Spotify 1:01:43 Using an H2N to podcast - Elsie tips! Timecodes and dynamic ad insertions 1:10:46 PROMO 3: The Radio Vagabond 1:11:18 Stats: mean and median Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Thrive Sister Thrive! PROMO 2: The Salty Yak Podcast PROMO 3: The Radio Vagabond Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! The Apple 2021 Event Share, Explore, and Discover Music and Podcasts via Spotify in the Facebook App Spotify launches podcast subscriptions, but you can’t subscribe in-app Facebook is building its own in-app podcast player Be Heard: Bringing Social Audio Experiences to Facebook What Radio Broadcasters Need to Know About Facebook and Apple’s Podcasting Announcements Apple Podcasts Hosts and Guests Google Searches for ‘Joe Rogan’ Have Dropped 40% Since His Spotify Exclusive Began HUMIRA Commercial: ‘Remission Is Possible’ (2021) The Libsyn 5 where you can see Elsie using the H2N with the 3 year old bangs The LibsynPod on Clubhouse! Libsyn 5 Update Webinar! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Recap on acquisitions and of course Glow, iOS 14.5 (again,) listener privacy, Feedburner coming back from the dead? Amazon Music in more countries Shout-outs from Elsie, the RIAA busy with takedown notices and podcasters needing to get DMCA takedown lessons, plus of course stats, geographic and user agent! SIGN UP FOR SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES FOR PODCASTERS!  Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:38 PROMO 1: The Audiophile Style Podcast 4:20 Rob and Elsie Conversation Recap of all the things acquisitions and of course Glow Glow and MyLibsyn? Guess what? iOS 14.5 should be out by the time this episode is out Listener privacy is not a roadblock to get around 33:05 PROMO 2: K12Science Podcast Feedburner is not dead! Amazon Music has opened up access to more countries and they have a new portal Apple Podcasts making recommendations? Publishing to social media from Libsyn and optimizing what it looks like Google has 100 million installs of Google Podcasts! Elsie has some shout-outs: Britany Felix, Jeni Wren Stottrup, Lauren Wrighton and Sam Sethi The RIAA is busy with takedown notices for podcasters It looks like someone else on Anchor completely pirated another podcast Time for a DMCA takedown lesson 1:09:48 PROMO 3: Making Ways Podcast Stats! Geographic and user agent The next inflection point is iOS vs Android Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Audiophile Style Podcast PROMO 2: K12Science Podcast PROMO 3: Making Ways Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Difference Between the Current & NEW Apple Podcast App Apple Is Rejecting Apps That Use Third-Party Code For Alleged Privacy Infractions Kara Swisher Interviews Apple CEO Cook for Sway Upcoming changes to FeedBurner in July 2021 Amazon Prime Music Launches Podcasts in India: All You Need to Know Google Podcasts hits 100 million installs on Android, proving people might care about RSS after all Sample DMCA Take Down Letter Elsie on The Podcaster’s Forum with Jeni — Facebook Group What to expect from the new Libsyn with Elsie Escobar It’s all about the numbers! Google 100m, Amazon 1.5bn, Podcast Index 2.7m plus interviews with Juliana Meyer CEO Supapass and Elsie Escobar Libsyn. Podland Episode Elsie Escobar – Build Your Own Position - Ep 50 of Build Your Backup Plan Podcasting Plots to Retain New Listeners Post-Pandemic by Embracing Niche Topics, New Promotional Strategies Rob on Mindgap HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Another BONUS episode and another acquisition! Libsyn has acquired Glow.FM and we have Founder Amira Valliani with inside scoop on what it is, who it’s for and why Libsyn! LINKS LINKS LINKS! Crowdcast Webinar with Amira from Glow.FM Interested in signing up for Glow? Fill out this form! Glow.FM Refer-o-Matic Glow.FM press release Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page Demystifying Visibility: Podcast Branding Beyond the Cover Art

All the Libsyn news! Libsyn 5 beta is released, Libsyn acquires Advertisecast, Samsung Podcasts are in the house 🔥 Plus Apple teams up with Common Sense Media, Audacy, email worst practices, breaking down the steps to DMCA takedown notices, Podstatus, and of course Mean and Median numbers! SIGN UP FOR THE LIBSYN 5 DEMO AND QA WEBINAR! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:48 PROMO 1: Unitatiran Christian Alliance 4:18 Rob and Elsie Conversation Floods and van breakdowns Libsyn 5! Advertisecast! Samsung Podcasts! Apple teaming up with Common Sense Media Where do Soundcloud analytics come from? 32:46 Audio feedback from Michael from Gospel in Real Life Congratulations to Dave Ramsey on hitting the 1 billion download mark How is Clubhouse the same as Second Life, Snapchat, Meerkat, and Periscope? Say hello to Audacy 41:08 PROMO 2: Dance of Joy - A Perfect Strangers Rewatch When you wish folks wouldn’t just blanket email all the podcasters ever And please don’t add public email addresses to your email list just because they are public and interested in the same things that you are 54:53 The step by step of DMCA takedowns for podcast hosts 1:03:26 How to ask Apple to take down an anti-semite review Listen Notes global rankings and listen scores Thoughts on Podstatus? 1:13:24 PROMO 3: The Jock and Nerd Podcast 1:14:33 Stats! Mean and Median 1:16:54 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Unitarian Christian Alliance PROMO 2: Dance of Joy: A Perfect Strangers Rewatch PROMO 3: The Jock and Nerd Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn to Match #Reviews4Good Donations on Libsyn Hosted-Podcasts! Podcast Movement University Product Release Libsyn 5 Beta 1.0 Libsyn 5 on Libsyn Libsyn Announces Agreements to Acquire AdvertiseCast & Raise $25 Million in New Equity Commitments Libsyn Launch Partnership with “Listen” Tab of Samsung Free Bonus The Feed Samsung Episode The Ramsey Show Hits One Billion Podcast Downloads Livestreaming app Periscope will shut down on April 1 345: Hovering Over My Desk on New Years Eve Entercom Changes Name to Audacy, Kills Off Radio.com Brand Podsafe music Podstatus What to expect from the new Libsyn with Elsie Escobar Planet Progress the new podcast from Google.org Impact Challenge with a trailer voiced by Elsie! Social Media Best Practices for Podcasters! Free webinar for podcasters! featuring Erik Fisher from Agorapulse HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Announcing our new Samsung destination! We are once again a launch partner, this time with Samsung as they bring podcasts under the “Listen” tab in the Samsung Free application! Listen to get the scoop 🎧 LINKS LINKS LINKS! The Samsung blog post! Form to submit your show to Samsung Samsung Free webpage Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page Demystifying Visibility: Podcast Branding Beyond the Cover Art

More acquisitions, breaking down iOS 14.5 updates, plus a bit of a clarification from Rob, the privacy conversation and when the pendulum swings back, The Feed was listened to in the Arctic! Podcasters on the cover of a magazine, the worth of festivals and awards, stats geographic and user agent plus a bonus recap of The Infinite Dial data! SIGN UP FOR THE LIBSYN 5 DEMO AND QA WEBINAR! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:59 PROMO 1: Backyard Ecology 3:28 Rob and Elsie Convo! Podcorn acquired by Entercom Update on iOS 14.5 and the new features When eCamm Call Recorder keeps working Auto-updating player that updates to the latest episode 15:38 Audio feedback - listener privacy The pendulum swinging back, when a brand does not want to advertise with you if you are tracking your audience Questions about Gaana’s TOS Our show was listened to in the Arctic! This is amazing!!! A request to Apple and Spotify to offer prepaid music plans for military members Overcast episode artwork changes, how and when does that happen? 27:53 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy Where have YOU been? Getting featured on a magazine cover! Festivals and awards shows, are they worth it? Do podcast category settings have an impact on search in Apple Podcasts? When the world’s biggest flower is your episode artwork Good bots and bad bots 42:27 PROMO 3: Mojo For Musicians 43:00 STATS: Geographic and user agent A recap of the Infinite Dial data Where have we been Where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Radiant Fire Radio PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy PROMO 3: Mojo for Musicians Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Entercom Buys Podcorn Podcasting Ad-Tech Platform For Up To $22.5 Million The Difference Between the Current & NEW Apple Podcast App LARGEST FLOWER PICTURE! Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Solutions and optimism that drive conservation the infinite dial 2021 Demystifying Visibility: Podcast Branding Beyond the Cover Art - if you missed it you can get the replay! Libsyn 5 Q & A and Demo - if you missed it you can get the replay! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Updates! Apple Podcasts 14.5 and what you should expect, The most important information for podcasters from the Spotify event, Podcast Movement submissions are open, CDPA is signed into law and what that means for podcasting, no, Spotify is not bigger than Apple Podcasts, mean and median download numbers + bonus data on the appropriate length for podcast episodes. If you’re interested in Podcast Branding and how that can help you grow your show attend our free webinar! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:59 PROMO 1: Backyard Ecology 3:21 Rob and Elsie Convo! It seems like Vitamin D looks just like Melatonin, now you know Update on Apple Podcasts iOS 14.5 and what you should expect The most important information for podcasters from the Spotify event Goats traveling in cars Elsie got a new standing boom arm Podcast Movement submission are open An article about podcasting and adtech that got things right Virginia’s governor signed CDPA into law and what that means for privacy and podcasting What to look for when you’re asked to be part of a podcast network Where have YOU been? Why Wondercon@Home of course! 12 years of Tapping Q & A! Happy birthday! 41:14 PROMO 2: Location Sound Podcast Why did you leave us? Flaky co-hosts! Is there a way to upload a different picture or size graphic for YouTube? It seems like the narrative of Spotify being bigger than Apple Podcasts is still going strong 50:48 PROMO 3: Podcast4Scifi 51:18 Stats, stats, stats! Median and mean numbers! What is the appropriate length of a podcast? We’ve got data Where have you been? Slumberland, Podwoman and Amplifying Her Voice Where are we going? Awesome Libsyn webinars! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Backyard Ecology PROMO 2: Location Sound Podcast PROMO 3: Podcast4Scifi Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Podcast Companies Are Betting on Advertising Technology to Boost Business, but Some Remain Hesitant Virginia’s Gov. Signs The Customer Data Protection Act Into Law Spotify podcast listener numbers will surpass Apple’s this year Spotify Bigger Than Apple? Really? Elsie on Slumberland “Sugar Smacks” PODWOMAN Amplifying Her Voice Demystifying Visibility: Podcast Branding Beyond the Cover Art Libsyn 5 Q & A and Demo HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

So many acquisitions! And this time we get in the game with acquiring Auxbus, chatting about Quilt, Spotify takedowns and patents, Vurbl, podcaster in the news, updates on the Google block tag, and Apple Podcasts podcasting strategy plus download stats, this time geographic and user agent! GET A FREE PODFEST GLOBAL TICKET! Use coupon code libsyn5 for a free entry level pass! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:19 PROMO 1: Living a Life in Full 2:56 Rob and Elsie Convo! An update on Super Bowl advertising numbers. Woah. Feedback for speaking truth and a goat zoom call service! We purchased AuxBus, yahoo! iHeart has acquired Triton from Scripps And goodness, MORE Acast acquired RadioPublic Quilt! Another audio community Spotify was sending out some notifications of podcasts that were removed for content takedowns And Spotify there was a story going around about a Spotify patent that would allow them to suggest audio content based on your mood 18:50 Audio feedback from Moxie, so let’s talk about Vurbl Where have you been? Congrats to Kimberly Sumpter 27:00 PROMO 2: Sneaky Art Podcast eCamm Call Recorder is going away! And what we are doing to adjust More numbering questions Why would you want to add the Google block tag to your feed? We got an answer! Ad insertion tool feedback Podcasts on Amazon Music are now available in Canada Why did you leave us segment Remember when we first talked about Apple Podcasts and their possible strategy for creating podcasts? Followed up by covering what has just been announced about Apple Podcasts and their podcasting strategy 45:56 PROMO 3: Weird Darkness Advanced stats! Geographic and user agent Where have we been? Where are we going: PODFEST! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Living a Life in Full PROMO 2: Sneaky Art Podcast PROMO 3: Weird Darkness Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) CBS Set Super Bowl Record With $545M In Ad Revenue, Research Firm Estimates Auxbus PR IHeartMedia to buy Triton Digital for $230 million in podcast push Acast acquires podcasting startup RadioPublic Quilt, an audio social network focused on self care, raises $3.5 million in seed Spotify’s latest invention monitors your speech, determines your emotional state…and suggests music based on it Kimberly Sumpter video on local news! Call Recorder for Skype is joining the Hall of Fame Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals For All Mankind: The Official Podcas‪t Paid Content Subscriptions - Selling Your Podcast webinar! PODWOMAN Amplifying Her Voice HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page