Podnews Weekly Review

This week James Cridland and Sam Sethi talk about: PRX adds V4V using Web MonetisationSpotify says its road to profitability is videoSpotify adds Chapters, Transcripts and Polls - all proprietaryOP3 starts testing a new stats page Chapters (hello, Spotify!)(00:00:00) Podnews Weekly Review(00:10:30) Laura Mayer sells an RSS feed(00:12:38) Podcast One to spin off(00:14:32) Is the podcast industry in market correction?(00:18:27) Spotify adds new things(00:21:25) And Spotify adds better chapter support(00:25:13) Apple and Google's data on us(00:29:40) Adobe Podcasts(00:31:51) Another big name "podcast"(00:33:08) People news(00:33:57) The Tech Stuff(00:44:24) Pod Events(00:47:03) Ad-free in Apple Podcasts(00:48:08) Boostagram Corner(00:51:07) Sam and James's weekSend James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

This Week's Special Guests talk about their podcasting highlights for 2022 and their predictions for 2023.Mark Asquith - Captivate/Global - 2022: News Agents Hits 10m downloads - 2023: Higher Rate CPM’sBenjamin Bellamy- Adures/Castopod- 2022: Federated Social Networks- 2023: AI for podcasting (Stability.AI)Interview: Ad Aures support for OP3 and Castopod updates on ActivityPub plus Cross-Comments. Alban Brooke - Buzzsprout- 2022: Funny Buzzsprout Video- 2023: Podcasters Go Independent, own their IP and sell Premium Content Harry Duran - Podcast Junkies- 2022: Sponsorship beyond the CPM model - 2023: Building communities around shows. Dave Jones- 2022: Live Tag- 2023: Slow Continuous GrowthInterview:  NEW PodPing 2.0 and the Live Item Tag (LIT)Chris Messina - Tech Ride Home- 2022: TwitterSpaces- 2023: AI and Decentralised PaymentsMatt Mederios - Castos- 2022: Podcasting 2.0 movement  - 2023: Direct to Listeners Dan Misener - Bumper- 2022: Seeing friends and clients again- 2023: Audience growth will prove harderJohn Spurlock - OP3- 2022: Over 100 podcast hosts making it a healthy eco-system - 2023: Podcasts will get shorterArielle Nisenblatt- 2022: Travelling the world meeting international podcasters- 2023: More travelling the world meeting international podcasters Neal Veglio- 2022: Removal of the email in RSS- 2023: Split between Big and Little Podcasts Jake Warren - Message Heard- 2022: Winning True Crime at British Podcast Awards- 2023: Podcasters will want to own more of their own IPEVENTS:Podcast Movement Evolutions in Las Vegas - 6th - 10th MarchThe Podcast Show in London -  24th-25th MaySend James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Show Notes & LinksBuzzsprout has posted its network statistics for November Spotify’s Anchor continues to lose market share: it was down to 21.6% of all new podcast episodes in NovemberSXM Media is, once more, #1 for podcasts according to EdisonPocket Casts has raised its annual subscription priceRadioPublic Pro is to discontinuePodnews have updated their list of podcast hosting companiesSpotify has launched 2022 Podcaster WrappedPodping.cloud 2.0 is liveDave Winer published an update on what is RSScloudPodnews now natively supports cross-app comments using ActivityPubJohn Spurlock is showing, and graphing, Podcast Index statisticsPodchaser has launched Podchaser AlertsLooks like Spotify is adding hashtags! Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Special Guests: Dan Misener- co-founder BumperDan Misener has looked at the new topics that Apple Podcasts is automatically allocating to shows (see our coverage on Nov 15, including our topics viewer). He's produced a number of network maps, designed to show links between different shows; and produced episode topic maps for every category in Apple Podcasts. Trevor Bell  - Podcast Producer at The Iron Fist Velvet Glove PodcastTrevor argues that Value4Value is good for podcasting but rewarding podcasters with Satoshis is too early and other means of monetisation maybe better for now. Show Notes and Links Seeing loads of downloads from a mysterious app called Dalvik? You're not alone; they're all coming from Samsung Android phones, and we understand that the downloads are related to Samsung Free, the company's podcast app.Acast is encouraging the use of visual descriptions in podcasts, to make content more accessible for blind or low-vision people.  Acast has launched a self-serve platform for podcast advertising. Hear the early days of podcasting in a special documentary, just added to Podnews Extra.Disctopia and Alby have added integration with “value 4 value” payments.Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

News & LinksAudiobooks are now available on Spotify in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. They'd launched in the US in SeptemberSpotify Updates NotificationsSpotify’s Anchor has added “audio enhancement” to its appSpotify has signed another exclusive: Anything Goes with Emma ChamberlainSpotify announced the expansion of NextGenDan Misener at Bumper has looked at the new topics that Apple Podcasts and he’s produced a number of network maps, designed to show links between different shows; and produced episode topic maps for every category in Apple PodcastsLibsyn has closed its free podcast hosting platform, Libsyn StudioZeitpedia is using Generative AI voices to produce audio news digests. Here’s an AI-generated podcast called World Cup 2022 News NowMatt Mullenweg (@photomatt) said “Come to @tumblr, we're adding activitypub for interconnect"Mastodon has just passed over 2 million active monthly users, a new record! If you add .rss to the end of someone’s account page - then you get an RSS feed. Find Fediverse accounts of your Twitter followers. https://fedifinder.glitch.meLeo Laporte is to retire from radio.Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Special Guests: Chris Messina - co-author of ActivityStrea.ms - Full interview in NEW podcast Podnews Extra. The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] format used by Mastodon and Castopod. It provides a client-to-server API for creating, updating and deleting content and a federated server-to-server API for delivering notifications and content. It is also used for cross-commenting in the Podcasting namespace.  Jay LeBoeuf - DescriptDescript has launched a new version which has more than 30 new visual and AI-powered editing features. The company has also announced a $50m funding round.Top Stories: Spotify has released video podcasts “in 180 global markets”.  The service only works for shows hosted with Anchor, for playback within Spotify.  Podnews analysis of the Podcast Index suggests there are now 53,952 video podcast shows on RSS, up 38% year-on-year.Headliner is now letting you upload your entire podcast to YouTubeConshax is a new value 4 value dashboard that interfaces with your Alby account  - @Dave JacksonApple Podcasts is quietly tagging individual podcast episodes by topicAcast has just announced Keyword TargetingEdison Research posts a 20% y-on-y increase in their latest Share of Ear surveyBrisbane Podcasters meetup - it’s on November 25th in Southbank.Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Welcome to EP 1 of Podnews Weekly with James Cridland and Sam Sethi.Podnews supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastappsSponsored By:  Buzzsprout - brilliant video from Alban Brooke. I want this guy to do a video on Value4Value! - said Adam Curry Special Guest:  Nic Ivanov - CEO Vizzy.fmVizzy, a web-based podcast enrichment platform, is looking for early adopters to use its tool. Images, chapters and links can be added to podcasts, and are viewable using Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Podcast Addict and others.Top Stories:Acast released its financial report for Q3/22Amazon Music Prime users, and Amazon Music Unlimited, now has thousands of ad-free podcasts from AcastThe Podnews Daily podcast is on Amazon Music. Here’s how to add yours.The Fediverse is so much bigger than Mastodon says Castopod. (Castopod has been connected to Mastodon since April 2021) …Dave Jones has also pointed out that this is where cross-app comments live, so it’s a good opportunity for podcasting.If you’re one of the many people making the leap to Mastodon, you might be interested in MastoFeed, a tool to share new episodes of your podcast.Follow us on MastodonJames is  @jamescridland@podcastindex.social Sam is @samsethi@podcastindex.socialPodcast hosting company Libsyn - the first in the world - turns 18 tomorrow. Founded by Dave Mansueto, Matt Hoopes, Marty Mulligan, and Dave Chekan on Nov 5, 2004, here’s the back story and, rescued from the web, Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastappsSpecial Guests:Adam Curry (Podfather) & Dave Jones (Podsage) talk about: How the podcast namespace started?Why it will never be called Podcast 3.0?Why Value4Value has already jumped the ‘Chasm of Adoption’?What new tags are Adam/Dave most excited about in Phase 6 of the namespace?Show Notes & Links:Goodbye to Evo Terra's Podcast Pontifications and hello to The EndBuzzsprout has become the first major podcast host to remove email addresses from RSS feeds. The podcast:txt tag in the new podcast namespace has been formalised. Amazon has made big changes to Amazon Music Prime, including ad-free podcasts.Buzzsprout’s platform stats for September give Amazon Music a 0.7% market share of all podcast downloadsAmazon has “fired half of its Amp live radio division”Elon Musk @elonmusk "Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month."@jack's new alternative to existing social networks like Twitter. https://bsky.appDetail is a new tool built for quickly shooting multi-camera video.Adobe Express PodcastDescript is raising tens of millions of dollars at a $550M valuation. But I think the biggest news is that @OpenAI is leading the round.Castos has built Dynamo, a free tool to Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastappsSpecial Guests:Dylan Pugh - The Sports Podcast Awards 2023 are now open for entry. There are 23 categories and close in mid-November.Show Notes & LinksSpotify has reported its Q3/22 earnings. It has 456m monthly active users (up 20% y-on-y). Ad revenue, led by podcasting, is up 19% y-on-y and 7% q-on-q, at €385m (12.8% of the company’s total revenue). The company lost €228m in the quarter; they predict a loss of €300m in Q4 (but suggest they may also raise their prices, following Apple’s price hike).BBC Sounds, the corporation’s app for radio, music and podcasts, has posted a weekly average of 4.3m users, representing no growth from the previous quarter. ABC’s Annual Report was published. The national broadcaster is seeing 33m downloads per month for its podcasts (p64), up 22% year-on-year. PodcastOne, which closed an $8.1m funding round in July, has posted a number of increased metrics for podcasts in its slate. (Interview next week)Spotify has complained about anti-competitive behaviour from Apple, after Apple “forced” Spotify into what they consider a sub-optimal purchase flow for audiobooks. Apple requires a 30% cut from any in-app purchase.Apple has rejected Spotify’s new app three times from its App Store. It is the latest in a series of confrontations between the two companiesSpotify now indexes 5,523,475 podcasts, according to an app notification. Bryan Barletta looks at the transparencSend James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastappsSpecial Guests:Neal Vigelio - PodknowsBenjamin Bellamy - Ad AuresYassine Doghri - Ad AuresShow Notes & LinksAfter 3+ years, it's OFFICIAL … SquadCast.FM has been awarded a US patent for our Recording Engine with Progressive Uploads Social media app TikTok is preparing to launch a podcast app. TikTok’s parent company also owns Resso, a music streaming service in Brazil, India and Indonesia, which already carries podcasts from hosts like Libsyn.YouTube is rolling out enhanced advertising to podcast listenersSXM Media has discovered where and when people listen to podcasts with others. How many podcasts are you really competing with? Sounds Profitable’s Tom Webster suggests you aren’t competing with four million podcasts: it’s both much worse than that, and also much better than that, if you’d only market your podcast on other media. Read the article in full, and subscribe.Eric Nuzum has written about the power of three, and how we use it to promote podcasts.Nick Hilton asks who owns a podcast’s brand?Spotify has added free access to Podsights and Chartable for Megaphone customers in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.Castopod v1.0 is now officially out The Pocket Casts mobile apps are now open source.Congratulations to friend of the show Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net