Podnews Weekly Review
The last word in podcasting news. Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review the week's top stories from Podnews; and interview some of the biggest names making the news. Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - keep podcasting!
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Edison Research Vice President Megan Lazovic joins us to unpack key findings from the Infinite Dial 2025 report and explore the growing phenomenon of podcast fandom.
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Audio UK is an industry body dedicated to advancing the UK audio sector through innovation, creator support, and driving sustainable growth for podcasts, radio, and audiobooks. We talk with Chloe Straw.
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We chat with Megan Lazovick from Edison Research, Chloe Straw from AudioUK, and Podcast Nation - and talk YouTube
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A full interview with Matt on the future of Podcasting 2.0, and his view of Tom Webster's recent article.
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We speak with Matt Medeiros on Podcasting 3.0, and how to fix Podcasting 2.0. Plus, the Infinite Dial 2025, and more podcast industry news.
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Annalise Nielsen shares her expert insights on YouTube's dominance in podcast consumption and why video strategy needs careful consideration rather than automatic implementation. She explains how different audiences require different approaches to content creation and platform distribution.
• YouTube is now the top platform for podcast consumption, but this doesn't mean video is right for every show
• Only ab...
We chat with Annalise from Pacific Content about how video fits into podcasting, live events and shows, and women in podcasting. Plus, lots of Spotify news.
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A full version of an interview with Adam and Dave about their new product.
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We talk about Godcaster, and also catch up with the week's news. (A long interview with Adam and Dave on Monday here).
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We speak with Morten Strunge of Podimo about the company's success in hitting one million paid subscribers; and Jay Nachlis from Coleman Insights about their testing tool, the Pod Predictor.
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Rockie talks about why the new podcast namespace excites her, and how to grow podcasting by making it simpler.
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We chat with Rockie Thomas, who is very excited about the potential of live podcasts. And, we cover new developments in the industry, including a look at one podcast that claimed Podcasting 2.0 has failed.
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Sam and James talk about Spotify's recently revealed creator payments for podcasters, and Acast's profitable year
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James chats with David Bodycombe on how he produces video for Tom Scott's Lateral podcast.
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We speak with Kendall Breitman from Riverside on their new tools; and with David Bodycombe on reasons why video podcasting is a good thing after all.
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We speak with Andreea Coscai from EuroWaves about Europe's growth; and talk TuneIn, as well as a ton of numbers
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We're late - sorry. But we're here. We use chapters, so if you use chapters too, feel free to jump to stories that interest you!
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The full interview with Stuart Last from last Friday - including why his company is focusing on "baked-in" ad reads.
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Sam and James cover the news since we last did a "real" show - including Spotify, Global Radio, and live streaming. Plus, we hear from Audioboom's CEO, Stuart Last, on the company's 2024.
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James and Sam predict the podcast industry's 2025.
We're back with our normal show next week; Podnews has been producing updated news throughout the holiday period - you can read that over at https://podnews.net/
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