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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 from across the podcast industry. Winner, "Best Podcasting Podcast", 2025 Ear Worthy Awards Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - keep podcasting!
James Cridland and Sam Sethi hosts Podnews Weekly Review, a news show with 293 episodes published.
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail (This uses Buzzsprout's CoHost AI summary. Buzzsprout is our sponsor.) We question whether Netflix can make podcasts work without chasing YouTube’s time-spent game, and we map wh
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Losh Moodaley's article: https://podnews.net/article/beyond-the-cpm-podcast-advertising We test whether a 30-second threshold actually changes podcast stats, then pull apart why
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We discover how the Locked On Podcast Network got going, and dive into more details about the new YouGov report showing how listeners consume podcast ads. Plus, plenty more. Supp
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Sam and James chat with Brian Conlan and Mark Asquith about Captivate and DAX US working together to monetize more podcasts; and to Dino Sofos about this year's Crossed Wires fes
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We pick apart Spotify’s investor-day announcements and ask what its AI-first roadmap means for podcast creators, monetisation, and trust. We also talk to the co-founders of BIPOC
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We chat with Rox Codes from Flightcast, talk about the 'cavalcade of crap' from AI, and spill all the tea on a successful show. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@po
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Amazon Music joins the video podcast race with HLS and RSS alternate enclosure support. Yay! Plus, we speak with PodVision about their successful indie show; and the developer of
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Apple Podcasts video moves from theory to real-world distribution, and we pressure-test what HLS streaming changes for pricing, analytics, approvals, and the open RSS ecosystem.
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Are we sinking under a sea of AI slop? How do we fix it? Sam talks with Alberto Betella to find out. • iHeartMedia and SiriusXM merger chatter and what it could mean for sharehol
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Spotify’s editorial lead explains how promotion works when there is no submission form and why retention plus clarity beat cleverness. We also debate video’s role in discovery, d
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail AI is now publishing podcasts at a pace that can outstrip humans, and we feel the knock-on effects in discovery, trust, and monetisation. We trace how copycats and AI slop farms
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We track the money moving into paid podcast subscriptions as Patreon reports record creator earnings, then follow the ripple effects across platforms, hosting, and video. Along t
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Please visit podnews.net/reportcard and fill out the questionnaire! We get into the real fight over podcast transcripts: where they should live, how they should be formatted, and
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Why does James sound so different in the intro? Because he's standing in Hong Kong airport waiting to get onto an aeroplane, that's why. This week: Spotify quietly trims its podc
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Apple’s push for HLS video in Apple Podcasts sparks a hard look at hosting costs, creator economics, and what “video podcasting” will really mean once pricing lands. We also dig
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We break down the newest podcast industry data and the platform moves that are quietly reshaping how people watch and listen. We debate what success should mean when YouTube lead
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Apple’s HLS video support, Triton’s roadmap, and the real cost of video collide with questions about measurement, privacy, and control. We chat with Sharon Taylor from Triton Dig
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We break down Apple’s video podcast rollout, why HLS matters for reliability, and what ad skipping really looks like. Then Supercast’s CEO shares how subscriptions scale, followe
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Apple turns on HLS video in Apple Podcasts and rewrites the business rules while keeping files with hosts. We unpack the listener experience, creator workflows, dynamic ads, cost
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail (This audio contains a fix for part of Tony's audio) (These show notes are using Buzzsprout's CoHost tool. Buzzsprout are our sponsor and very good at podcast hosting and all tha
Mark Asquith
That British Podcast Guy · Captivate FM
1 appearance on this show
Neil
Chappy · Retro Collective
1 appearance on this show
Bryan Barletta
President · Sounds Profitable and Podcast Movement
1 appearance on this show
Kattie Laur
podcast expert · PodTheNorth
1 appearance on this show
Sharon Taylor
Chief Revenue Officer · Triton Digital
1 appearance on this show
Justin Jackson
former UNC All-American · University of North Carolina
1 appearance on this show
Tony Doe
1 appearance on this show
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