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How can I charge for my podcast?
From Supercast to Supporting Cast, and Apple Podcasts Subscriptions - how you can charge for your podcast

How to add your podcast to every podcast directory
We have a daily podcast. Here's where to find it - and all the directory links to add your podcast, too

How to add your podcast to Facebook Podcasts, in pictures
Facebook Podcasts are growing fast - but how do you add your show to Facebook? We have pictures showing you how.

How to get universal links to your podcast for everyone
One link to rule them all - or to get your new listeners. Here's how to get one.

How to use commercial music in your podcast
Can you use commercial music, from records or CDs, in your podcast? No, you can't. Here's a full set of reasons why you can't - without a licence.

Facebook adds a podcast player in its app, powered by Spotify
A podcast player comes to Facebook - as long as you're listed in Spotify

Facebook Podcasts: how to monitor your plays in your logfiles
Is your podcast host measuring Facebook Podcasts correctly? Here's what we saw.

Facebook Podcasts - a coding error means it's not as big as you think
Facebook Podcasts is big, we're told. It might be - but not for listens

Podcasts - do they mean more spam?
If you do a podcast, is your email address being used for marketing emails?

The Podcast Academy: Hernan Lopez keynote at Podcast Movement Evolutions
The full video, and transcript, from Hernan Lopez's keynote speech at Podcast Movement Evolutions 2020 in Los Angeles CA, USA.

The history of podcasting in the UK
How did podcasting get going in the country? And is it really just about the BBC?

The history of the word 'Podcast'
Who invented the word? And who was responsible for getting it used by the community? A full history, with audio, looking at the words used for on-demand audio via RSS.

Podcast market data for your presentations
Slides with market data to use in your presentations

Google Podcasts app: an FAQ for podcasters
All you need to know about Google Podcasts, on apps, the web and smart speakers.

Is the Australian APRA mini-licence a way for podcasters to licence music?
This music licence says it covers podcasting. So does that mean you can use music in your podcasts?

Insecure feeds and audio, and identifiable domains: you don't want them
Insecure feeds and things - why are they bad? Especially, what's the problem with a unique domain name?

Podnews's Google Podcast RSS Helper
A bookmarklet to help people with which RSS feed Google Podcasts is using

New Podcast Trailers
All about our new podcast trailer feed

Advertising and supporting Podnews
Want to support us - or get your company's name out there? Here are the options at Podnews.

Things I learnt when self-hosting my own podcast
Some things learnt after self-hosting a podcast for a while

Submissions and Disclosures
How to submit stories to Podnews; and our relevant editorial disclosures

Your podcast in Podnews
Your podcast on Podnews's podcast pages; and our DMCA request procedure