WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.680 Making their way to the exit? The latest from podnews.net with Podcastle - create edit publish and grow 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:12.200 We start with an exclusive story for you today 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.080 Spotify is no longer a member of the IAB, 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:21.680 having quietly ceased its membership in the last three months. After we made a press inquiry 00:00:21.680 --> 00:00:27.040 Spotify's Megaphone, Chartable and the Spotify for Podcasters host formerly known as Anchor 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:35.240 were removed from the published list of compliant companies for podcast measurement. They last underwent certification in 2020. 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:43.680 A Spotify spokesperson told Podnews that they're taking a pause and will evaluate a formal membership later this year. 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:48.040 You can read their statement in full in our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net 00:00:48.040 --> 00:00:54.000 They're the largest global digital audio advertising company with ad-supported revenue last quarter of 00:00:54.720 --> 00:01:02.960 $533 million. They're bigger than Sirius XM, iHeart, Cumulus, Audacy and Acast although all those other companies are 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:08.600 IAB members. Well, we'd like to carry views from the rest of the industry about the news later this week 00:01:08.600 --> 00:01:13.920 I'm editor@podnews.net or you can hit the boost button if you have something to say 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:20.960 Meanwhile podcast hosting company Podbean has also been removed from the list of IAB compliant companies 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:25.840 They were last certified in 2020 the IAB's compliance certification guide 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:30.560 states that a company must submit for certification at least once in the past 12 months 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:35.920 Last week Libsyn was recertified under the IAB podcast measurement guidelines. 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:41.280 Captivate and Buzzsprout were last certified under version 2.0 in 2020, 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:49.520 but both companies are in the process of recertification. We're told the IAB doesn't publish the costs for undergoing podcast measurement 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:54.640 certification, so we have, and you'll find those in our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:59.920 Meanwhile Realm has selected Flightpath as an ad revenue optimization tool. 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:03.680 City University of London is looking for a podcaster in residence. 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:09.440 The position is open to early career practitioners with under five years of professional experience. 00:02:09.440 --> 00:02:17.440 The university is also offering scholarships and bursaries to UK based students in a program funded by Spotify and Goalhanger. 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:26.000 Spotify have written about how the company approaches safety and from the archive Dan Misener has written about Jimmy and the magic pizza shop: 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:31.440 it's a parable on why he feels it's important to have measurement guidelines that we all agree on 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:37.360 And thank you to Marketing Leadership with Dots Oyebolu for becoming our latest gold supporter 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:43.120 We appreciate your support which allows us to better resource our independent journalism around podcasting 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:49.200 You can be like Dots and support us too - and thank you if you will - at podnews.net/support 00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:53.440 In people news: if you want to work on one of the top 15 podcasts in the UK, 00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:59.920 Global is looking for an executive podcast producer for The News Agents. You'll find that at podnews.net/jobs 00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:06.240 Time for some tech stuff, and you can now follow your favorite podcast on the fediverse - Mastodon Pleroma and similar. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:11.040 It's a website called podcastAP which will help you find the automated accounts. 00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:13.200 You can even upload OMPL to it. 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:21.280 We're now rate limiting our podcast pages after significant sustained crawling from ip addresses belonging to Microsoft. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:26.640 You, and they, can download a complete podcast database from the Podcast Index anyway. 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:32.560 Extra costs for us have been quite substantial. They've cost us well over 750 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:36.240 dollars. If anybody's got Bill Gates's address we'd appreciate it. 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:40.720 Spotify has support for chapters - well Podlove's chapters anyway. 00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:44.720 We link to a show with chapter points in it hosted by RSSBlue. 00:03:44.720 --> 00:03:50.560 Truefans got a good magazine article write-up in the City University of London alumni magazine. 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:58.480 And open podcast analytics service OP3 has added a new API and renamed one. They're also looking for translations. 00:03:58.480 --> 00:04:07.040 And in podcast news: in Podcasting 2.0 with Adam Curry and Dave Jones, the CEO of Truefans Sam Sethi is guest this week. 00:04:07.600 --> 00:04:12.800 After controversial comedian Jimmy Carr made a controversial joke that caused controversy in the press, 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:18.400 he's the latest guest on Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps today. 00:04:18.400 --> 00:04:24.000 Carr has a new Netflix special out, what a coincidence given his controversial joke that we mentioned earlier. 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:29.280 He talks cancel culture, outrage archaeology, and the joke that will end his career. 00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:37.440 The Price of Paradise is new today from Wondery: the true story of two women who found themselves on the opposite sides of the same battle. 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:42.640 Dog parks are important public spaces. argues a new podcast called Dog 00:04:42.640 --> 00:04:46.560 Parkology and on the Media Voices podcast this week 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:53.600 I talk about running a newsletter and the podcast industry apparently I say there's a tale of two industries at the moment 00:04:53.600 --> 00:05:00.080 There's the US which is probably overheated, and then there's the rest of the world, where slow and steady wins the race. 00:05:00.080 --> 00:05:04.880 Trailers for selected shows are in our podcast called New Podcast Trailers 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:12.320 And we're sponsored by Podcastle. 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