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Apple Podcasts can now be installed as an Android app, after the
company made some unannounced
changes to its website. While the app isn't available in the
Google Play Store, it can
now be installed to work identically to an app on Android phones,
appearing in your app
drawer with the opportunity to buy premium subscriptions and
full localisation in different
languages. We'll link to how to install it today in our show
notes and our newsletter
at podnews.net. It's a helpful way for Android users to access
premium subscriptions and
help support their favourite shows.
Riverside has raised $30 million in a new funding round. It
previously has raised $47
million so far. The company has around 165 employees and aims to
be profitable in the
next two years. The company has also launched a multitrack
editing tool last week, which
works for both audio and video productions.
You can now include a timestamp when sharing a podcast from
YouTube Music. You've been
able to do this from YouTube Main for some time. Spotify and
Apple Podcasts also have
that functionality. Magellan AI is now tracking how brands are
using Programmatic and Run
of Network podcast ads. The new functionality also gives example
campaign creatives.
Podcast One has launched Podcast One Pro, a podcast production
service. Pricing includes
promotion across Podcast One shows. Why did Marco Arment remove
the little green "Support
this podcast" button from Overcast? In the accidental tech
podcast in a chapter called
Features with Ad but for Apple, he shares the reasons why.
Firstly, very few people
used it. And secondly, he was worried Apple would reject the app
from the App Store. He
suggests he's dropped other ideas for helping podcasters earn
revenue because he was concerned
that Apple wouldn't approve them.
Marco Arment: The real harm that's done is all those ideas out there that
people talk themselves out
of even trying. So there's this overall chilling effect on the
ecosystem when we know there's
all this potential that could be really great. But we kind of
think, well, Apple probably
wouldn't like that or probably wouldn't allow that. So we don't
even try.
James Cridland: Chartable has emailed users to remind them to remove the Chartable
prefix before Thursday.
Smart links will stop working too, although if you're with
Spotify's Megaphone, everything
will still work. We have a list of alternatives. You'll find
those linked from our show notes
and our newsletter at podnews.net along with Chartable's email.
Video equipment company RØDE has announced the Wireless Go Gen3,
a new version of the
wireless microphone system. In the UK, the finalists for the
Political Podcast Awards
2025 were announced. Of the 29 finalists, 10 are with Acast. In
Australia, ARN's iHeart
is to sell advertising within BBC podcasts. 900,000 Australians
- that's 4% of all adults
- listen to BBC content every month.
Developer podcast network Changelog has announced it's stopping
production of four of its
shows to focus on its main podcast, which it's to make a video-first
show. It's also
to launch an index of developer podcasts. And what can marketers
do to improve podcast
advertising? That's the subject of new data from Veritonic
released today. 27% believe
that ads should be more seamlessly integrated into shows.
And thank you to Don MacKinnon from Hark, who becomes our latest
personal supporter. Hark
is a new way to explore with your ears, offering curated podcast
mixtapes to help you discover
everything out there. Our personal supporters pay for access for
everyone. You can become
one at podnews.net/patreon.
And in podcast news Deloitte's podcast The Green Room was handed
over last month to a
group of high school students from Graycote Hospital School in
London who pitched, planned
and produced their own episode. In Dave Weiner's Scripting News
podcast, he complains about
the name Podcasting 2.0.
Dave Winer: They asked me, "What do you think of Podcasting 2.0?" And I
think, Well, there is no such
thing. They should change the name. They should come up with a
more humble name. And then
we can have fun because we can all work on this stuff as equals
because we are equals.
Anyway, in case you were wondering why I will not support that
name or work with them until
they change it, I just won't.
James Cridland: And comedy show Chosen Family is the first podcast recommended
in Tink Media's audio
delicacies, a delicious selection of podcast treats from 2024.
The list contains seven
different sections, including comedy, investigative and out of
the box.
And this podcast is sponsored by CBC. From CBC Uncover brings
listeners explosive high
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independents and publishers to be part of this successful
podcast. You'll find a link
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