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Transistor has added a look-up feature for podcast guests, that grabs details from Bluesky, Mastodon, GitHub and X. It puts the details on podcast RSS feeds.

The Podnews Weekly Review this week has Sir Michael Parkinson’s son, Mike Parkinson, talking about the AI version of his dad; and Justin Jackson from Transistor, talking about his new network pages. It’ll be published tomorrow.

Transistor announced integration with Kit, formerly ConvertKit, to embed podcast episodes directly in your email newsletters.

Transistor now lets you build podcast networks and network websites - letting you organise multiple podcasts into a network, and feature all your shows in one place.

Want to share an actual episode, rather than just your show? Justin Jackson has written a guide.

Pocket Casts uses the standard podcast:transcript feature in your podcast RSS feed. It doesn’t generate transcripts for you: like your thumbnail image and your audio, it’s all in your control. Podcast transcripts are supported by a number of large podcast hosting companies, including Blubrry, Buzzsprout, RSS.com, Transistor, Spreaker and others.

The Acquired podcast filled San Francisco’s Chase Arena with more than 6,000 fans last week. Guests for the show included Mark Zuckerberg, Emily Chang and Daniel Ek. Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor (which hosts the show) was there and took a bunch of photographs. If ever you need a concrete example of the power of podcasting, this was it.

Diggnation is back! One of the most famous podcasts from 2005-2011, it's hosted on Transistor; co-founder of Transistor, Justin Jackson, says it's hard to overstate Diggnation's impact on the podcasting world.

The funding tag is the easiest way to help podcasters get paid. It’s one URL, which you can point to your Patreon, your Stripe account, or wherever you’d like. It’s already supported by many podcast hosting companies, including RSS.com, Buzzsprout, Blubrry and Transistor; and a number of podcast apps, too (as well as Podnews podcast pages).

Above - what a request from the Apple Podcasts web player looks like, as seen by OP3. The user-agent looks like a browser; but the “referer” header makes it clear that this is coming from Apple Podcasts. Many podcast hosting companies (Ausha, Buzzsprout, Spreaker, Captivate and Transistor), and OP3, are using the referer to count these as Apple Podcasts downloads.

Transistor also supports attribution of a play in the new Apple Podcasts web experience as Apple Podcasts in the Transistor analytics dashboard.

Is it your first time at Podcast Movement next week? Justin Jackson has some tips as a blog post. Meanwhile, In & Around Podcasting also has a special episode helping you get the most from the event. (Not too late for tickets; PODNEWS is a code that could help you save).

Michael Green has joined Transistor as Support Engineer. He has been working for the company on a part-time basis for the last year, and is now a full-time team member.

What’s the best way to start a video and audio podcast (and get it into YouTube, Spotify and Apple)? Justin Jackson from Transistor takes us through the process.

Here’s how to upload video to Spotify, even if your podcast isn’t hosted there - from the well-tailored Justin Jackson of Transistor.

Transistor’s bright-shirted Justin Jackson explains how to use Spotify’s new tool to upload video podcasts, wherever you’re hosted.

Want to get your show notes displaying as good as possible? Transistor tests what works across all platforms

Transistor is the latest podcast host to add “podroll” support - a method of recommending other shows that your audience might like. (We support it too, in our podcast pages.)

Which apps support which tags in episode descriptions? Transistor has tested all the big podcast apps (on iOS, at least: do we need to buy you an Android phone, Justin?) - it’s a good overview of the differences in each app.

Acquired was #1 in Apple Podcasts yesterday. The Transistor-hosted show was featured in the Wall Street Journal, and gets over 500,000 downloads an episode according to the story, which discusses how much they charge for sponsorship and how much the back catalogue is responsible for downloads.

How do private podcasts work? Transistor has updated its guide.

As one open standard gets integrated by Apple (the transcript), another has been integrated by Spreaker. The company now supports podping, a near-instant way of communicating to podcast directories that you’ve published a new episode. Already supported by companies like Buzzsprout, Blubrry, Transistor, RSS.com and Captivate (and us!), the addition of Spreaker adds a signficant number of shows, says John Spurlock.

Transistor has launched an AI speech-to-text transcription service. The tool includes automatic speaker detection, and is powered by Deepgram. Apple Podcasts launches transcripts on playback in the app next week (we think).

Podcast hosting company Transistor has shared a video of the company’s upcoming AI transcript service.

Transistor has added a new “recommended vendors” directory to help people find podcast editors, producers, marketing agencies, and other companies.

Is it worth making a podcast? Transistor’s Justin Jackson started in 2012, and suggests it “has led to almost every good thing in my professional life since”.

From Transistor, Justin Jackson suggests that you don’t start a video podcast: and go audio first. “In the beginning, a new podcaster needs to find their voice, practice, and learn what makes an episode compelling. Video adds a whole layer of production complexity that distracts from that aim. Plus, appearing on video adds a lot of pressure to worry about your appearance.”

The OP3 open podcast analytics project has announced its founding sponsors. They are: Transistor, Rephonic, Flightpath, Podium and Podnews. Thank you for supporting us, so we can help further the industry; and please consider joining us in supporting OP3’s open, accurate analytics.

Captivate launched support for Apple Podcasts Subscriptions. They join Transistor, which announced support last week.

Transistor has reported the top podcast listening apps on the platform. Apple Podcasts has 51.6% of all downloads; Spotify 27.7%; and Google Podcasts is at #3 with 2.1%.

What's the best transcription software for podcasts? Transistor's Justin Jackson has done the hard work so you don't have to.

Transistor's Justin Jackson posts a review of Podcast Movement: "What makes the conference special is the relationships you build with people there. It's the one place you can get face-to-face time with podcasters, platforms, and other folks in the industry. This year, came away from Podcast Movement more inspired than ever."

Podcast host Transistor has a new way of viewing your analytics: an episode comparison table. A video explaining the feature would also indicate that Transistor's Justin Jackson has a new shirt. We like it.

Transistor shows us how to make podcast artwork with AI.

The Apple Podcasts app has supported video podcasts since 2005, but in a video today, Transistor's Justin Jackson points out that it's really hard to find them; and requires two different feeds.

Blubrry has added badges for its podcast creators, which can be earned in a number of ways … Transistor has added dynamic ad campaign scheduling.

Transistor has added a new podcast website theme called "Cardboard". It looks like this.

Joshua Anderton is joining Transistor full-time as a web developer and designer. Josh has been working for the company as a part-time contractor since October.

Updates: Transistor has rolled out a full Patreon integration, which displays your patrons on your website or show notes … Blubrry is adding two new podcast analysis tools, "estimated audience" and "episode comparison" … Vizzy Studio is one of the first tools to produce compatible files for Spotify Video, which has specific file requirements … Hindenburg Pro 2 v2.00.2508 has been released, adding a method of mastering audio in video tracks. You import a video file; view the video as you make the audio edits; and then export out the lossless video file with the new, remastered audio.

You can now embed YouTube videos in Transistor website pages.

Transistor is the first podcast host that lets you add a Mastodon link to your pre-built podcast website. (Add an auto-episode-post service there, and they'll have all the tech to add automatic cross-app comments to everyone's RSS feeds.)

Podlove, podCloud and Castopod have joined Transistor in supporting OP3, the open analytics service.

Apple says podcasts don't need email addresses in their RSS feeds any more to combat spam, but the Canadian Podcast Awards is not having it. The removal of email addresses from RSS feeds "isn't one we agree with, or will support," the organisation says, adding "we do not have any plans at the moment to support feeds without contact information". Buzzsprout, Podbean and Canada's Transistor are among those who have removed email addresses by default from feeds.

Transistor has followed Buzzsprout's lead by removing email addresses from podcast RSS feeds, to combat spam: something Podnews has highlighted for a number of years. The company has also added support for a verification code to help podcasters claim their shows.

Transistor can now automatically add chapter timestamps into episode notes.

A group of podcast companies, RSS Buzzsprout Transistor Libsyn and Acast, are working on a project to promote open standards for podcasting. "The Podcast Standards Project" hopes to launch its website before January's Podfest.

Transistor is now supporting host and guest credits.

The CIA has launched its own podcast. The Langley Files: A CIA Podcast released its first episode last week with predictable results. We note it's hosted by Transistor, a podcast hosting company from... Canada.

Transistor now supports the Open Podcast Prefix project and has added it to their list of analytics prefixes. The podcast hosting company claims it is the first to specifically support the project in-app.

Justin Jackson, a co-founder of podcast hosting company Transistor, did an 'ask me anything' on Reddit, a social media platform. (Fun fact: his username is "spankymustard".)

Transistor's podcast player and episode pages now support timestamps, so you can link to a specific point in your show. Transistor users can also insert timestamp references in their show notes.

Podcast hosting company Transistor has shared tips and tricks for Podcast Movement 2022, from when to go to what to do.

Blubrry has partnered with Descript to allow Descript users to publish their edited podcasts directly from the app. Blubrry joins Buzzsprout, Captivate, Castos, Hello audio, Podbean, Podcast·co and Transistor with this functionality. Blubrry publishing is also available directly from Hindenburg.

Podcast host Transistor has made multiple improvements to its Dynamic Audio Insertion tool. Customers can now run multiple campaigns simultaneously. They can also enable/disable ad campaigns on individual episodes.

Indie podcast hosting company Transistor is celebrating its fourth anniversary. Co-founder Justin Jackson takes a look at how the company has grown in an article that contains an archive entry from Podnews in 2018.

Transistor has added achievement badges.

Podcast host Transistor has increased the number of monthly downloads that customers get on each plan. The company has also got Spotify passthrough, for better playback data.

Transistor has also posted about video podcasts, outlining the three different formats they can take.

Transistor's Justin Jackson has reported Acast to Canadian law enforcement and to Acast's email service provider, after the company targeted Transistor customers. Acast's email provider says that Acast's use is against its terms of service, and Jackson - who has previously worked for an email company - considers the emails are illegal under Canadian law. The company has recently targeted customers from Podbean, Captivate, Blubrry and others, using competitor's logos, and sending multiple follow-up messages to each podcaster. A spokesperson for Acast tells Podnews that the emails are "part of our continuing marketing strategy, which we don't currently plan to change".

In Build Your SaaS this week, Justin Jackson talks to Dave Zohrob from Chartable on what it's like to be acquired by Spotify.

Transistor has launched Transistor Websites, a way to "generate beautiful podcast websites for free". Here's ours.

Congratulations to podcast host Transistor, who say they now have 20,000 podcast feeds on the platform. A four-person team, it launched in August 2018.

If you're hosting your show with them, Transistor's podcast website builder now lets you add extra pages - great for sponsors, "about" pages, or other things.

Podcast hosting company Transistor now supports multiple languages for its built-in podcast websites. They now support French and Spanish as well as English; and would like to add more. ¡Excelente! Merveilleux! The company has also announced a new podcast website builder with additional templates.

Link to the Breaker podcast app on your website? Check they still work. The app was acquired by Maple Media a year ago; as of today, no Breaker links to podcasts work on the service, and the Breaker website forwards to Player FM. The app's still listed in the app stores, though; it now appears to be a blue-skinned version of the Player FM app.

The podcast:transcript tag is an open standard, supported by a number of podcasts and offers both static transcripts (in HTML or text) or real-time captions (in the SRT format). It has significant usage already - widely supported by many modern podcast hosts including Captivate, Transistor, Buzzsprout, Omny Studio and others, a number of podcast apps display these transcripts, including the popular Android app Podcast Addict. This open standard enables podcast publishers to produce accurate transcripts for themselves.

Podcast host Transistor has released mid-rolls to their dynamic audio insertion tool. The tool is already available to folk on the Professional and Business plans.

"Most podcast ads are just men talking to men." - that's the view of Sadie, the 18 year-old daughter of Transistor's Justin Jackson. She's interviewed about podcast ads, women in podcasting, and how to attract more young listeners.

Podcast host Transistor has partnered with Descript as an automated publishing destination.

Want to reach 13-23 year-olds with your podcast? You'll be wanting to promote Spotify, not Apple Podcasts. A Gen-Z survey published by Transistor (and compiled by a Gen-Z'er) shows that Spotify is almost three times more popular than Apple Podcasts - which, in the long run, could "have detrimental effects on both the creators and listeners using Spotify".

Podcast hosting company Transistor has teased their upcoming dynamic audio insertion tool. The system will offer pre-roll and post-roll.

Transistor has given any customer access to their private podcast feature. The company is beta-testing dynamic pre-rolls, and says it has 16,227 podcasts using their service. (Listen Notes suggests 11,529 are in Apple Podcasts).

Podcast host Transistor has hired Jason Pearl as Senior Software Developer. Justin Jackson tells Podnews that brings the team up to 4 full-time people. "We believe that a small team can produce incredible software", he tells us.

Transistor has added full support for transcripts, including support for the <podcast:transcript> tag.

Transistor's campaign to get 25 companies to enable Stripe Climate, and donate at least 1% of their revenue towards fighting climate change, has been achieved within 24 hours.

Podcast host Transistor is taking part in Stripe's Climate program, to contribute a percentage of revenue automatically towards fighting climate change. A number of other startups have joined, including Sounds Profitable.

Transistor has added new analytics for devices and platforms.

Brian of London writes an article on why podcast apps and aggregators should be using Podping. Podping is now in live beta with Buzzsprout, RSS․com, Captivate and Transistor.

Apple Podcasts Clustergeddon: Transistor has updated their big list of bugs and problems with the recently-launched upgrade; episodes are missing, many people, like Paul Colligan, have no access to their podcast accounts after seven days. Some podcast publishers who we've spoken to are unable to launch any new podcasts. Apple have yet to give any statement, or even acknowledge the problem, which is unacceptable, says Andrew Clews - "this is people's livelihoods", he says. And Radio INK's Ed Ryan says "When a radio transmitter goes down an engineer will do everything possible to fix it. When Apple’s transmitter goes down they just don’t care."

Apple Podcasts Connect is still not working correctly. Like many podcast hosts, Transistor's support team is busy answering queries about it; and is keeping a full list of bugs and issues with Apple Podcasts Connect. Additionally, Evo Terra sounds less than happy - he's been five days waiting for Apple Podcasts Connect to set up his account.

Missing episodes: "We've been having issues with the crawler. Hoping to have it resolved today," a mystery Apple person tells Transistor's Justin Jackson.

Transistor's Justin Jackson shows on a Twitter thread that it's almost impossible to submit a new show to Apple Podcasts at the moment. The process results in errors including a new requirement for a phone number for some reason. Spotify, has a one-click submission process from most podcast hosting platforms.

Tortoise Media, the "slow media news platform" in the UK, has signed with Acast for podcast distribution and monetisation. They were using Transistor.

The Podcast Host has published a free podcast music library. Transistor also published some a few weeks ago. They both require attribution.

Private podcasts on Transistor can now be subscribed-to using email.

Justin Jackson from Transistor is doing a YouTube series looking at artwork and player descriptions, and how shows appear in search. Here's an example for Tech Unlocked.

Transistor has published five free pieces of music for podcast intros. Attribution is required.

Writing in his personal blog, Transistor's founder Justin Jackson says podcasting's slow and steady growth is just right; and suggests that many investors fundamentally misunderstand the medium.

The .fm top-level domain-name is now most popular with podcasters, according to 2020 data from the company, with Castbox, Anchor, Podsights, Megaphone, Omny Studio, Transistor, and Captivate in the top 15 of a chart of DNS server responses.

A far-right publisher The NOQ Report's podcast has been removed from Spotify, and all its podcasts removed from Transistor. Meanwhile, in Niagara NY, the Niagara Arts & Cultural Center has decided to evict Yowawa Media Services, whos podcast studio was being used to produce a YouTube show for a right-wing group, the NY Watchmen.

Justin Jackson from Transistor has played with both Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces. Which does he think is better? And which is likely to be better for podcasters?

Transistor's private podcasts now have expanded analytics with more information. Castos has a new player for their Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin. Captivate's private podcast feeds now integrate with Zapier (Disclosures).

Transistor has added one-click submitting tools to podcast directories.

The latest podcast hosting company to support podcast locking is Transistor, who have announced full support. From The Podcast Index, this is a best-practice tag that aims to make podcast piracy harder than just six steps. We'd encourage other podcast hosts to step up.

Transistor has announced early access to their Zapier podcast integration, joining Captivate.

Build Your Podcast has, on its latest show, our Editor as a guest. The show has also interviewed Transistor's Justin Jackson.

Thank you to Transistor, who became our latest supporter earlier this week. Transistor is a podcast publishing platform with detailed analytics and unlimited shows on the same account - and their support helped us fix a bug for our free podcasting jobs website Podjobs. You can support us too.

Podcast host Transistor has launched an API for developers. It's in limited-release beta.

When we mentioned podcast-cli yesterday, we weren't expecting too many people to use it. Justin Jackson from Transistor made a video about it.

Transistor shares their numbers (22% of listens for their podcasts are from Spotify) and concludes: "If we want to fight Spotify's influence and control, we're going to need to compete where it matters: improving the overall experience for creators and listeners."

Transistor have unveiled a new user interface for podcasters with a new set of features. Here's a sneak peek.

Why don't my podcast's full episode notes appear in Apple Podcasts? (Transistor)

In an email to customers, podcast host Transistor says that it now hosts 4,481 podcasts. They've just announced a method of sharing links to private podcasts, too.

Transistor has published Google Play and Google Podcasts – what's the difference?, noting that, after 18 months, a Google search for "how do I submit my podcast to Google Podcasts?" returns instructions for Google Play Music Podcasts, which is a different and competing service that the company is still running.

Podcast host Transistor now supports WebSub, to help get your episodes quicker to podcast apps. Captivate, Simplecast, Zencast, Transistor, Powerpress and Buzzsprout now all support the standard.

Transistor has updated their analytics, offering CSV export, popular players over time, and better location analysis including US and Australian states, and Canadian provinces. The company now claims 4,481 shows are on its platform.

Podcast host Transistor has a new website (built using Statamic and Tailwind CSS). They've also announced that they're now supporting 1% for the planet, giving 1% of sales to environmental nonprofits around the world.

Elsewhere in Canada (in Vernon BC), Justin Jackson from Transistor is interviewed about how he works at his podcast company.

David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founder of Basecamp and host of Rework, has reacted angrily to ART19's video, which we shared last week. "I abhor person-targeted advertisement(s)," he writes, "we will ditch ART19 for another provider for @reworkpodcast immediately," noting that he is "never making the mistake of using a provider URL again". He's chosen to move to Transistor.

Dropping In launches on Monday: a podcast from Omega Institute. On each episode longtime public radio journalist Karen Michel drops in on classes and conducts intimate interviews with the great thinkers, creative talent, and social visionaries who teach there. (Transistor)

Fireside have released a new web player, with a bunch of new features including speed controls and a waveform visualisation. Meanwhile, Transistor have also rolled-out their own new web player.

Tool: Compare your podcast's cover art with to other shows in your category. Written by Justin Jackson of Transistor.

Podcast host Transistor has added a new embeddable player that supports multiple episodes. (Not with Transistor? Here are embedded players you can use).

Acast, Buzzsprout, Transistor, Podbean, Captivate and Megaphone are some of the publishers that have switched on the new Apple podcast categories for their users. (We've also shifted to using News > Daily News in our podcast as the primary category.)

Transistor, a podcast host, has significantly increased available downloads within its pricing plans. The company is also reworking its analytics algorithms as it works on IAB compliance (which may have a negative effect on apparent total numbers).

Transistor, a podcast host, has published an article on how to make money from your podcast. Just in time for Bloomberg, who asks: Everybody makes podcasts. But can anyone make them profitable?

Transistor, a podcast host, have made their revenue figures public and open, and also the consumption figures for Build your Saas, their podcast. Their stats include information from Apple, Spotify and Podtrac.

Dana Carvey and Conan O'Brien talk about podcasting on a recent podcast - and Dana Carvey has a sudden realisation. A good reminder of the power of podcasting.

Advice: Podcast Websites on how to showcase your guests better; Transistor has tips for getting more Twitter followers for your podcast; Jon Moore wants to get the intro to your podcast right; and Spreaker covers how to promote your podcast with Instagram

Justin from Transistor, a podcast host, has written his 2019 podcast predictions. He sees growth for Spotify, doesn't see smart speakers as being very helpful for podcasting, and wonders whether this is the year Apple will start monetising podcasts. Nick Quah has also written his trends to watch for podcasting in 2019 - the 17-minute read includes a number of themes and context-setting.

Transistor is now offering free SSL certificates for all customers. The company has always offered secure RSS feeds, but now allows customers to use SSL on their own domain-name.

Podcast host Transistor launched yesterday, offering hosting, analytics, and distribution for folks who are using podcasts to build their brand and grow their audience. It became #1 on Product Hunt; and has posted guides on their product's features vs Anchor, vs Spreaker and Simplecast. They've also added a article on how to find an idea for your show.

Podcast host Transistor is set to launch publicly on 1 August. It says it offers "podcast hosting and analytics for professionals who want more listeners". It's also announced it has completed integration with Spotify.

A correction from yesterday: Libsyn's Rob Walch gave some interesting stats about average downloads, but your Editor has cloth ears and got the numbers wrong. Thanks to Justin from Transistor, here's a transcript:

Nice tip from Transistor, a podcast host: how to automatically email your Mailchimp list when you release a new podcast.

We're told that Quest Quest, a Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast, will appeal to you. Hosted on Transistor.

The founders of podcast host transistor.fm have launched a podcast; Build Your Saas covers the build and launch of the product.