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Predictions for 2025 - and impressions of 2024
We asked our PWR Supporters, the supporters of our weekly podcast Podnews Weekly Review, for their impressions of 2024 and predictions for 2025.

What is Podcasthon 2025 - and how can you take part?
More than a thousand podcasts are getting together for charity in March 2025. Here's what it's all about, and how you can get involved.

Goodpods adds, then removes, AI-written descriptions
The descriptions weren't always accurate, sometimes misleading, and done without creators' consent or knowledge

Was Glenn Beck censored by Apple Podcasts?
Was Glenn Beck censored by Apple? Or was it something else a little less exciting?

How can I get more listeners to my podcast?
The million-dollar question: you have a podcast, but how can you get more people listening to it?

The Podnews Report Card - 2023 results
Podcast creators have their say about the platforms we all use

Review: Hindenburg PRO v2 - with transcription editing
I test drive the new version of the audio editor I've used for the last five years

How I Make: The Piketon Massacre
For the #1 podcast in the country last season, it takes a lot of behind-the-scenes work to put it together. Here’s some insight into the mechanics behind the show.

Fighting podcast spam with RSS.com
Some people are taking advantage of free plans to promote the oldest profession on the planet: the sex trade. Here's how RSS.com stopped that.

New Podcast Trailers
Looking for new podcasts to listen to? Here's all about our podcast trailer feed.

iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: the 2022 winners
The most innovative talent and content creators in the industry were honored.

Music supervision and licensing for podcasts
How easy is it to get commercial music cleared for a podcast? It's easy to say no, but there are companies that'll help. Here's what's involved with music licensing.

The unwritten contract between podcast publishers and apps
What should I be looking for if my podcast is being carried on a new app?

How people find your podcast in apps - who indexes what?
What podcast and/or episode metadata is indexed by which search engines and directories? How should you use your RSS feed to get more new listeners?

Is it a lemon? Apple's botched podcasts rollout
A month later, how's the new Apple Podcasts? Not good, it turns out. We ask publishers how things are going.

Your podcast in Podnews
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How to pirate someone else's podcast onto Anchor
Pirating someone else's podcast is easy - you don't even need to know the RSS feed of the podcast you want to pirate. Let us show you how: and what Anchor ought to be doing.

All you need to know: podcasts in Amazon Music
Where podcasts in Amazon Music are, how to get yours listed, and how many shows

How I make... Podcast Pontifications
Evo Terra tells us why it takes 3.5 hours for him to record an episode that lasts for less than ten minutes.

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.

B2B podcasts: count your meetings, not your downloads
What's the best way to measure success for your branded podcasts?

How to make your episode notes work in all the podcast players
Want to make your episode notes look lovely? Here's the way to avoid also making them look rubbish.

Podcasting 2020 – The Rise of the Machines
Is 2020 going to be the year that podcasting gets smart?

Anchor bypasses Apple Podcasts approval process with copyright violating podcasts
Anchor's special deal with Apple lets anyone post anything, seemingly

A full test: how do show notes display in podcast apps?
Podcast show notes display, it turns out, in many different ways in over 40 different apps we tested. Here's what to do to make sure they work best.

Popular podcast app Castbox altered RSS feeds and is still removing links
Castbox has been republishing unauthorised and altered versions of podcast RSS feeds, and deliberately removing links to the websites of the podcasters they link to.

Is this proof that Apple's Podcast Charts are being manipulated?
Does this show strong evidence that it's easy to game the iTunes Chart?

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