Spotify adds embedded player for podcasts

Spotify now lets anyone embed a podcast, or an episode. The last time we checked this, the audio only played for thirty seconds. It now plays the whole lot, no sign-in required.

• GeekWire profiles Glow, a technology platform for podcast memberships.

  
  Aug 14 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• TuneIn has launched Pod Club, “a podcast series designed to give listeners a new way to discover favorite podcasts from some of the most well-known and respected podcasters.”.

• Should your podcast have a trailer? Dan Misener from Pacific Content analyses the data. Spoiler: yes, yes it should.

• Crunchbase looks at podcasting investment in 2019.

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  [Jonathan] Gill [from Backtracks] says remaining gaps—content monetization, deep analytics, and even the discovery of a podcast that is even interesting in the first place—in the podcasting space are opportunities for startups.

• Swedish podcast studio Soundtelling has received an undisclosed amount of investment from media company Co_made Sthlm.

• Simplecast write about SEO and PDO for podcasting. (PDO? Podcast Directory Optimisation.)

• Artshub suggest that the Australian podcasting landscape is growing.

  
  Aug 14 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• Hollywood Reporter reports on a panel at a TV production conference over the weekend called Power Of Podcasts - the trend of “bringing podcasts to life via TV and film”.

• In Swiss German, Podcatcher does a full review of the desktop Apple Podcasts app. One interesting feature is called Smart Speed; it looks just to be variable speed playback (but something iTunes lacked).

• How are would-be Democratic Presidential Candidates using podcasts to get their message home? A piece of analysis from podDB.