Anchor and Spotify launch proprietary video podcasts

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• Spotify is to add video podcasts, but probably not as you know them. You can only upload them via Anchor - there’s a waitlist to join - and you can only watch the videos in Spotify. None of the video files are visible in RSS feeds, so other podcast apps that deal with video won’t be able to show these. (The New Media Show is available in video format, as one example; Apple Podcasts plays the video fine).

• Podchaser has added community leaderboards, badges and other gamification tools to encourage more ratings and reviews within the service.

  
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• NiemanLab highlights a way that Vox Media has added “an immersive transcript” to help a podcast be accessible to those that are deaf and hard of hearing.

• There’s a new podcast studio in Glasgow, Scotland. Sparkling Studios is in the Glasgow Collective, 15 East Campbell Street, and is open seven days by appointment; it’s housed in a converted shipping container with five layers of insulation.

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• The people behind long-running storytelling podcast The Moth has announced a new book. How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from the Moth (aff) shares secrets of the directors’ process to tell a story like no other. It’s out in April 2022.

  
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Moves and hires

• Blake Thompson has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Ramsey Network. Brian Mayfield becomes EVP Strategic Alliances for Ramsey Trusted.

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• Growing your show with cross-promos is one way to gain new audiences, says Jared Easley.

• Should you put your guest’s name in the episode description, or the episode title? Mark Steadman looked at what podcast apps really index.

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