Umbrel's new release includes podcasting feature

• Home bitcoin and lightning node Umbrel has released v0.4.11, and with it, the first version of Helipad: an app that lets you see a live view of incoming boosts and boostagrams from your listeners. This lets anyone see feedback and payments of cryptocurrency from people using new podcast apps. We’ve a guide to get started.

• UK culture secretary Nadine Dorries has announced (in a Sunday newspaper article) that government funding for the BBC will be frozen for two years, and abolished in 2027. The BBC is currently a mandatory fee for UK households of US $216 a year, for ten national TV channels and regional newsrooms, ten national radio stations, and more than 40 local radio stations, and a variety of online services. Producing content in every language in the UK, we calculate it is one of the top five most popular podcasters in the world. Dorries has since softened her view, leading some to believe it was just a ploy to distract from current UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s issues.

• In an opinion piece, Evo Terra suggests that we should make private podcasting data public, and publish our listening figures. Podnews publishes our downloads, subscribers, open rates and page views, so we’d agree.

• German podcast hosting company Julep Hosting has launched “Dynamic Baked-in”, a system that allows a bridge between baked-in advertising and DAI - allowing messages to be replaced with updated audio. It’s a first for the German market, the company says.

• The Murdaugh Murders Podcast is now represented by AdLarge. The show was covered on Friday night’s 20/20 TV show on ABC; it covers the powerful Murdaugh family of South Carolina.

• Lauren Lane is to star in a “supervillain comedy podcast” from Wonkybot. “Amost Epic” will be premiered in May.

Tips and tricks - with Podpage

• Matt Deegan’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective Podcasts suggests that decent production is important, but so’s longevity and consistency.

• On the other side, Steven Goldstein focuses on Why So Many Branded Podcasts Fail. A two-part piece, it starts by asking something many podcasters forget: what’s in it for the listener?

  
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