Amazon restructures Wondery: 110 jobs gone
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Amazon's restructuring of Wondery signals deeper issues with their podcast strategy as they distribute operations across Audible, creator services, and advert...
8 Aug 20251h 2min
Spotify Chasing YouTube While Ads Fall Short - and JAR Podcast Solutions
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail James Cridland and Sam Sethi explore Spotify's mixed financial results showing strong overall growth but declining ad revenue, alongside their increasing focu...
1 Aug 20251h 25min
Public Broadcasters vs. Open Access: The RTVE Controversy
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail The old guard of media gatekeepers are trying to stay relevant as independent creators flourish across podcasting, video, and beyond. • Spanish broadcaster R...
25 Jul 20251h 7min
Turning Podcast IP into Multi-Platform Revenue
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We have interviews with James Burtt from the newly-launched Pivot Productions; Liam Heffernan from Mercury Podcast Network who has just announced a new partne...
18 Jul 20251h 41min
Podcast Video Is Complicated But We Can't Surrender It to YouTube
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Interviews with the Golden Lobes, Adelicious, and the Podcast Standards Project - all in the chapters! Plus: • NPR adding support for the funding tag across a...
11 Jul 20252h 15min
Spotify's Secret to Higher Podcast Consumption
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Apple celebrates twenty years of podcasting in the Apple ecosystem - and Jon Savage asks for help with his podcast studio in Cape Town. Support the show Conn...
27 Jun 20251h 43min
Don't just listen to podcasts - watch them, says YouTube CEO
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail - Podcasting is a mainstream media in Australia, the US and UK with over 50% of people listening to a podcast every month in each country. Our time and attent...
20 Jun 20251h 33min
Spotify supports Podcasting 2.0! Plus, research into kids podcasts
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Spotify is supporting the new podcast namespace. Who'd have thought it?! Plus, we speak with Elena Tsakakis and Molly Bloom about kids podcasting, and what th...
13 Jun 20251h 8min
