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291 Podcaster Travel Warnings, No Fakes Act and Digg's $5 Groundbreakers
Episode 291
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 • Duration 01:05:59
Unpacking the highlights from Podcast Movement Evolutions, including the sessions, trends, and takeaways that stood out. We cover brand-new Apple Podcasts widgets, a heads-up for international podcasters traveling to the U.S., and the latest push to define what actually is a podcast. Plus: YouTube backs the No Fakes Act, Kai Chuk exits the YouTube Podcasting team, and we dig into updated podcast stats: mean, median, user agents, and more. Oh, and… are you on the new Digg? We are.
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🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn!
The intricacies of full time podcasting, discussing workflows, preparation, and the tools necessary for producing quality content, the reality of daily podcasting, the importance of research, plus tools and systems to get the work done! Then, analyzing insights from the Infinite Dial study 2025, highlighting trends in content consumption, the evolving landscape of podcasting, the importance of understanding audience preferences and adapting to the changing media environment ---- all with special guest Robb Dunewood!
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🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn!
(3:18) PROMO 1: Ellie’s Tale - The Last Of Us Podcast
(3:51) Robb and Elsie conversation
(5:27) Being a podcaster full time! A workflow of production
(15:31) Podcasting hardware and software
(27:20) Introducing The Infinite Dial 2025
(29:04) How bluetooth headphones and Smart TVs impact content consumption
(34:00) Social Media impact on podcasting
(48:01) The influence of online audio on audience behavior and consumption
(1:01:48) Everything podcast consumption data in 2025
(1:09:49) Where have we been and where are we going?
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281 The Surging Influence of Podcasts and Spotify’s New Video Monetization Push
Episode 281
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 • Duration 01:03:48
Preparing to launch a podcast in 2025? We have dates to look out for! Podcasts and election follow up, Spotify takes on YouTube, Libsyn partners with Revolutions, Section 230 changes loom, and the latest stats on mean, median numbers and geographic and user agent!
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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie
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191 Inflection Points
Episode 191
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 • Duration 01:26:59
Recap on acquisitions and of course Glow, iOS 14.5 (again,) listener privacy, Feedburner coming back from the dead? Amazon Music in more countries Shout-outs from Elsie, the RIAA busy with takedown notices and podcasters needing to get DMCA takedown lessons, plus of course stats, geographic and user agent!
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Recap of all the things acquisitions and of course Glow
Glow and MyLibsyn?
Guess what? iOS 14.5 should be out by the time this episode is out
Listener privacy is not a roadblock to get around
33:05 PROMO 2: K12Science Podcast
Feedburner is not dead!
Amazon Music has opened up access to more countries and they have a new portal
Apple Podcasts making recommendations?
Publishing to social media from Libsyn and optimizing what it looks like
Google has 100 million installs of Google Podcasts!
Elsie has some shout-outs: Britany Felix, Jeni Wren Stottrup, Lauren Wrighton and Sam Sethi
The RIAA is busy with takedown notices for podcasters
It looks like someone else on Anchor completely pirated another podcast
Time for a DMCA takedown lesson
1:09:48 PROMO 3: Making Ways Podcast
Stats! Geographic and user agent
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Bonus: Glow!
Episode 190
Monday, April 12, 2021 • Duration 18:19
Another BONUS episode and another acquisition! Libsyn has acquired Glow.FM and we have Founder Amira Valliani with inside scoop on what it is, who it’s for and why Libsyn!
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All the Libsyn news! Libsyn 5 beta is released, Libsyn acquires Advertisecast, Samsung Podcasts are in the house 🔥
Plus Apple teams up with Common Sense Media, Audacy, email worst practices, breaking down the steps to DMCA takedown notices, Podstatus, and of course Mean and Median numbers!
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32:46 Audio feedback from Michael from Gospel in Real Life
Congratulations to Dave Ramsey on hitting the 1 billion download mark
How is Clubhouse the same as Second Life, Snapchat, Meerkat, and Periscope?
Say hello to Audacy
41:08 PROMO 2: Dance of Joy - A Perfect Strangers Rewatch
When you wish folks wouldn’t just blanket email all the podcasters ever
And please don’t add public email addresses to your email list just because they are public and interested in the same things that you are
54:53 The step by step of DMCA takedowns for podcast hosts
1:03:26 How to ask Apple to take down an anti-semite review
Listen Notes global rankings and listen scores
Thoughts on Podstatus?
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Bonus: Samsung
Episode 189
Thursday, March 25, 2021 • Duration 08:36
Announcing our new Samsung destination! We are once again a launch partner, this time with Samsung as they bring podcasts under the “Listen” tab in the Samsung Free application! Listen to get the scoop 🎧
Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you!
More acquisitions, breaking down iOS 14.5 updates, plus a bit of a clarification from Rob, the privacy conversation and when the pendulum swings back, The Feed was listened to in the Arctic! Podcasters on the cover of a magazine, the worth of festivals and awards, stats geographic and user agent plus a bonus recap of The Infinite Dial data!
Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you!
Auto-updating player that updates to the latest episode
15:38 Audio feedback - listener privacy
The pendulum swinging back, when a brand does not want to advertise with you if you are tracking your audience
Questions about Gaana’s TOS
Our show was listened to in the Arctic! This is amazing!!!
A request to Apple and Spotify to offer prepaid music plans for military members
Overcast episode artwork changes, how and when does that happen?
27:53 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy
Where have YOU been? Getting featured on a magazine cover!
Festivals and awards shows, are they worth it?
Do podcast category settings have an impact on search in Apple Podcasts?
When the world’s biggest flower is your episode artwork
Good bots and bad bots
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188 Per The Word Subscribe
Episode 188
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 • Duration 01:05:15
Updates! Apple Podcasts 14.5 and what you should expect, The most important information for podcasters from the Spotify event, Podcast Movement submissions are open, CDPA is signed into law and what that means for podcasting, no, Spotify is not bigger than Apple Podcasts, mean and median download numbers + bonus data on the appropriate length for podcast episodes.
Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you!
It seems like Vitamin D looks just like Melatonin, now you know
Update on Apple Podcasts iOS 14.5 and what you should expect
The most important information for podcasters from the Spotify event
Goats traveling in cars
Elsie got a new standing boom arm
Podcast Movement submission are open
An article about podcasting and adtech that got things right
Virginia’s governor signed CDPA into law and what that means for privacy and podcasting
What to look for when you’re asked to be part of a podcast network
Where have YOU been? Why Wondercon@Home of course!
12 years of Tapping Q & A! Happy birthday!
41:14 PROMO 2: Location Sound Podcast
Why did you leave us? Flaky co-hosts!
Is there a way to upload a different picture or size graphic for YouTube?
It seems like the narrative of Spotify being bigger than Apple Podcasts is still going strong
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187 Acquisitions, Social Audio and Receipts
Episode 187
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 • Duration 56:23
So many acquisitions! And this time we get in the game with acquiring Auxbus, chatting about Quilt, Spotify takedowns and patents, Vurbl, podcaster in the news, updates on the Google block tag, and Apple Podcasts podcasting strategy plus download stats, this time geographic and user agent!
Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you!
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