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Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Sam and James chat with Brian Conlan and Mark Asquith about Captivate and DAX US working together to monetize more podcasts; and to Dino Sofos about this year's Crossed Wires festival in Sheffield. Support the show Connect With Us:  Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We pick apart Spotify’s investor-day announcements and ask what its AI-first roadmap means for podcast creators, monetisation, and trust. We also talk to the co-founders of BIPOC Podcast Creators about why the community is closing and what the industry loses when creator support dries up.  • Spotify’s “time well spent” metric and what it tries to reframe  • The “500 million video podcast” claim and why measurement matters  • Real-time podcast Q&A on Spotify and the risk of AI hallucinations  • Dynamic creator sponsorships and updating back catalogue ads  • Spotify memberships as a Patreon and Supporting Cast rival, with big unanswered details  • Verified by Spotify badges and why creators can’t control verification  • Clipping tools and the tradeoff between shareability and platform lock-in  • Why BIPOC Podcast Creators closes, after a year of exploring options  • How funding, layoffs, and politics change corporate support  • The case for protecting indie creators and the industry’s long-term health  • Apple Podcasts plus Audible subscription access and why verification matters  • YouTube’s podcasts hub, top fans, and clearer AI content labels  • Private feed security problems and why standards need to move faster  • Direct Flow Auto Discover RSS and QR code discovery for podcasts  Subscribe to our newsletter at podnews.net. We're sponsored by Buzzsprout; their CoHost summary tool made these show notes. Support the show Connect With Us:  Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We chat with Rox Codes from Flightcast, talk about the 'cavalcade of crap' from AI, and spill all the tea on a successful show. Support the show Connect With Us:  Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Amazon Music joins the video podcast race with HLS and RSS alternate enclosure support. Yay! Plus, we speak with PodVision about their successful indie show; and the developer of the UpNext app. • Amazon Music video podcasts rollout in the US and what “open RSS” support really implies  • Apple’s private API versus alternate enclosure and the moderation and ad tech trade-offs  • Acast’s “first to monetise” claim plus how hosts are responding to Apple’s approach  • Podvision’s 500,000-download season and the practical launch levers: concept clarity, packaging, artwork and timing  • AI disclosure labels from film and TV and why podcast platforms still do not enforce clear standards  • Inception Point AI moving to Spotify Megaphone and the lack of AI labelling in show metadata  • Video podcast consumption realities across platforms and what the data says about concentration  • Niche podcasts outperforming on relevance even when they lose on raw scale  • UK industry recognition, car dashboards and the unanswered question of who speaks for podcasting  • Up Next app: serverless design, on-device features, open source code and transcript challenges  • Pod News adds video detection on Apple Podcasts plus a new podroll atlas for recommendations  Support the show Connect With Us:  Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net