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Podnews Daily - podcast industry newsSpotify’s Maya Prohovnik: “you’re going to be thrilled”Sponsored by Magellan AI. Find out why CBC relies on Magellan AI for pod-to-pod attribution. Measure podcast growth
People are spending 44% more time looking at Spotify’s app than last year. “The demand for podcast audiences for video is undeniable at this point,” says Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik in an exclusive interview with the Podnews Weekly Review today. “For almost all shows who have switched from audio to video, they're making more total revenue,” she told us; and when questioned on claims earlier in the week that creators lose features when they switch to video, she told us: “I think that's...2025-04-1804 min
KACCPodnews Daily - podcast industry news - Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik: “you’re going to be thrilled”Sponsored by Magellan AI. Find out why CBC relies on Magellan AI for pod-to-pod attribution. Measure podcast growth
People are spending 44% more time looking at Spotify’s app than last year. “The demand for podcast audiences for video is undeniable at this point,” says Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik in an exclusive interview with the Podnews Weekly Review today. “For almost all shows who have switched from audio to video, they're making more total revenue,” she told us; and when questioned on claims earlier in the week that creators lose features when they switch to video, she told us: “I think that's...2025-04-1804 minWGKMPodnews Daily - podcast industry news - Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik: “you’re going to be thrilled”Sponsored by Magellan AI. Find out why CBC relies on Magellan AI for pod-to-pod attribution. Measure podcast growth
People are spending 44% more time looking at Spotify’s app than last year. “The demand for podcast audiences for video is undeniable at this point,” says Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik in an exclusive interview with the Podnews Weekly Review today. “For almost all shows who have switched from audio to video, they're making more total revenue,” she told us; and when questioned on claims earlier in the week that creators lose features when they switch to video, she told us: “I think that's...2025-04-1804 min
KACCPodnews Weekly Review - Spotify video - we speak to Maya Prohovnik; plus Crossed Wires and podcast consumptionOur special guest this week is Maya Prohovnik, VP and Head of Podcast Products at Spotify, who joins James Cridland to share insights on Spotify's latest innovations and what’s next for podcasters on the platform.Meanwhile, industry leaders Dan Granger (Oxford Road) and Dan Misener (Bumper) have advocated for an Open Measurement Protocol for Podcasting—a call for interoperable, privacy-conscious standards and a unified taxonomy across platforms.In response, “friend of the show” John Spurlock joins Sam Sethi to introduce his proposed solution: Standard Podcast Consumption (SPC). This new data exchange format aims to facilita...2025-04-182h 28KDAV RadioPodnews Weekly Review - Spotify video - we speak to Maya Prohovnik; plus Crossed Wires and podcast consumptionOur special guest this week is Maya Prohovnik, VP and Head of Podcast Products at Spotify, who joins James Cridland to share insights on Spotify's latest innovations and what’s next for podcasters on the platform.Meanwhile, industry leaders Dan Granger (Oxford Road) and Dan Misener (Bumper) have advocated for an Open Measurement Protocol for Podcasting—a call for interoperable, privacy-conscious standards and a unified taxonomy across platforms.In response, “friend of the show” John Spurlock joins Sam Sethi to introduce his proposed solution: Standard Podcast Consumption (SPC). This new data exchange format aims to facilita...2025-04-182h 28WGKMPodnews Weekly Review - Spotify video - we speak to Maya Prohovnik; plus Crossed Wires and podcast consumptionOur special guest this week is Maya Prohovnik, VP and Head of Podcast Products at Spotify, who joins James Cridland to share insights on Spotify's latest innovations and what’s next for podcasters on the platform.Meanwhile, industry leaders Dan Granger (Oxford Road) and Dan Misener (Bumper) have advocated for an Open Measurement Protocol for Podcasting—a call for interoperable, privacy-conscious standards and a unified taxonomy across platforms.In response, “friend of the show” John Spurlock joins Sam Sethi to introduce his proposed solution: Standard Podcast Consumption (SPC). This new data exchange format aims to facilita...2025-04-182h 28
Podnews Weekly ReviewSpotify video - we speak to Maya Prohovnik; plus Crossed Wires and podcast consumptionOur special guest this week is Maya Prohovnik, VP and Head of Podcast Products at Spotify, who joins James Cridland to share insights on Spotify's latest innovations and what’s next for podcasters on the platform.Meanwhile, industry leaders Dan Granger (Oxford Road) and Dan Misener (Bumper) have advocated for an Open Measurement Protocol for Podcasting—a call for interoperable, privacy-conscious standards and a unified taxonomy across platforms.In response, “friend of the show” John Spurlock joins Sam Sethi to introduce his proposed solution: Standard Podcast Consumption (SPC). This new data exchange format aims to facilita...2025-04-182h 28New PodcastsPodnews Weekly Review News, News and News
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The Podnews Weekly Review this week has an interview with Maya Prohovnik of Spotify; John Spurlock who has architected a way for podcast apps to report playback activity; and Dino Sophos about the Crossed Wires festival.
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Podnews Daily - podcast industry newsVideo on Spotify slammed; claims rebuttedSponsored by Magellan AI. Did you miss our presentation at Evolutions by Podcast Movement last week? Download it here
“No clear audience gain ... unvetted, untested, and unproven proprietary metrics.” In a piece about video on Spotify, Sounds Profitable’s Bryan Barletta writes: “In its current state, I urge the podcast industry not to take part in Spotify Video and Streaming Audio as it stands to have a massive and long-term negative revenue and reputational impact for those involved.”
Pointing us to a recent blog post from Megaphone (for whom Barletta briefly worked), Spotify said many claims were untrue and...2025-04-1105 minKACCPodnews Daily - podcast industry news - Video on Spotify slammed; claims rebuttedSponsored by Magellan AI. Did you miss our presentation at Evolutions by Podcast Movement last week? Download it here
“No clear audience gain ... unvetted, untested, and unproven proprietary metrics.” In a piece about video on Spotify, Sounds Profitable’s Bryan Barletta writes: “In its current state, I urge the podcast industry not to take part in Spotify Video and Streaming Audio as it stands to have a massive and long-term negative revenue and reputational impact for those involved.”
Pointing us to a recent blog post from Megaphone (for whom Barletta briefly worked), Spotify said many claims were untrue and...2025-04-1100 minWGKMPodnews Daily - podcast industry news - Video on Spotify slammed; claims rebuttedSponsored by Magellan AI. Did you miss our presentation at Evolutions by Podcast Movement last week? Download it here
“No clear audience gain ... unvetted, untested, and unproven proprietary metrics.” In a piece about video on Spotify, Sounds Profitable’s Bryan Barletta writes: “In its current state, I urge the podcast industry not to take part in Spotify Video and Streaming Audio as it stands to have a massive and long-term negative revenue and reputational impact for those involved.”
Pointing us to a recent blog post from Megaphone (for whom Barletta briefly worked), Spotify said many claims were untrue and...2025-04-1100 min
Podnews Daily - podcast industry newsQuestions for YouTubeSponsored by Soundstack. Hosting platforms: planning your budget for 2025? Want to offer your podcasters more value? Adding SoundStack monetization, delivery, and more is simple. Learn how.
Last week, we spoke with Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik - this week, it’s the turn of YouTube’s Sandy Wilheim to answer questions like... what is a podcast? Do I have to do video now? And how important is RSS to YouTube? You can read the answers here, or listen to the Podnews Weekly Review.
Podcast Addict was removed from Google Play, again, this time for apparently violating the “Violent Extremism” policy. It...2024-10-1104 min
Podcasting 2.0Episode 196: Red Neck AirforcePodcasting 2.0 October 4th 2024 Episode 196: "Red Neck Airforce"
Adam & Dave Discuss the ups and downs of the 'industry' and add an appendix to the namespace!
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We are LIT
WNC Jet Fuel
Bitcoin for Podcasters Virtual Summit - Adam Curry and More - YouTube
1700 NA - Our secrets
AC's BBB Live December 16th Antone's
Jim Costello
IRC CLOUD
Questions to... Spotify's Maya Prohovnik
The Subprime AI Crisis
Funding Tag
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Podnews Daily - podcast industry newsAn interview with Spotify’s Maya ProhovnikSponsored by Soundstack. Hosting platforms: planning your budget for 2025? Want to offer your podcasters more value? Adding SoundStack monetization, delivery, and more is simple. Learn how.
Exclusive: What’s the future of podcasting in Spotify? Is video necessary for every show? Why is Spotify so successful? And how important is open RSS to Spotify? We had questions for Spotify’s VP of Podcast Product, Maya Prohovnik; and she had answers.
Her interview with us coincides with a new release of Spotify’s Fan Study, which focuses on video podcasts.
There’s a bug in Apple Podcasts in iOS 18...2024-10-0404 min
Podnews Weekly ReviewSpotify's Maya Prohovnik; plus Ross Adams from AcastThe Acast study: https://podnews.net/press-release/consumerismRead Podnews for the full Spotify interview: https://podnews.net/Send James & Sam a messageSupport the showConnect 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 2024-10-041h 18