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Podnews Weekly Review
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GUESTS:
NEWS:
- Spotify released its Q3/21 results. It has 3.2m podcasts on its platform (subtext: beating Apple). Earnings were buoyed by growth in podcast advertising
- Spotify is to add video podcasts, but probably not as you know them. You can only upload them via Anchor - there’s a waitlist to join - and you can only watch the videos on Spotify
- Facebook’s Chelsea White and Irena Lam appeared on The New Media Show. Now everyone can get their podcast into Facebook
- Shadow is a new podcast app for iOS which includes SharePlay, so you can listen to a podcast with friends. Here are some promo codes for a free year of Shadow+
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LINKS:
- Tom Webster has shared a video of his keynote at Podcast Movement; and focused on what Facebook might mean for podcasters
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