Vox Media & Spotify raise significant new funding. Acast reports strong 2022 growth and seeks profitability by 2024. Podimo enters the UK market. Interviews with Hindenburg and RSS Blue

Special Guests 


Chris Mottes - CEO at Hindenburg Systems



Hindenburg announced this week Hindenburg PRO v2, a new version
of the editor with new features including transcription.

Podnews has an exclusive review of the new version.
Here are the Hindenburg team demonstrating the new Hindenburg PRO
v2.


Dovydas Joksas - CEO RSS Blue 



RSS Blue now support keysend protocol and .well-known lookup
scheme which means you will be able to fetch wallet details from
any provider that supports it. 


 Show Notes


Vox Media Podcast Network’ is raising $100 million from
Penske Media who will own about 20% of Vox Media, making it the
largest shareholder of the company.

Spotify has a new investor. San Francisco-based hedge fund
ValueAct Capital Management.

Acast published its year-end financial report. In Q4/22,
Acast claims 1.3bn listens (up 22% y/y). Net sales for the
quarter were up 35% y/y to SEK454mn (US $43.7mn). They are on
track towards profitability in 2024.

Descript has made a number of changes to its redesign

Podimo is to enter the UK podcast market with more than
twenty new shows.

RSS.com now supports Podcast.Txt for ownership
verification. 

Publisher Podcast Awards night in London on Wednesday April
26th 2023. 



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