Happy 20th birthday RSS, Alby launches profile pages. Spotify rolls out new Podcast UI and 'reasonably soon' will add Audiobooks.

Guest Interviews:



Eric Nuzum - Magnificent Noise


Alex Newall - Rusty Quill Ltd



Show Notes:

1. Spotify


Spotify is the top podcast network in the US based on reach,
according to new data from Edison Research. 


Spotify now has separate home feeds for Music and Podcasts
& Shows! 


Audiobooks are coming to Spotify “reasonably soon”, according
to CFO Paul Vogel.



2. Alby


Alby has launched an analytics website for Value 4 Value, the
podcast funding method from the Podcast Index. The website,
called SATurn, gives a full view of payments made on the Value 4
Value system and interfaces with your Alby wallet. It's free to
use, and includes a live feed much like Helipad. 


Now everyone with an Alby #Lightning Address can get their
very own 'My Alby Page'. 

Sam Page: https://getalby.com/p/sam

James Page: https://getalby.com/p/james



Alby also brought #bitcoin to Linktree in their latest
release. 



3. Other


Balcao claims it is a new decentralised podcast
platform


Podcast Index’s websites are no longer going to store any
user’s email address. Emails will be stored hashed in future,
according to Dave Jones


iOS16 - new support for a useragent in AppleCoreMedia. 
Podcast images are much larger on the lockscreen, including
support for embedded chapter images.


Gramrphone, a live music startup, has announced integration
with TikTok. 

Podcast discovery tool Goodpods has launched a website



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