Down Anchor, Goodbye Facebook, Au Revoir Michael Mignano & Tom Webster. Hello Squadcast!

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Show Notes & Links: 


Facebook is pulling out of podcasts and will close the
service starting Jun 3. The company will stop creators adding
podcasts to the service this week. They don’t plan to communicate
the closure to Facebook users.


Facebook was responsible for just 0.3% of all podcast
downloads last month, says Buzzsprout. It had reached 0.5% in
February, making it the 17th largest podcast app.


More than a quarter of new podcast episodes published in
April were on Anchor, according to data from John
Spurlock: 


The world’s largest podcast host, Anchor was down for much of
yesterday


Spotify is hiring for a podcast moderation team in Dublin
Ireland.


Michael Mignano is to leave Spotify. He’s said to have given
his resignation last week and leaves at the end of
June. 


Chartable has clarified its future, in an email to
users. 


In the UK, The Radio Academy’s ARIAS took place last
night. 


Headliner has added an integration with Hindenburg (build
2434).  They've also added export to LinkedIn.


Tom Webster has announced he is to leave Edison
Research.  He is our guest on next week's show. 



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