Podcasts, Podcasts everywhere but not a mention of RSS anywhere! We discuss Apple's podcast subscriptions, Facebook's podcasting app and Google recommendations

Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's jam-packed show
about Apple subscriptions and Facebook's entry into podcasting
with the help of Spotify. 



NEWS



Apple Podcasts is adding paid Podcasts Subscriptions in May.
As a podcaster, you can set your own price for your own
show.


Apple Podcasts will take a 30% commission of the subscription
price for a subscriber’s first year, dropping to 15% for
additional years. Podcasters can set pricing, and availability,
by country. Apple Podcasts is available in 170 territories.



Paid podcasts are hosted by Apple, not by your podcast
host. 


Apple Podcasts will not give you access to any personal data
about your paid subscribers, like their emails or names.


The launch of the new Apple Podcasts Connect tool has been
plagued with bugs and technical issues; and has impacted other
apps. We would recommend NOT logging in at this
time.

Many podcasters say their shows have completely gone missing
within Apple Podcasts and third-party apps that use Apple’s
API.



Our theory: All shows transferred to the new system
appear to automatically have their RSS feed removed from
Apple’s public API. 


One way for third-party apps to continue operating is to use
PodcastIndex.


Apple Podcasts Connect also changes your categories,
too.


Within the next few months, the Facebook app will include a
podcast player, as part of an upcoming set of “social audio
experiences”. The podcast player will work in the background, and
offer live captioning; “RSS” wasn’t mentioned in the
release 




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