Podnews Weekly Review

Like London buses, you wait years for a subscription service to turn up and two come along at the same time. James and Sam analyse Spotify's new subscription service and compare it with Apple's alternative subscription service.


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Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's thought-provoking show about Spotify's new subscription service.


NEWS:

  • Spotify has announced their Paid Subscriptions service, which is hosted on Anchor

  • Spotify’s Paid Subscriptions tool sounds nice when compared with Apple - who can argue with free. But it isn’t quite as straightforward as that. Or, even, free.

    • It’s not actually free. Standard payment processing fees still apply. Stripe charge 2.9% +30¢, and I’d expect Spotify’s pricing to be similar. Apple’s fees include payment processing. 

    • It’s US-only for now, as all Anchor monetisation has been. The company is hoping to expand “in the coming months”. Apple Podcasts Subscriptions are available in 170 countries and regions.
  • Facebook is to add a podcast player in its app, powered by Spotify. It’s being rolled out to 27 markets, none in Europe.

  • Riverside․fm has announced a further $9.5m in funding. The company has also debuted its “magic editor” feature, to automate recording, editing and uploading.

  • SiriusXM has bought 99% Invisible Inc. The company, owned by Roman Mars.

  • Acast claims the future of podcasting is Dynamic RSS.

  • Buzzsprout now integrates with Canva 

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