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Trust this email - we're podcasters. Plus, Audioboom's financials, Megaphone gets more Spotify features, and PodMatch fights flaky guests

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YouTube start wooing creators, and Podpage releases upgrades

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A podcast promotion company that was doing something naughty - or were they? And YouTube starts rolling out RSS ingestion

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A recommendation agent you can telephone; an AI-powered clip maker; and an audio quality checker

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Some new services accused of not respecting creators. And, Apple Podcast changes up auto-downloads (a little)

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The number of new podcasts are down - but should we worry?

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Apple Podcasts talks kids; and a big WNYC podcast to close

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Cover stars from Africa, YouTube podcasts make it to Australia, and TWiT got blocked

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The Athletic shutters local podcasts, and Audacy skips a loan payment

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Amazon closes Amp, its radio service

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