Podnews Weekly Review

Vox Media & Spotify raise significant new funding. Acast reports strong 2022 growth and seeks profitability by 2024. Podimo enters the UK market. Interviews with Hindenburg and RSS Blue

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Special Guests 

  • Chris Mottes - CEO at Hindenburg Systems

Hindenburg announced this week Hindenburg PRO v2, a new version of the editor with new features including transcription.

Podnews has an exclusive review of the new version.
Here are the Hindenburg team demonstrating the new Hindenburg PRO v2.

  • Dovydas Joksas - CEO RSS Blue 

RSS Blue now support keysend protocol and .well-known lookup scheme which means you will be able to fetch wallet details from any provider that supports it. 

 Show Notes

  • Vox Media Podcast Network’ is raising $100 million from Penske Media who will own about 20% of Vox Media, making it the largest shareholder of the company.
  • Spotify has a new investor. San Francisco-based hedge fund ValueAct Capital Management.
  • Acast published its year-end financial report. In Q4/22, Acast claims 1.3bn listens (up 22% y/y). Net sales for the quarter were up 35% y/y to SEK454mn (US $43.7mn). They are on track towards profitability in 2024.
  • Descript has made a number of changes to its redesign
  • Podimo is to enter the UK podcast market with more than twenty new shows.
  • RSS.com now supports Podcast.Txt for ownership verification. 
  • Publisher Podcast Awards night in London on Wednesday April 26th 2023. 

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