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Interview with Ken Miller from Fathom; Spotify buys an AI voice service, Google Podcasts slips up in Pride Month, Sam looks different to what Adam Curry thinks
Podnews Weekly Review
English - June 16, 2022 11:00 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBNews Commentary News Technology weekly review sam sethi james cridland australia usa Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Special Guest
Ken Miller - CTO FathomNew podcast app Fathom, designed for better podcast discovery, has been launched on iOS and in-browser. It promises you can “ask any question and hear answers from your favourite podcasters and their guests.”
https://fathom.fm/podcast/podland-news
Show Notes
Breaking: Apple Podcasts has published details of how search in its app works. The post includes clarification that ratings and reviews aren’t factored into search results; and that the search function searches the show name, channel name, and episode title.In July last year, Podnews published data showing what metadata different podcast apps use: noting that Apple Podcasts does not search podcast (or episode) descriptions.
During Pride Month, Google Podcasts is blocking and hiding some podcast episodes apparently because they use the word 'lesbian’.
Transistor’s Justin Jackson has reported Acast to Canadian law enforcement after the company targeted Transistor customers.
Acast recently targeted customers from Podbean, Captivate, Blubrry and others, using competitor’s logos, and sending multiple follow-up
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