S2 Episode 8: The Future of Podcasting with Podnews Editor James Cridland

On this episode, we spoke with James Cridland, Editor of leading podcast news site Podnews. Podcasting is on the rise, with 96,500 new podcasts in May 2020 alone. In this episode we discussed a number of topics related to podcasting, including:Is Podcasting is on the increase?The half-life of a podcast seriesIs podcasting the new blogging?How Podnews startedProducing a daily podcast and newsletterThe future of RSSApple"s dominance in RSS standardsSpotify as a competitorIs Google number 3 in Podcasting?Is the Joe Rogan/Spotify deal the first of many?Will we see the rise of "walled gardens"?Apple"s dominance with podcast discoveryIMDB as a podcast directory?The importance of measurement & monetisationMonetisation beyond advertisingThe future of corporate podcastingPrivate corporate podcastingWhat is the future of podcasting? Quick fire round Favourite Podcast Favourite podcast app Apple or Spotify? Favourite length of podcast The last podcast you listened to Three things to take advantage of podcastingSubscribe to Podnews.netListen to other podcastsLearn how to edit audio More information on James can be found at jamescridland.net The podcasts and products mentioned on the podcast are listed below Podcast Festival - podcastfestival.events The Bugle Podcast Freenoter Podcast Audacity Adobe Audition Hindenberg Journalist Pro Sign up for the Podnews daily newsletter at podnews.net Thanks for listening to Digitally Curious. You can buy the book that showcases these episodes at curious.click/order Your Host is Actionable Futurist® Andrew Grill For more on Andrew - what he speaks about and recent talks, please visit ActionableFuturist.com Andrew"s Social Channels Andrew on LinkedIn @AndrewGrill on Twitter @Andrew.Grill on Instagram Keynote speeches here Pre-order Andrew"s upcoming book - Digitally Curious