Simply days after Spotify’s video announcement, YouTube has announced that it is to run an online Q&A session on Dec 12. Kai Chuk, World Head of Podcasting, and Steve McLendon, Podcast Product Lead, will probably be “spilling the tea on platform updates and answering your burning questions”. The session is free; they’ll be joined by Stephanie Chan, a Strategic Associate Supervisor for YouTube Podcasts.
Ashley Carman bought an interview with Gustav Söderström at Spotify’s Now Enjoying event final week. In her e-newsletter, she managed to prise a little more information from him about how the income for movies will work – although a lot remains to be below wraps – and he or she notes the stress from some publishers with the announcement.
John McDermott from Calaroga Shark Media is quite critical. For podcasters: “Do video if you want. Do audio if you want. However I don’t suppose this announcement wasn’t meant for you.”
Tech Radar suggests that Spotify “cares extra about video podcasts than launching its long-awaited lossless HiFi tier”, including “Possibly you’ll be capable of play Spotify Hello-Fi in your flying automotive”. Ouch.
In Russia, Apple Podcasts has removed a number of Russian-language shows, together with a BBC podcast and exhibits from The Insider and Echos of Moscow. It’s additionally eliminated some apps together with the US’s Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Podnews is unavailable in Russia, in any other case we’d ask whether or not individuals there can get the exhibits placing the RSS feed instantly into Apple Podcasts. We’d be curious to know.
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