Podcast ad revenue is increasing

About this episode

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail James is back from Europe; and we chat about why podcast ad spend is rising. Plus... • Libsyn RSS namespace for ad slot availability and why it feels odd in public feeds  • Goalhanger’s newsletter strategy as a membership product and audience data hub  • smart TV growth for podcast consumption and why smart speakers still fail discovery  • Canadian in car listening data plus listener resistance to AI hosts  • AI agents clipping shows, MCP servers, and how micropayments could change access  • blocking scrapers with WAF rules and the limits of user agent based controls  • Spotify audiobooks expansion and the attention competition inside major apps  • human written certification for books and the wider provenance problem  • bot driven streaming fraud as a warning for future podcast monetisation  • app and hosting updates including transcripts, video tools, and evolving person tags  Become a monthly subscriber! weekly.podnews.net Support the show Connect With Us:  • Email: weekly@podnews.net • Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social • Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support • Get Podnews: podnews.net