Podnews Weekly Review - iHeart - the business deal that doesn't make any sense

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Send James and Sam a message or voicemailSam gets out of his sick bed and joins James for a discussion of the latest podcast industry news.• iHeartMedia sale rumours versus a financial reporting split for investors • Radio’s share of listening in the UK, US, and Canada versus podcasting’s smaller base • Duplicate podcast feeds and hosting accountability through an industry code of practice • Meta-hosted AI podcast production at scale and the risks of unpoliced synthetic content • Spoofed user agents, broken analytics, and Common Access Tokens as a practical signal • Podcast ad load growth, listener tolerance, and how it compares with radio ad minutes • AI-assisted video repackaging for YouTube and LinkedIn and what actually moves numbers • Unified creator dashboards, why downloads persist, and the missing “plays” debate • Membership bundles, newsletters, and using the Podcasting 2.0 funding tag for paid offers • Webby credits registry as an IMDB-like ledger for podcast and digital work • Industry moves including SiriusXM’s new CEO and the collapse of Message Heard • HLS video support, “video-first” marketing confusion, and why RSS video still matters Support the showConnect With Us: Email: [email protected]: @[email protected] and @[email protected] us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/supportGet Podnews: podnews.net

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