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@samsethi.podcastindex.social.ap.brid.gy
Sam is the CEO of Truefans and the co-host of Podnews Weekly Review. Along with James Cridland, he talks with podcasters about their companies and career […]

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Threads saying the quiet part out aloud. They never cared about the Fediverse. It was a good way to get people to sign up and cheer them on. This is a typical Meta bait and switch strategy. Start open or promise open and then switch to their proprietary […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
December 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@james and I return on 2nd January with our look back to 2025 both the highlights and the lowlights. We also review our 2025 predictions. How did we do?

And finally our predictions show for 2026 is out on 9th January. Lots of left field predictions in […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
December 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
1/3 - This weeks episode of Podnews Weekly Review is out - it’s a bumper episode and early Christmas present, featuring over 26 Senior executives from the biggest companies in podcasting giving their highlights of 2025, and their predictions for the year […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
1/2 TrueFans Hosting

When you host with TrueFans we stream podcast episodes in 6 second batches to all apps. It means we know exactly how long people listen and when people stop listening. This is how we plot this NEW consumption chart below.

There is a […]

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December 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Is history repeating itself? In the past people owned their own blog and published an RSS feed for others to consume in readers. However people got frustrated that no one was reading their posts or leaving comments.

So along came Facebook. People could […]

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December 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
December 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
@merryoscar @james @dave @adam @russell @mijustin

Here is what we see in our Creators Dashboard in the Alt Enclosure.
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
hey @merryoscar - well done for the launch of fountain video hosting.

Just to let you know we tested your new video hosting and the good news is worked on TrueFans.

Link:
https://truefans.fm/tftc-a-bitcoin-podcast/69305256bd34be429a53554a

We are a few […]

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December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
2/3 - PWR

3. RSS.com has launched free podcast hosting. Made for local & niche podcasters, the free plan offers unlimited episodes and unlimited audio, and analytics. Paid users get access to transcripts, programmatic ads, and YouTube posting.

4 […]

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November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
1/3 - In Podnews Weekly Review, our special guests are Kendall Breitman talking about Riverside's new podcast hosting service and Russell Harrower telling us all about PodToo's new Cloud Infrastructure Service.

1. Riverside announced the launch of its […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
1/2 - TrueFans Hosting.

Today TrueFans took one step closer to opening the doors to our new hosting service.

Now in your creators dashboard you can see:

1. The total storage size for the episode you uploaded #transparency

2. The amount of data we […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
1/3 - ANNOUNCEMENT: TrueFans Hosting has launched.

I am very excited to announce TrueFans is ready to launch our new hosting service. We have been working on this for a while.

TrueFans is turning podcast hosting on its head. TrueFans has built the […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
3/3 - The second is "Thinking with Machines" by Vasant Dhar - 18th Nov.
The Brave New World of AI tells the story of AI from its very beginnings through the eyes of Vasant Dhar, currently Robert A Miller Professor at the Stern School of Business, and […]

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November 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
1/3 Just pre-ordered these two new books coming out in November.

The first is "Notes on Being a Man" by Scott Galloway - 5th Nov.

The lack of attention to the growing masculinity crisis has created a void which is now being dangerously filled by the […]

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November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Finally turned in Spotify Lossless Audio and Video. Was the wait worth it Let’s see if this makes any difference.
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
1/4 - On this week's Podnews Weekly Review, we talk about:

1. Does podcast advertising really work? Most people skip the ads when they can but advertisers still keep paying, even when they don't know who listened to their adverts and don't know how long […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
October 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'm thinking about Podcast SEO in an AI world.

SEO = Search Engine Optimisation
GEO = Generative Engine Optimisation

It made me wonder if we need to use JSON-LD markup in our app to help Google discover like they do with Product Snippets.

So we use […]

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October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Netflix Inks Deal With Spotify to Stream Video Podcasts. Spotify video podcasts will soon appear on Netflix.

The two companies have announced a partnership to bring a select number of podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer to Netflix’s platform […]

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October 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I am pleased to say TrueFans now supports the following Lightning methods in the Value Tag - Keysend, LNAddress and SecureRSS (L.402) as well as Direct to Node for all podcasts

/cc @james @adam @dave
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
3/4 - Our other special guest is Kendall Breitman from Riverside talking about "Co-Creator", (aka CoCo) their new AI agent ready to help you edit and repurpose your content, just by chatting.
October 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
1/3 - On this weeks Podnews Weekly Review our special guest is Rox Codes the co-founder of Flightcast, a new video first podcast host, built with Steven Bartlett.

They have taken the tools that built The Diary Of A CEO, and turned them into a software platform you can use.
October 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
2/2 - You can also copy each awards playlist and then edit it yourself. You can also share playlists with your friends on social media.

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October 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1/2 - Really pleased to announce TrueFans has added a NEW Podcast Awards Page.

Link:
https://truefans.fm/awards

We have curated all of these awards based on each stage. i.e from entry open, nominees, finalists and winners.

In addition, TrueFans have […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
October 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
2/2

3. Subscriptions
Fans pay a monthly monthly fee to support their favourite podcasters.

4. SecureRSS
Creators can mark certain episodes or the whole podcast as Premium content and fans have to pay in advance for the content in order to access it.

5 […]

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October 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
1/2 - Thank you to Rubén Galgo for inviting me to present "The Future of Podcast Monetisation" at Podcast Days in Madrid.

Using TrueFans I was able to demo the following 5 new ways creators can earn money.

1. Streaming Micropayments
Fans can pay their […]

[Original post on podcastindex.social]
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM