Special Guest: Mark Asquith - MD Captivate (Global)News: YouTube announced that “podcasts are a go!”YouTube’s Creator Insider has produced a video announcing the company’s new podcast features and metricsFacebook is shutting its audio channels in groupsLinkedIn has launched the LinkedIn Podcast Academy, a six month incubator pilot for nineteen showsSpotify and NPR are detailing their new partnership in a post highlighting how the two companies are “forging a new partnership focused on diversification and discoverability”Audiobooks are now available to Spotify users in CanadaSpotify Spent Less Than 10% of Its $100 Million Diversity FundPodX Group expands further in Europe by acquiring Suomen Podcastmedia, Finland’s largest podcast company10 million accounts on MastodonCuriocaster adds support for Alby WalletDave Jones has started work on the #guidresolver: https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/guid-resolverKevin Finn from Buzzsprout talked about adding a simple PodRollWordPress.com acquires an ActivityPub pluginOver the last 90 days, podcasters have received at least $35,548 in “value4value” streaming sats and boosts.Reid Hoffman’s new podcast Possible.  - www.possible.fm Support the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Twitter: @jamescridland / @podnews and @samsethi / @joinpodfans Lightning/NOSTR: ⚡james@crid.land and ⚡sam@getalby.com Mastodon: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net