Special Guest: Jack Davenport - Managing Director at Goalhanger PodcastsSpotify has announced that almost 600 people (6%) will be laid off. Daniel Ek announced in a memo that Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostroff is to leave the company; "Alex [Norström] will take on the responsibility for the content, advertising and licensing work going forward".The number of new podcasts has dramatically dropped by 80% in two years, according to data reported this week. Except… as we explore today in a deep-dive article, that data point doesn’t tell the whole story. In fact, podcasting is in a much better place.Buzzsprout has announced a podcast subscription tool. You can choose from recurring support, or premium content only available to your supporters; the company takes a fee of 15%. The Podnews Weekly Review has added the opportunity to become a PoWeR supporter if you’d like to see it at work.(0:00:00) Jan 27(0:01:04) She's Offstroff - Spotify changes(0:21:30) Is podcasting really down by 80%?(0:28:04) Buzzsprout launches subscriptions(0:34:13) Quake Media launches(0:35:59) Global's news podcast report(0:37:41) Interview: Jack Davenport(0:55:40) People News(0:57:16) THe Tech Stuff(1:03:20) Around the world(1:05:54) Events(1:07:49) Boostagram Corner(1:11:42) Sam and James's weekSupport 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