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Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂
@Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂

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 highlights. He brings his lifelong passion for all things podcasting and tech to this show and asks the key questions you'd ask, all in his fun, relaxed, informative and always-entertaining style. 

Podcasts:

- Podnews Weekly Review 
https://weekly.podnews.ne
TrueFans:- https://www.truefans.fm

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Recent Notes

Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 3d
1/2 - Event Feed Proposal TrueFans has the ability to combine multiple RSS feeds (audio & video, blogs, publisher, merch), and now we can add events. We are proposing a new EVENT feed based on the...
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2/2 - Event Feed Proposal

Podcasters can create events in their TrueFans Admin Dashboard and the events then appear on their podcast page.

Example: https://truefans.fm/budpod-with-glenn-moore-and-pierre-novellie?tab=events

The podcaster can either link their ticket sales to an external webpage or use TrueFans to sell tickets directly in the app via Apple Pay / Stripe.

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Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 3d
3/3 - TrueFans Event Proposal We have also created a new Publisher Feed to promote the Cheerful Earful Comedy Festival on one page. https://truefans.fm/awards/cheerful-earful nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqdf6eyr7x6cv4gq99h3rjnhj6f4yqzxa97pxf2ecxeq82ea8mwdyqrp7epg nostr...
Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 3d
2/2 - Event Feed Proposal Podcasters can create events in their TrueFans Admin Dashboard and the events then appear on their podcast page. Example: https://truefans.fm/budpod-with-glenn-moore-and-pierre-novellie?tab=events The podcaster can either link their ticket sales to an external webpage...
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Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 4d
4/5 - 2. The co-inventor of podcasts, Dave Winer, is busy inventing a new social network - using RSS. Here’s RSS.chat uses RSS under the hood. Is this the cross-app comments system that podcast...
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5/5

4. The BBC World Service ran an investigation on harmful health misinformation on Steven Bartlett’s podcast, and it's happening again.

5. Fountain has announced support for Apple Podcasts video.

6. PocketCast has launched a new Apple TV app.

7. PodView promises a podcast website with RSS, HLS video and YouTube.
Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 4d
3/4 - James Cridland and I also talked about. 1. Last week, James suggested that we should "stop expecting podcast apps to work for free", and we need to cut them into revenue in return for sharing ...
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4/5 -

2. The co-inventor of podcasts, Dave Winer, is busy inventing a new social network - using RSS.

Here’s RSS.chat uses RSS under the hood. Is this the cross-app comments system that podcast apps have been looking for?

3. Micro.blog, a blogging platform, has expanded its video and podcasting offering, including support for video podcasts using the alternateEnclosure. It will also post video to YouTube and PeerTube, and do some rudimentary fixes for podcast audio level.
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Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 4d
5/5 4. The BBC World Service ran an investigation on harmful health misinformation on Steven Bartlett’s podcast, and it's happening again. 5. Fountain has announced support for Apple Podcasts video. 6. PocketCast has launched a new Apple TV app. 7. PodView promises a podcast website with RS...
Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 4d
2/4 - Andy Maxwell talks with Sam about Earmax Media, a specialist podcast advertising agency, but we also talk about the recent AMP accord and how their proposals might affect media agencies and adve...
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3/4 - James Cridland and I also talked about.

1. Last week, James suggested that we should "stop expecting podcast apps to work for free", and we need to cut them into revenue in return for sharing better consumption (measurement) data for advertisers.

In response, James received an email from Amy Dugger, who disliked his suggestion that apps should also get a cut of the advertising dollars and that only creators should be compensated.
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Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 4d
4/5 - 2. The co-inventor of podcasts, Dave Winer, is busy inventing a new social network - using RSS. Here’s RSS.chat uses RSS under the hood. Is this the cross-app comments system that podcast apps have been looking for? 3. Micro.blog, a blogging platform, has expanded its video and podc...
Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 4d
3/4 - James Cridland and I also talked about. 1. Last week, James suggested that we should "stop expecting podcast apps to work for free", and we need to cut them into revenue in return for sharing better consumption (measurement) data for advertisers. In response, James received an email from ...
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1/3 - On this week's Podnews Weekly Review our special guests are Giles Gear from Cheerful Earful and Andy Maxwell the co-founder of Earmax Media.

Giles talks with James about "The world’s funniest podcast festival " which returns this October.

Cheerful Earful will be in London, Brighton, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Dublin and New York from Sep 28 - Oct 28, with the largest lineup in the festival’s history.

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Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 4d
2/4 - Andy Maxwell talks with Sam about Earmax Media, a specialist podcast advertising agency, but we also talk about the recent AMP accord and how their proposals might affect media agencies and advertisers. https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/117/014/723/323/341/116/...
Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 1w
4/4 - Finally, the TrueFans funding tag works slightly differently. When the fan chooses the monthly amount they wish to pay, this is a maximum budget per month. So if the podcaster publishes a new...
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5/5 So when the podcaster publishes a new episode, then and only then do we take a micropayment from the fan's monthly budget and pay the podcaster.

But if the podcaster stops publishing episodes anymore, then we don't keep paying the podcaster. i.e V4V
Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 1w
3/4 - For example, with the News Agent podcast, there is no funding tag in the RSS feed. So we turned on the TrueFans funding option for all fans to pay the podcast either through SATs or local curre...
Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ profile picture
4/4 - Finally, the TrueFans funding tag works slightly differently. When the fan chooses the monthly amount they wish to pay, this is a maximum budget per month.

So if the podcaster publishes a new episode, only then do we take a payment from the fans monthly budget.

But if the podcaster doesn't publish anymore episodes, then we don't keep paying the podcaster.

The podcaster only gets paid if they continue to publish more episodes. This is a great example of V4V.
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Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 1w
5/5 So when the podcaster publishes a new episode, then and only then do we take a micropayment from the fan's monthly budget and pay the podcaster. But if the podcaster stops publishing episodes anymore, then we don't keep paying the podcaster. i.e V4V
Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂ · 1w
4/4 - Finally, the TrueFans funding tag works slightly differently. When the fan chooses the monthly amount they wish to pay, this is a maximum budget per month. So if the podcaster publishes a new episode, only then do we take a payment from the fans monthly budget. But if the podcaster doesn'...