John Spurlock

‘Klein’s Times podcast has been an extraordinary success at a moment when it’s difficult for podcasts to grow and break through.
It has redefined and further elevated Klein, already one of the most well-known personalities in mainstream digital news media.
(Indeed, one of the only well-known people in mainstream digital news media).’
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/18/2024/the-new-york-times-ezra-klein-problem

2024-08-08 17:40:50

@npub1jtm…rxtn are you ok if I remove the pi record for podclock? Since you redirected it to your main feed it's creating a duplicate in search
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2024-08-05 17:42:04

@npub1jtm…rxtn what happened to good ol' PodClock?
https://podnews.net/clock-rss

2024-08-04 21:31:08

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@npub1pwl…5qzr what are the downsides for non-cheaters?

2024-07-23 14:52:25

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@npub17d6…v8qz nice! Will always love Java and battleship gray apps in any language.
Did you do this with javafx?

2024-07-23 13:42:51

Spotify approaching all-time high again - really strong turnaround from their recent low
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/836/094/225/556/687/original/977d8618a1c3e9df.png

2024-07-22 16:15:39

Anyone out there in #ActivityPub land that can point me to a real-world payload with the "streams" property?
ie this one: https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#streams
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2024-07-21 18:43:32

lol right after all of the sunday shows

2024-07-03 16:03:35

‘So the #fediverse integration has become at least three, if not six, or seven times more difficult than we thought.
But we're committed to it, and we're making progress. We have some announcements coming soon.’
https://www.platformer.news/threads-175-million-users-adam-mosseri-interview/
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2024-07-01 23:40:42

‘Podcasts have remained free far longer than they should have (per unit of output, they are a relatively expensive form of journalism) because of the lack of sophistication hard-coded into their DNA.
But the end of the RSS era, the end of Podcasting 1.0, has made it harder to justify the assumption that a podcast should be free at the point of access. And if podcasts aren’t free, what is?’
https://nickfthilton.medium.com/the-new-york-times-demonstrate-the-bifurcation-of-the-podcast-industry-6f34a0722118

2024-06-27 18:02:38

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@npub1qmh…cvs0 do you navigate from the tv app? or cast/airplay?
I'm not a regular youtube enjoyer

2024-06-27 15:23:26

‘We’re not talking about your mobile phone, your laptop, that I’m sure you see your kids using all the time, but on the biggest screen in the house, the TV. Every media executive has to be paying attention.’
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/26/youtube-streaming-dominance-media-strategy.html

2024-06-24 14:28:23

‘ The rise of advertising may be a windfall for streaming services, but the quest for the mass audiences that advertisers seek risks turning the streaming landscape into a sea of police procedurals and hospital dramas punctuated by major sports events and blockbuster concerts.
Ironically, that’s pretty much the old model once dominated by the four ad-supported broadcast networks.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/22/technology/netflix-amazon-disney-sony-streaming.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.VIYP.cJ-7b4QQ6jEm&smid=url-share

2024-06-21 16:37:57

lol the apple podcasts ios changes are still causing havoc out there
🎧 clip via https://audioboom.com/posts/8525957-playing-with-fire-stalked
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/655/585/383/947/524/original/6ce758999407fad7.mp3

2024-06-20 15:50:29

whoa I think we have a new winner for largest https://op3.dev podcast download spike (new episode published)
that's a rate of around 83 redirects a second at the high (good thing I rearchitected OP3 recently, the prior system would have taken a while to catch up after this, if ever)
orange on this graph is captivate, and I believe the show is https://op3.dev/show/b1b73e16ce024698a101dbe5da904a38
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/649/720/245/365/105/original/2cfb488909c33911.png

2024-06-15 22:12:46

oh cool, the podcast "ULID" information site has been updated!
https://www.podcastlistening.com/

2024-06-13 01:20:09

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@npub1n7c…qf7l i promptly cancel before that happens : )
they always return with another offer like clockwork

2024-06-13 01:03:12

well well well, look who's back
spotify inflation finally hit me - would be $4/mo instead of the usual $3/mo
hmmmmmmm
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2024-06-05 15:25:12

day 2 of libsyn stats outage
https://status.libsyn.com/notices/n15gmuwleisecczp-degraded-stats-processing-performance
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2024-06-05 15:20:28

I guess I'm in the one percent here - I listen to podcasts precisely so I can skip the ads (and pay for ad-free streaming tv etc) - but I don't email the shows about it
Surprising how many others apparently don't like them but 'tolerate' instead of skip?
https://soundsprofitable.com/article/my-audience-wont-tolerate-advertising/
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2024-06-03 21:33:38

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@npub1jtm…rxtn en-gb is also easier for me since I can easily provide defaults, which is more dicey in the others

2024-05-31 20:36:36

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@npub1jtm…rxtn huh?

2024-05-30 20:18:03

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@npub1jtm…rxtn 45 minute target is great!
releasing full interviews ahead of time on the extra feed is also nice - accommodates listeners in all time budgets

2024-05-24 22:01:04

🫡
https://icq.com/desktop/en
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2024-05-22 16:27:44

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looks to be mostly representing as Android browsers, with "referer" headers like this
(a bunch of referring domains like us.vilitram.com, us.moders.co, eu.illuminous.xyz)
with paths like: /nty/postback/click?key=v2-1716394611865-4-10183-1347162-394028aa-5a5b-6ad4-6627-f4539920628e
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/485/664/674/784/134/original/702e1a4219a4ec1d.png

2024-05-22 16:22:22

Whoa, one episode measured by OP3 hosted on Megaphone getting absolutely drilled
Never seen anything like this before
last 2 days of valid redirects by hostname for comparison
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/485/652/671/940/834/original/1a49025132b76d81.png

2024-05-14 21:37:04

@npub1jtm…rxtn is the "keysend" attribute in the podnews feed documented anywhere?
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/441/596/636/635/592/original/c6d25823280a05d5.png

2024-05-10 14:43:07

Alright, going to take another swing at finding the source of the "SharingUIService" user-agent in iOS
New as of iOS17
Internet is of absolutely no help
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/417/314/020/213/607/original/3ac8057fffe2666d.png

2024-05-08 15:13:07

heads up @npub1ta3…9zk5 the new media show feed is still "live" from last week
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/406/113/931/293/226/original/cf5d434247b23f5a.png

2024-04-30 15:23:57

‘These AI-based products are at the apex of this horrible trend, where the thing that you get at the beginning is borderline nonfunctional, compared to all of the promises’
https://youtu.be/ddTV12hErTc?t=846&si=XdKWr_t8t0kfXjTE

2024-04-17 22:07:44

New https://op3.dev release today!
- renamed the 'redirect-logs' api to 'hits' and rewired the internals
- added a new query for getting the monthly/weekly download averages for one or more shows
https://op3.dev/releases
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2024-04-09 21:05:07

‘Even so, I think the idea behind ActivityPub is a hopeful one. Over time, this could make social media more like podcasting; a world where you could use any app to follow and interact with any person on any other app.’
https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/why-the-podcast-landscape-is-a-mess

2024-04-01 18:26:54

Has anyone gone through the "Raspberry Pi 4 to umbrelOS 1.0" process yet?
https://umbrel.com/update-to-umbrelos-1-0
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2024-03-26 19:39:46

Updated my Libsyn data post with their latest country and podcast user agents data as of February 2024
Seems like they haven't reported median/mean numbers for several months now 🤔
https://livewire.io/libsyn-stats-visualized/

2024-03-14 16:10:10

‘With this in mind, our team sought to find a way to add greater engagement to the living room, while still striking the right balance between interactivity and immersion.’
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/designing-a-richer-youtube-experience-for-your-tvs/

2024-03-14 15:37:35

Good job on @npub1zyl…mw3t Fountain here making their competitive analysis public
Paying for IAB-style downloads (ie listening to at least a bit of the podcast) seems like the right metric for most shows
https://fountainpodcasts.substack.com/p/buying-ads-to-grow-your-podcast-audience

2024-03-14 15:23:20

‘I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all, so I have returned to Spotify’
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/neil-young-says-returning-spotify-2-years-exit-joe-rogans-podcast-rcna143127

2024-03-13 15:45:34

‘In the latest version of YouTube Music, v6.43.52, Google has set the foundation for support for a “Trim Silence” feature.’
https://9to5google.com/2024/03/13/youtube-music-trim-silence-prep/

2024-03-13 15:31:07

‘Just look at what we’ve lost in each upgrade since OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard:’
https://talk.tidbits.com/t/features-lost-across-versions-of-macos/27037

2024-03-13 14:54:30

‘An estimated 500,000 giant redwood trees are in the UK compared to 80,000 in California.’
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68518623

2024-03-12 20:50:23

‘And I love the possibility for the Deaf-Blind community when now something could be available through a braille display for someone to be able to take in podcasts that way.’
Sarah Herrlinger briefly talks about Apple Podcasts transcripts during a larger discussion at SXSW https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP1145861
(rarely do you get someone from Apple talking at a public non-Apple event)
🎧 clip about transcripts👇
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/084/657/164/764/754/original/2e0b4c3d2f3279e1.mp3

2024-03-12 14:40:04

‘Later this spring, Apple will add a new “Web Distribution” feature that lets developers distribute their iOS apps directly from their website.’
(for those that agree to the new business terms)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/12/iphone-app-store-changes-web-distribution-more/

2024-03-08 17:21:33

Do listeners want these? https://til.ai/
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/061/218/254/444/242/original/b6c0cc615f4c5224.png

2024-03-02 16:20:59

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2024-03-01 17:37:20

👀 Cloudflare have just announced their Workers AI pricing
$0.02/hr for Whisper (base) speech recognition
Whisper base is not great, but compare this pricing with Deepgram's $0.21/hr paygo and $0.168/hr growth prices
https://ai.cloudflare.com/#pricing-calculator
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2024-02-10 15:42:20

👀 New podcast app Metacast just launched in open beta
https://metacast.app/

2024-01-25 22:45:57

as i live and breathe
even updated the tech docs
https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390
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2023-12-14 21:13:18

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@npub1u88…2zw0 @npub19v7…al4a @npub1ln5…xyw6
Thanks Bumi - I just emailed - tldr as a user I'd expect existing api access to be managed in the portal where it was before.
Also did not need to go through a user oauth process back when I created my initial token, since my use case is simple access to my own single wallet. Pretty much every service has a simplified path for that use case - again usually just provisioning a token in the portal.

2023-12-14 19:36:16

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@npub19v7…al4a @npub1ln5…xyw6
the link is now literally a mailto: link lol
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2023-12-14 19:26:08

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@npub19v7…al4a @npub1quq…7prs
Just noticed my existing alby api token was inactivated as well
new api tokens for existing accounts can only be issued by emailing support (which i did, no response yet)
hmmmmmm......

2023-10-20 17:52:24

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@npub19v7…al4a 🤷‍♂️

2023-10-16 14:41:34

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@npub1u88…2zw0 @npub1quq…7prs seems like the results are returned in reverse chron, so paging down (back in time) is natural? i don't think anything would have to change there, just the initial filter
right now, you can _kind of_ do this with q[created_at_lt], but technically multiple invoices could arrive at the same epoch second, so you might lose a few inadvertently

2023-09-15 21:51:04

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@npub1jtm…rxtn
👀 two new UAs of interest, I'll add to user-agents-v2
"Microsoft Office/16.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Microsoft Outlook 16.0.16130; Pro)"
"Outlook-Android/2.0"

2023-09-12 14:15:47

@npub1ln5…xyw6 here's an interesting specimen - did that get podpinged in?
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6609470
it points to a buzzsprout js file that looks like a partial html page
would be awesome to have a "source" property for each PI podcast, indicating who/what added it to the db

2023-09-12 13:49:53

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 I heard a news segment on this yesterday. It was about demoting "white noise" artists, sounds of washing machines, and other music that people have on all day in the background

2023-09-07 23:13:47

no one:
me: here are the top 20 podcast namespaces, declared vs actually used (by at least one tag in the feed)
the new "podcast" namespace is #6 by declaration, and #5 by usage
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/111/026/389/900/575/191/original/a609a7592d45e3e8.png

2023-08-25 16:13:00

Marco, John, & Casey discussed a current view of the podcast ad market last week from their show's vantage point.
Very interesting discussion on a variety of levels and generated quite a response in both Mastodon & Reddit.
Posted the full transcript & links here: https://gist.github.com/johnspurlock/1e2eeefc545dc20124bb4a471214f250

2023-08-21 15:59:12

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 Are you using more bandwidth than ever or is this a new policy change?

2023-08-18 15:27:06

‘There is a fantasy that if you add more data it will work. But you cannot succeed in crushing the problem with data’
https://www.ft.com/content/ed323f48-fe86-4d22-8151-eed15581c337

2023-05-06 13:10:25

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 😬