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- Last week, we spoke with Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik - this week, it’s the turn of YouTube’s Sandy Wilheim to answer questions like... what is a podcast? Do I have to do video now? And how important is RSS to YouTube? You can read the answers here, or listen to the Podnews Weekly Review.
- Podcast Addict was removed from Google Play, again, this time for apparently violating the “Violent Extremism” policy. It seems to have been restored, though the app’s AdMob account is yet to be reactivated. The app is one of the most popular for Android - and has a history of being blocked and restored from Google’s app store. Earlier this year, it was blocked for having an alarm clock.
- There are some good opportunities for marketing in family and kids podcasts, according to new data from Realm and Story Pirates released yesterday. 82% of kids listen with their parents, says the data.
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