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Apple wants you (and it) to get paid for your premium podcasts There’ll now be a dead-easy way to pay for a podcast on your iPhone. Will there be a market, and is this the end of the open podcasting ecosystem? By Joshua Benton@jbenton April 20, 2021, 3:53 p.m. April 20, 2021, 3:53 p.m. Apple has finally made its long-awaited move into monetizing podcasting, the medium it kinda-sorta invented and definitely brought to a mainstream audience. (What did you think the “pod” stands for?) Podcasting’s first boom in 2005 came when Apple added podcast support to iTunes, and its second boom n...

Hosts Brendan James and Noah Kulwin discuss the CIA’s dalliances with organized crime, interviewing Cubans about the Revolution, and challenging America’s canned narratives When Brendan James and Noah Kulwin were trying to figure out what to cover on the second season of their history podcast  Blowback there were, unfortunately, a lot of options — after all, the show grapples with the machinations, mishaps, and misdeeds of the American empire.  Blowback debuted last year with a widely praised season on the Iraq War, but, for season two, they chose a conflict closer to home: The Cuba...

'Blowback' Podcast Tackles America's Meddling in the Cuban Revolution Hosts Brendan James and Noah Kulwin discuss the CIA's dalliances with organized crime, interviewing Cubans about the Revolution, and challenging America's canned narratives Jon Blistein, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail When Brendan James and Noah Kulwin were trying to figure out what to cover on the second season of their history podcast Blowback there were, unfortunately, a lot of options — after all, the show grapples with the machinations, mishaps, and misdeeds of the American empire. Blowback debuted last year wit...

Source: Christine Romero-Chan / iMore Oh, yes. Apple has been ramping up its services in the past few years — both Apple TV+ and Apple Fitness+ are fairly new — and it's clear that Apple is constantly looking for new services to offer. It seems to be the direction the company is going. If Apple can find a way to make an Apple News+, I'm sure it could find a way to make Apple Podcats+. In fact, precedent is already set. Not an entirely new idea Many podcast creators already offer listeners different ways to get special features for a fee — longer episodes, ad-free content, early access t...

Spotify to test paid podcast subscriptions this spring via new Anchor feature During its livestreamed event today, Spotify officially confirmed its plans to launch paid podcast subscriptions on its platform. As a first step, the company will this spring begin beta testing a new feature in its Anchor podcast creation tool that will allow U.S. creators to publish paid podcast content aimed at their “most dedicated fans.” It also opened up signups for this and other new features, starting today. Spotify had hinted at its plans for paid podcast content during its fourth-quarter earnings call ...