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Author: James Cridland and Sam Sethi

The last word in podcasting news.Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review the week's top stories from Podnews; and interview some of the biggest names making the news from across the podcast industry.Winner, "Best Podcasting Podcast", 2025 Ear Worthy AwardsSupport the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - keep podcasting!
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When Algorithms Pull The Plug On Creators - the YouTube Faustian Pact
Thursday, 27 August, 2026

Send James and Sam a message or voicemailJames and Sam look into this week's podcasting news, including the show pulled by YouTube.• YouTube removing a top podcast with no warning, then reinstating it • The risk of building a show on third-party platforms and automated enforcement • Why we think a podcast needs an RSS feed to be a podcast • YouTube reportedly paying creators to avoid Netflix and the coercion angle • Newsletters as the best real estate in podcasting and why platforms are piling in • Acast partnering with Kit versus all-in-one creator platforms like Beehive • Spotify Megaphone issues affecting ad campaigns and DAI reliability • Podbean analytics filters mistakenly wiping Apple Podcasts downloads • The whack-a-mole problem of bots, crawlers, and imperfect measurement • Podcast 2.0 building blocks gaining traction: person tags and location tags • Podcast Radar as a map-based discovery tool and why rich location data matters • Threads experimenting with transcript-synced audio posts • Listener mail on Megaphone support and hosting fit Support the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.netFediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.socialSupport us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/supportGet Podnews: podnews.net