Happy 20th birthday RSS, Alby launches profile pages. Spotify rolls out new Podcast UI and 'reasonably soon' will add Audiobooks.

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1. Spotify

Spotify is the top podcast network in the US based on reach, according to new data from Edison Research.
Spotify now has separate home feeds for Music and Podcasts & Shows!
Audiobooks are coming to Spotify “reasonably soon”, according to CFO Paul Vogel.

2. Alby

Alby has launched an analytics website for Value 4 Value, the podcast funding method from the Podcast Index. The website, called SATurn, gives a full view of payments made on the Value 4 Value system and interfaces with your Alby wallet. It's free to use, and includes a live feed much like Helipad.
Now everyone with an Alby #Lightning Address can get their very own 'My Alby Page'.
- Sam Page: https://getalby.com/p/sam
- James Page: https://getalby.com/p/james
Alby also brought #bitcoin to Linktree in their latest release.

3. Other

Balcao claims it is a new decentralised podcast platform
Podcast Index’s websites are no longer going to store any user’s email address. Emails will be stored hashed in future, according to Dave Jones
iOS16 - new support for a useragent in AppleCoreMedia. Podcast images are much larger on the lockscreen, including support for embedded chapter images.
Gramrphone, a live music startup, has announced integration with TikTok.
Podcast discovery tool Goodpods has launched a website
Happy Birthday to Buzzsprout, which turned 13 years old on Sep 1
September 18 is the 20 year anniversary of RSS 2.0
Steve Pratt has shared details of the lineup for Podcast Day 24 in NYC. Our coupon code PODN1215 now works for events in NYC, London or Sydney, and saves around half price.

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