Off to a somewhat bumpy start, Apple and Spotify are going to offer premium aka paid for podcast subscriptions. Apple promised an update in their latest iOS that would feature new functionality for premium shows, however they're still having major directory issues at the moment. Spotify has announced their premium option for creators to make paid for content, but we haven't heard much more about when this will become widely available. And last but not least, Facebook is working on a podcast player. That's certainly not the last of all we talk about on today's episode.

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News:

Spotify is also adding premium podcasting.

Facebook is adding a podcast player to it's app

99% Invisible bought by Sirius XM. Congrats!

Podcasts Connect and more at Apple still not working for some users. Read more about their premium podcasting woes and the latest botched update.

Macmillan is looking for a script editor for podcasts.

Best Practice:
Show notes: Appearance in directories and apps

Each app or directory shows what they want from what you put in your show notes (blog post). There really isn’t a way to control it to look exactly the same everywhere.

Not all apps show links or photos you put in the blog post

Write your show notes for Google

Blubrry News:

PowerPress 8.6 beta is available now. Get it here if you want to test. 

Podcast Monetization, from our site.

If you want to write for Podcast Insider blog, contact marketing@blubrry.com

Question(s) of the Week 
Question: Is PowerPress compatible with Divi (theme and page builder)?
Answer: Yes, the Divi theme works with PowerPress, which is also true on 99.999% of WordPress themes. The Divi builder doesn’t work well with RSS and therefore, doesn’t work well with PowerPress or podcasting in general. One problem is show notes. 
Divi builder does not put the text in the right places for the podcasting apps to pick up correctly. There is also a bug in the builder that removes the enclosure from the feed for all but the last episode.
If you are going to use Divi, do not use Divi builder (or any other page builder) for your podcast posts. Revert to the stock WordPress editor, and use the builder for the rest of the pages and posts on the site.
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