Privacy concerns in podcasting have a history of not only being addressed, but the industry has been pro-active about addressing those concerns as well. The IAB Tech Lab released a document about podcast privacy concerns and laid out how they plan to tackle the issue.

Please excuse our technical difficulties today; these things happen to everyone once in a while, even podcast companies.

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• IAB Tech Lab releases a document about Podcast Privacy Challenges
  
• Acast bought Podchaser for $34 million
  
• LivexLive is going to spin off Podcast One 
  
• Jame Cridland from Podnews reveals the podcast industry’s biggest spammer 
  
• 5 Radio Produced Podcasts up for Marconi Awards
  

Data Driven Decisions

All podcasters have the opportunity to take a moment to thoroughly review their podcast statistics and determine how to move forward. Was it the title, the topic, the guest, the longer or shorter episode?

• Blog Post:  Show Me The Monetization by Tara O’Brien
  
• Preparing for Podcast Movement
  
• We’re meeting for a company gathering soon – let us know if there are any big features or ideas or problems you’d like us to consider for early August
  

Crucial elements of your podcast

Question: What happens if I change the file name on a published episode?

Answer:  A few things, but nothing terrible. 

1. You will have to re-upload and re-link the file in your post
   
2. The apps and directories will just start playing the new file just as they played the old one. 
   
3. A new entry will be in your stats for the new file name. 
   

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