As with any industry, when one company decides to put an end to a podcast, another company is gearing up to start their own; always progressing in podcasting. Sirius and Spotify are making changes to their podcast output and we’re commentating on the latest podcast conferences. Join Mike and Todd to hear more about podcasting 2.0 namespace progress, hiring in podcasting and more.

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Endings and Beginnings

– SiriusXM is opening a new studio in Miami

– Spotify cancels 10 original shows from Gimlet and Parcast

• Tips and advice from the Publisher Podcasting Summit
  
• Podcast Futures conference, coming up next week.
  
• Podcasting 2.0 namespace phase 6 is undergoing planning.
  
  • New possible tags include
    
    • podcast:txt
      
    • podcast:hasGuests
      
    • podcast:events
      
    • podcast:state
      
    • Improvements to the podcast: chapters tag
      
    
    
  
  
• The charges against Adnan Syed, from Serial, have officially been dropped by prosecutors
  
• Megyn Kelly the Q3 fastest growing conservative podcast. Read more here.
  

When in doubt, hire out. This is a privilege, but if your budget allows it and you’re currently stuck with a podcast task you loathe, hire someone to handle it for you.

• Blog post: Should You Start A Podcast in an Oversaturated Market? by Tara O’Brien. Read it here.
  
• Chau is leaving Blubrry