There comes a time that you should refresh your podcast; change something up. And it’s time for Blubrry to do the same. Next week we’ll be back with a whole new format and some stylistic changes but still the same team. We’re pairing back on the number of topics we discuss each week so we can really give our expertise on the topics at hand. We think you’ll really enjoy the change. In the meantime, Mike and MacKenzie discuss big tech in podcasting, some listener data and more.

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• “Big Tech is Bad for Podcasting” Leo Laporte on the Podnews Weekly Review
  
• What do chart-topping podcasts have in common?
  
• US people between 13-34, one third of them listen to podcasts every day 
  
• Confirmed: Google will remove Podcasts Search carousel on February 13th – https://podnews.net/uploads/google-podcasts-feb13.png          
  
  • To be replaced by a “new feature” 
    
  
  
• Crooked Media podcasters move forward to unionize with WGA (Writers Guild of America East)
  

Keeping your podcast fresh

Every once in a while you need to change things up to improve your podcast and keep it interesting for podcasters and the listener.

• This podcast will be changing up the format a bit next week. If there is a subject you want us to dig into, let us know! Email mike@blubrry.com
  

The Power of Audio vs. Video

Question:  I’ve got to know how can I use the Blueberry listeners statistics dashboard to see downloads for a single episode on a specific day?

Answer:  Ah yes, good question!  Go to the Blubrry dashboard and click on See all Statistics under the stats chart. Then, in the blue bar at the top, click on Episodes. From there find the episode you want to check out. Click on it.  (the file name). Once you do that, you can scroll down to “trending” and hover over the graph and the daily numbers will show up for each day.

Got a subject you would like us to cover in detail, drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

Produced and edited by the Blubrry Pro Production team at BlubrryPro.com.

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