These guys usually talk about the same half dozen companies and maybe 20 high-profile podcasters every day. They like Adam Curry and open source geek stuff. They hate Joe Rogan and walled gardens. One of them is snarky and entitled, mostly mad at the industry. I appreciate their tenacity and dedication. Their long-form weekend show is good — lots of interviews. This short daily show is just podcast “news” headlines read with bias. So, mostly opinion.

A concise resource that helps all podcasters keep up with the fast flowing stream of podcasting news and advances. Fantastic! James is amazing!

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Today’s episode / issue included a news segment for a podcast without disclosing that Cridland Himself is involved the announced show. Clearly this kind of “news” is actually an ad, and regardless not disclosing the connection seems highly unethical. And inconsistent. Sometimes Cridland does disclose this kind of connection. When did this show jump the shark into mostly being press releases (ads) for people in the clique? I guess it was bound to happen … that’s why people network after all. But for anyone outside the clique, it makes the “news” way less relevant and ethical. Wish I could remove the final star. It’s a lot to ask of a one-person enterprise with this much scope creep. Kudos to Cridland for spinning up something like this … his determination and dedication are impressive. But apparently there’s plenty of money involved, so maybe it’s time to hire an editor to handle these conflicts. This show truly is at its best when Cridland (and friends) has done some clever research maneuvers and reports the findings. Obviously he’s set up a good collection of Google alerts, too, and plenty of other podcasts about podcasts and industry consultants regurgitate his work. And yet the show now has that hyper socialized networking vibe that narrows the perspective, diminishes the newsworthiness, and brings any pretense at objectivity into question. The ripple effect of regurgitation makes for a grim niche. James Cridland keeps tweeting about this review. You’d think a busy and important podcaster who doesn’t even have time to research how to pronounce people’s names would have better things to do than complain about his audience in public. Weird how insecure some otherwise brilliant people can be. Deleted another star. The music is back. Deleted a star. Edited to add: After some public grousing about the feedback below, the show has dropped most of the background music and seems to have adjusted the pacing a bit to get beyond a snarky hammering headline array and into some actual info (and why not? they are patiently generating plenty of important industry info at podnews, so they surely can identify interesting and useful info to include here). They may have even started to explore further than what seemed previously to be their own friends and enemies list for content. Listening is a much better time now. Changed from 2 to 3 stars. … The super tight pacing, sarcastic delivery, and overly loud tense & shrill music make this show really unpleasant.

I never miss an episode!!! It’s THE way to learn about the industry and I always find something to add to my queue.

80% of their reporting is very helpful. That said, they definitely have big biases and favored people. They casually promote the launch of some shows, for example in todays update they promoted (for free) the sleepscape pod. they called it “the first of its kind”…which is objectively false. There’s tons of sleep soundscape podcasts. And they promote some shows for free, while others have to pay for ads to get in. And the ones they promote free usually aren’t good. It gives an air of nepotism and/or “old boys network”. Also every week you will hear something about Arielle niesenblatt..why? Idk. 99% of it is not newsworthy in the least. If you have a crush on her, I don’t care, but don’t waste your listeners time with it. Would appreciate fixing these kinds of things

Having this daily summary has been invaluable. I have a morning ritual where I listen along while scanning the Podnews newsletter, and It helps me triage the news of the day and forward along the most salient articles and information to my colleagues. Most grateful for this resource!

Three minutes of podcast industry news made entertaining. James is witty, insightful, and on top of all the latest news.

Very informative Highly recommend it to every one I will definitely tell friends about this I love how it is super informative in a short amount of time You can check my podcast out Called “What’s That” This podcast is amazing.

Podnews is an incredible source for industry news. They don’t have corporate overlords and they don’t have ads dominating every inch of their site.

Podnews gives listeners summaries of the day's podcasting news in under 10 minutes, which is helpful for busy folks like me. Thank you!

Great short and informative. A must listen for all podcasters.

Knowing the information provided by this podcast makes me look really good in front of my clients!

If you're into podcasting "seriously," whether as a hobbyist who cares about the craft or you're working as a pro, this is the show to keep up with what's happening in the industry.

Great quick hit info on the business of podcasting. Definitely worth a daily listen.

Podnews is my go-to daily resource for all things Podcasting. Thanks for putting all the relevent info on Podcasting in one place. Keep up the heat! ~ John Lee Dumas

James & the Podnews team know more about podcasting than anyone else in the world. This is a beautiful extension of their already dynamite newsletter and site

Only a few minutes each, but awesome to hear the newsletter spoken out loud. Gives you all the links. Very useful. If it were longer (even 30-40 mins), this would dominate all the “podcasts about podcasts.” And even short, it’s still better. Because it has the best info.

The Podnews podcast and newsletter goes beyond great insights with breaking news, stories, and trends. A great resource providing more than existed previously in the podcast B2B space. Great journalist effort!

Heard about MarketSnacks daily through this. And love it! Thanks for the heads-up

Back in early April, you mentioned a new app, AlarmPod, that allows you to wake up to a podcast instead of music or radio. I've been looking for something like that for a while. I went to iTunes and it was $1. Ugh! I hate to pay for an app that doesn't have any reviews but I took a chance. Paid the $1 and downloaded the app. Tested it immediately and it didn't work. I wrote a warm review because I wanted to encourage the new female app developer. A week later, the app is completely gone from the iTunes Store along with my $1. Lesson learned. I hope for you too. Still listening. - 05/08/18 Your podcast IS good! Keep up the great work! - 04/05/18

Great podcast news and treads daily download. I enjoy keeping up to date with Podnews.net Recommended!