Fountain
The podcast app that pays
Website: fountain.fm
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- Dec 2: The Podcasting 2.0 podcast this week goes into more detail about what they call the “walletpocalypse” - changes needed to future-proof streaming payments in podcasting apps. Oscar Merry from Fountain explains some of the reasons for the changes, and shared some demo code.
- Nov 28: Be thankful for East London, home of things like the Fountain podcast app, some decent curry houses, and the subject of The Hackney and Newham History Social Club, a new, modern history podcast about the area. "It is more important than ever for people to listen and pay attention to the stories that shape their local history and identity," says the show's host, Sue Elliott-Nicholls.
- Oct 18: In the Podnews Weekly Review, which will be published later today, we hear from Oscar Merry from Fountain about a new release of the podcast app; and a round-up of the week's news.
- Apr 16:
The Podcast Standards Project has announced that more than 2.5mn podcast episodes now feature creator-supplied transcripts using the open
<podcast:transcript>standard. Those Podcasting 2.0 transcripts are visible in apps like Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Fountain and Podcast Guru as well as many others. - Mar 14: The costs of growing your podcast by buying ads in podcast apps have been compared by podcast app Fountain. Unsurprisingly, Fountain does quite well - but it’s a helpful look at the costs of each of the apps and how they work.
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