Fountain
The podcast app that pays
Website: fountain.fm
Latest news
- May 19: Changes at Fountain, the podcast app, were announced on the Podcasting 2.0 podcast, including the launch of a new podcast hosting company, and monetisation options. We’ll cover the news in full later this week.
- May 7: Fountain v1.2 has been released, bringing a new design for library and content pages, a rebuilt audio engine, and a way to get summaries for shows.
- Dec 31, 2024: The Fountain podcast app has published its 2024 Rewind. The #1 show is Rabbit Hole Recap, a Bitcoin podcast. In 2024, listeners sent a total of $127,900 to creators using Fountain.
- Dec 2, 2024: 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, 2024: 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.
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