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November 4, 2024:
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Enhancements to the
podcast:location tag (from Daniel J Lewis and our Editor) are in Phase 8 of the new podcast namespace - specifically, it adds a new way to mark where an episode was recorded, as well as the subject matter of what it was about. Podnews’s RSS feed has the enhanced version in mark-up, in both the <channel> and <item>. Truefans supports it - look for the recording location in this episode.
October 17, 2024:
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The Late Bloomer Actor published a special end-of-season episode. Host David John Clark spoke to 12 hosts of his favourite podcasts from around the world, all collectively talking about podcasting, storytelling and community. Among the featured guests are TrueFans's Sam Sethi, Buzzsprout's Jordan Blair, and our Editor.
September 16, 2024:
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TrueFans is now sharing listener activity (with permission) to the fediverse. Here’s ⁂ @sam@truefans.social and his activity - which you can subscribe to in tools like Mastodon and others. TrueFans has also announced that it is beginning work on iOS and Android apps.
August 29, 2024:
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Podcasting Tech this week interviews the host of the Podnews Weekly Review, Sam Sethi, on his career and about the Truefans podcast platform.
August 5, 2024:
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Podcasting 2.0 player TrueFans has made the process of “streaming sats” easier, avoiding the hassle of having to buy complex cryptocurrency on other services (which isn’t very easy in some countries). Now, you can just use your regular credit card to top up your balance in TrueFans, to help pay podcasters for the shows you like.
July 15, 2024:
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TrueFans has launched “SuperFeeds”, an enhanced version of RSS feeds with the new Podcasting 2.0 tags that podcast hosting companies leave out; and a full-screen chapter player.
April 22, 2024:
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Truefans got a good magazine article writeup in the City, University of London alumni magazine. (CEO Sam Sethi went there).
March 18, 2024:
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TrueFans has now shared more than $10,000 with podcasters and artists. The web app uses Value 4 Value to share money directly from the listener to the creator.
March 4, 2024:
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Apple has reversed its decision to remove “PWA” web apps in the EU. Some podcast app websites, like TrueFans, allow you to “add to homescreen” in the share menu, giving a full app-like experience. Podnews does too - giving you an icon that’ll always show you the latest news.
January 8, 2024:
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The Geek News Central Podcast team, including Todd Cochrane, are in Las Vegas this week to cover CES, the consumer electronics show. The podcast will include live coverage, which you'll spot in new podcast apps like Fountain and TrueFans.
December 29, 2023:
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In Podcast Bestie, the Podcast, Kyrin Down from Mere Mortals talks to Courtney Kocak about a way of monetising your podcast called "Value 4 Value". It works best with a new podcast app, like Fountain or TrueFans.
December 18, 2023:
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Listening app Podfans has rebranded to TrueFans. Founder and CEO Sam Sethi said on the Podnews Weekly Review podcast last week: “We do more than just straight podcasts. We were obviously looking at music. We're looking at books, video, and so, talking to several music artists, they said Podfans doesn't really say music to us and it's a bit narrow focused.”