NYT to offer podcast subscriptions in Apple and Spotify

• The New York Times is to make its premium, paid podcasts available for NYT subscribers on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Spotify and Apple Podcasts listeners can connect their subscriptions wherever they bought NYT access. It’s in addition to the NYT Audio app - you can subscribe separately to just the podcasts if you’d like. It’s reported that most archive editions of the podcasts will go behind the paywall. We corrected an earlier version of this story about connecting your subscriptions within Apple Podcasts. It works however you purchased your NYT subscription.

• Spotify are releasing updates today to the way the app displays paid podcasts. Non-subscribers will now see all free episodes and locked bonus episodes in one spot — so they know exactly what they’re missing out on. Subscribers will see all premium versions of the episodes, all bonus subscriber episodes, plus any free episodes that weren’t also published to the subscriber feed. It should streamline the experience for listeners.

• A year on from Spotify’s integration with Patreon, Spotify tells us that nearly half the podcasters earning money on Patreon are using the Spotify Open Access integration: and on average, those creators have seen 15% of their Spotify listeners who visited their Patreon page go on to sign up for a paid membership. (Podnews is on Patreon).

• Paramount are reported to be making a new set of layoffs. It’s the second of three layoff announcements this year.

• Podcast app Castro has published a new blog, covering changes in the app, and explaining the philosophy for new app features.

• Version 3.5 of podcast app AntennaPod now displays Podcasting 2.0 transcripts, joining Pocket Casts and Apple Podcasts.

• OPML exports are coming back to Overcast in the next update.

• Need to find a decent podcast studio? Studio Mullet (“the name splits opinion”, we’re told) enables podcasters to easily search and book the best studios on the planet. It’s built by David McGuire, who wants to hear about your podcast studio, too.

• Radiotopia has announced a set of new shows. Sponsorship and ad-sales are handled by Soundrise.

• First released in 2018, the BBC Sound Effects website has been updated. Sound effects can be used free (with credit) for non-commercial projects. However, “if you monetise [your project], sell it, or charge for access to it, or if it is advertising-funded or commercially sponsored” then you’ll need to buy access.

• Podcast studio Treefort Media has released StoryRabbit, a location-aware story-telling app using AI. The app lets you uncover stories in your own neighborhood or anywhere in the world, around things like true crime, the paranormal, the outdoors, sports, food, music, art, and architecture.

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• Mathew Passy is to join Libsyn as LibsynPro Customer Care Specialist, replacing Dave Jackson. “Mathew will also be our lead to work with the Podcasting 2.0 folks,” said Libsyn’s Rob Walch. Passy has described Podcasting 2.0 as “more than just upgrades; it’s a transformation”.

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How To Destroy Everything was launched last year; but only with two episodes. The full show is now available. The show is the true story of Richard Jacobs – a narcissist who destroyed a childhood, a marriage, a family, and a community. He stole notary stamps, hacked emails, forged signatures… and won a U.S. Supreme Court case. It’s co-presented by his son.

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