Podchaser launches recommendation sharing service

Podchaser launches recommendation sharing service

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  • Podcast discovery website Podchaser has added a recommendation feature. You can recommend podcasts, episodes or creators to your friends on the service or via email - and we like their example of a creator to follow.


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  • There’s quite a bit of activity at the moment about podcast discovery. So, Podcast Discovery has just been launched: a website and newsletter focusing on the latest advances in this area.

  • Canadian podcast producer Fable and Folly Productions have produced what they call the missing Patreon dashboard - containing a set of supplemental metrics and data from your own Patreon account. “Building a community is about revenue, audience growth and retention. In other words, it’s a business. And we believe it’s time we start measuring it like one,” said the company’s EP, Sean Howard.

    • If you’re on the hunt for a Patreon-like alternative membership service, Steady is one: it’s based in Berlin. And, in the Netherlands, there’s Petje·af, an independent dutch-language solution. (HT: Podpraat)

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