Creators
Apple to make its own podcasts and compete with indie podcasters, cementing its role as a publisher
Some podcasters are worried that Apple will use its dominance to its own advantage.
Google uses auto-generated AMP pages that likely reduce the likelihood of users clicking out of Google
The content also appears to be generated from publisher’s pages but reduces the need for users to click through to publishers.
Brave’s Basic Attention Token reaches over 200,000 registered publishers
The Basic Attention Token is rapidly growing.
New proposed US copyright laws are a major threat to free speech
The new laws have a good chance of being passed on Congress.
YouTube to MP3 and MP4 rippers are being targeted for takedown by YouTube
Many use the services to easily download videos from YouTube to watch or listen to offline. They can easily be downloaded by those that know how, but YouTube wants to make it hard for people by removing the most user-friendly options.
Google News’ new design shows less news, makes publishers more prominent
Google’s new changes will roll out over the next few weeks.
Ratings company Nielsen to start collecting podcasting data, as the medium is more popular than legacy media
Podcasts are becoming more popular than most radio stations and even prime-time TV shows.
Italian court orders Cloudflare to stop providing services to piracy sites
Cloudflare doesn’t even host any content for the sites, yet the court orders to them to stop working with piracy websites.
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger calls for a “social contract for social media”
Sanger has an increasing interest in the future of social platforms and ensuring that new platforms don’t make the mistake the old ones made.
The ice cream licking viral “challenge” is leading to copycats, and arrests
The viral sensation of the summer reflects some of the worst of humanity.
Court cases featuring emoji use doubled in the last year
Can daggers and gun emojis be considered a threat?
Podimo is the next company that wants to paywall podcasts
The open standard of podcasting is increasingly under threat as companies move to centralize the medium.