Free transcripts! Plus, Beehiiv gets podcast hosting, and Brkthru's measurement of podcast ads

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Please visit podnews.net/reportcard and fill out the questionnaire! We get into the real fight over podcast transcripts: where they should live, how they should be formatted, and why “one transcript everywhere” beats a pile of app-only versions. Then we zoom out to the bigger platform shift: all-in-one creator stacks, new monetisation options, Spotify’s latest ad experiments, and what advertisers actually want when they ask for ROI. • Buzzsprout roll...