podcasting

Podcasting news round-up

A quick round-up of stories about Podcasting, from Apple's analytics change, to some cool new mics from Røde.

substack

Substack really has a Nazi problem now

In the couple of months since an Atlantic piece suggested Substack has a Nazi problem, the normally PR-savvy newsletter company has dropped the ball repeatedly. And both publishers and subscribers are quitting.

OM&HB

Your top 10 posts on OM&HB in 2023

2023 was the year of social media uncertainty, and nostalgia for publishing past. Here's which stories caught your attention.

personal

The Festive Silence

My unplanned festive break is over. Here's what happened, and where I'm going next.

Meta

Better Threads than dead

Threads has gone global by finally launching in the EU, and is beginning to add ActivityPub, connecting it to the Mastodon world. Could it be winning?

SEO

Why you're probably doing SEO wrong

Why bad SEO advice is costing publishers dearly in the Helpful Content age, and why consolidating local newspapers is a recipe for further decline.

AI

OpenAI is paying Axel Springer for its content

The German publishing giant has inked a deal with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT

newsletters

The meta-newsletter newsletter

Newsletters are over, apparently. But we know better than that, don't we?

Slow Five #1

Five more in-depth pieces, to consume at your leisure through the week.