Podnews

Industry news

If you only read one podcast newsletter, this is it. James Cridland's daily dispatch is short, dense, and global — heavy on platform moves, hires, and tech changes. Roughly 33,000 subscribers worldwide. Not for casual fans looking for show recommendations. Cridland was inducted into the Podcasting Hall of Fame in January 2026.

Podnews is the daily news brief for people who work in podcasting. Edited by James Cridland — inducted into the Podcasting Hall of Fame in January 2026 and a podcasting/radio veteran with 28+ years of experience — it covers Apple and Spotify platform changes, advertising tech, hiring moves, jobs, and industry events. About 33,000 readers worldwide get the free email every weekday, plus there's a short companion podcast updated weekdays at 7am Eastern. The Podnews Weekly Review is a longer Friday show Cridland co-hosts with Sam Sethi. The tone is dry, direct, and a bit British — it's not trying to entertain you, it's trying to tell you what changed in the industry overnight. If you sell podcast services, work at a network, or track the business as a serious indie, you should be reading this. If you mainly want podcast recommendations or storytelling tips, look elsewhere — Podnews almost never covers the craft of making a show, only the business of one. The press-release section is a useful firehose of new launches and platform announcements, and the directory pages catalog tools and companies across the audio space. Podnews also produces an annual Podcast Business 100 list ranking the most influential people in the industry, plus a regular events calendar that's the closest thing to an authoritative source on global podcast conferences.