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Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube podcast feature, chart and monetization changes, hosting platform price and storage changes, ad marketplace and dynamic insertion rate changes, video podcast requirements, transcript and accessibility rules, RSS and analytics standard changes and outages, with the platform first and the effect for a show with 1,000 to 100,000 downloads an episode.
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Track podcasting platforms and hosting. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: feature, chart, directory, monetization and video requirement changes at Apple Podcasts, Spotify for Creators, YouTube, Amazon Music and Audible, iHeart, SiriusXM and Pocket Casts; price, storage, bandwidth and plan changes at Libsyn, Buzzsprout, Transistor, Captivate, Podbean, RSS.com, Acast, Megaphone and Spreaker; ad marketplace rate benchmarks, minimums and terms changes at Spotify Audience Network, Podcorn, Gumball, AdvertiseCast and Libsyn Ads; transcript, accessibility and content policy rules; RSS, analytics and measurement standard changes from Podcast Index, IAB and OP3; and outages over four hours. Prefer platform and host announcements, help centers, IAB and established podcast industry reporting; ignore course marketing and unverified claims. Put the platform first in the title and state the effect for a show with 1,000 to 100,000 downloads an episode. Use high severity for a price increase over 20 percent, a distribution requirement with a deadline, or a monetization change affecting most shows. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, the effect, what to do, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.
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