NEWS: 

• Spotify has launched clickable call-to-action cards, - described as ad banners for podcasts.  Currently limited to Spotify Originals and Exclusives, US only.
  
  
• Spotify’s new CTA cards aren’t new and aren’t open. The new JSON-based chapter specification from Podcast Index also allows graphical banners and clickthroughs which can be timed with audio.
  
  
• Spotify has added star ratings to its app for podcasts. Could you please rate us?
  
  
• Spotify added 1.2m new podcasts to Spotify’s catalogue in 2021. “Anchor continues to drive 80% of the new podcasts. Podcast Index added 466,000 shows in the past six months. It added 3.1m this year
  
  
• The Podcast Font for websites, containing icons and logos for popular podcast platforms, apps with just one line of code. It’s open and free
  
  
• More new podcast episodes were published last month on Anchor and Buzzsprout than anyone else
  
  
• The Podnews Ranker shows an unchanged top three
  
  
• The podcast:liveItem tag has been formalised
  
  
• Got licensed commercial music on your podcast?

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