Podcast Platform & Hosting Watch

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.