对于播客主来说,当他们的播客进入榜单统计中时,他们可以在Spotify for Podcasters的后台收到提醒。然后他们可以把这个提醒以一张卡片的形式分享到社交媒体上,以帮助进一步推广他们的播客。 观点 The Verge认为,播客榜单很可能会引起争议,特别是因为决定其排名的算法通常是不透明的,容易遭遇质疑。一位 Spotify 的发言人告诉 The Verge,它们已经建立了“重叠系统”(“overlapping systems” ),可以监控一些数据欺诈行为,并将其从图表中清除出去。
但The Verge指出,尽管如此,播客主们还是会试图找出如何在Spotify 上利用播客图表,让听众自己的播客,从而让节目更受欢迎。 有趣 播客行业通讯Podnews观察了Spotify新推出的按国家划分的播客热门榜,发现了一个有趣的现象。 美国排第一的是“The Daily”,加拿大的是“Call her Daddy”,英国的是“Sh**ged Married Annoyed”,澳大利亚的是“From The Newsroom”,新西兰的是“TED Talks Daily”,Spotify总部所在地瑞典的是“Sommar & Vinter i P1”。而以上播客没有一个是Spotify的独家播客。 5
观点 Techcrunch认为,这档节目的概念与 Netflix 的壁炉视频或 Adult Swim 的 “Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep”没有什么不同,都是扩展了流媒体内容改编影视剧的形式。 可能性 播客通讯Hot Pod的撰稿人Caroline Crampton认为,这类冥想音频应用没有得到音频行业足够的重视,尤其是涉及到“人们会为音频付费吗”这个问题时。《睡眠故事》是Calm的应用中最受欢迎的付费功能之一,这是一种舒缓、缓慢的叙述,旨在帮助你入眠,而把这个概念改编成电视节目,让 Calm (以及它的竞争对手 Headspace)更接近播客行业。尽管听起来最终的节目将会以音频为主,但这再次证明了流媒体平台在多大程度上将音频产品视为 IP 的沃土。
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