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<li>Yesterday's <a href="https://podnews.net/update/youtube-views-change">announcement</a> from YouTube of a new way to calculate "views" should <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7495590715025170433/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-08-19">be ignored by all publishers</a>, says Zachary Boone from YMH Studios. The company will only report on "Engaged Views", the original view metric from YouTube, which is widely believed to have a 30-second minimum. Boone says the change "opens the door for unsavory actors to misrepresent their numbers," and calls for other publishers and networks to commit to the same.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alastaircotterill_the-final-film-in-our-spotify-creativity-ugcPost-7491176396745158656-YCGY/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-08-19">Spotify Creative Lab has shown an example of how they helped UK television channel ITV promote a new spy thriller.</a> The company worked with Goalhanger, with host-read content and a special episode of <a href="https://podnews.net/podcast/iun0v"><cite>The Rest is Classified</cite></a>. As a well-produced sizzle reel, this is hard to beat - nice work.</li>
<li>It appears that Spotify <a href="https://support.spotify.com/al/creators/article/understanding-skip-ahead-button/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-08-19">added a support page about the "skip ahead" button on Tues Aug 4</a>, added shortly after <a href="https://podnews.net/update/spotify-skip-ahead">Podnews exclusively revealed the unannounced feature</a>. It's in the style of a Q&A, and remains remarkably coy about where they are testing it ("select markets"). It clarifies that no, you cannot opt out of your show having a "skip ahead" button, and also confirms that Spotify-sold ads are not exempt. New (to us): the page suggests that it works in both audio and video.</li>
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