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Castjacking with Mathew Passy

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Castjacking with Mathew Passy

Episode #031We welcome Mathew Passy to the showMathew drops knowledge on Tim and Kyle the whole showWe go into the details surrounding podcast feed hijacking (i.e. castjacking)Tim talks about how his new podcast feed for Create Art Podcast on Google Podcasts was castjacked by an Indian company called “HubHopper”Get a bunch of podcasters together and we start to talk about all sorts of podcasting issues… like Apple PodcastsMathew gives us his Podcast Migration Strategy 101 and debunks the myth that podcasts don’t leave their media host (spoiler alert - they do!)Mathew answers the $10,000 question: Does IAB certification matter when picking a podcast media hosting company?PSA: Be a good steward of your own show! Check your feeds… and now you know!What did we learn?You need to check your podcast feeds at least once a quarterThe only way to protect yourself from castjackers is to know when it’s happened to youYour podcast media host might not be much help if it happens to youNot all castjacking events are malicious but all cases do impact your statisticsCastjacking is yet another area of podcasting where even lawyers are not sure what to do just yetAbout Mathew PassyMathew Passy is a veteran podcaster and producer who as The Podcast Consultant helps brands, PR firms, small businesses and even individuals to use podcasts to connect with their target audience. Mathew also hosts and produces several active shows including Podcast Me Anything and CausePods. Recently, Mathew founded Towncast, a platform aimed at creating a single location for local media and will be a featured speaker at this year’s Podfest Multimedia Expo in Orlando, Florida in March 2020.Additional ReadingHubHopper republishing hijacked RSS feeds: their responseChartable gets certified; another company hijacks podcast feedsWhat’s a proxy server? And why was Luminary using one?Podcast startup Luminary’s launch week keeps getting worse: Podcasters pulled shows after the app obscured listener dataDoes Castbox Understand Podcasting? #211Popular podcast app Castbox altered RSS feeds and is still removing linksPodcast Hijacking (or Podjacking)Quotes“If you steal from one author it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many it’s research.”― Wilson MiznerSupporter Shout-OutCliff from Glockaholics Anonymous (Coming Soon)Mathew from The Podcast Consultant (New)Support the ShowEvery episode is a work of passion that requires a lot of coffee! We research, read, record, mix, edit, and produce every episode ourselves.We would greatly appreciate it if you could do two things for us:FEEDBACK: Send us a quick note of encouragement to us. This keeps us going when times get tough!VISIT: If you enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting our website at podwrecked.com!Thank you for taking the time to listen. You are appreciated!Tell Your StoryPodwrecked is an Oncetold Production. Tell your own story with Oncetold.