iHeartMedia purchased podcast plays to game their download numbers and the IAB says it's ok!? John Spurlock talks OP3.dev and how it could help filter this bad practice‪.‬ Podnews Weekly Review

Send us some fanmail, via BuzzsproutSPECIAL GUESTS:Morten Strunge - PodimoJohn Spurlock - OP3.devSHOW NOTES & LINKS:Podcast companies are buying short podcast plays within mobile game apps, causing official downloads of shows no one may be playing longer than twenty seconds according to Bloomberg's Ashley Carman. Time has also published the story outside a paywall.Players get game tokens if they listen to a podcast for just twenty seconds. (Carman posts a graphic). But, because...