Podcast Sponsor Evidence Research

Find public podcast sponsor evidence, advertiser mentions, publisher pages, RSS feeds, and source-linked sponsorship research rows.

Podcast advertising teams use this actor to research public sponsor evidence and show-level publisher links without bulk-messaging positioning.

Store Quickstart

1. Start with the example input in store-input.example.json.
2. Keep dryRun=true for a sample row, then set dryRun=false only when the required source access is ready.
3. Review the output rows and billingEventName values before scheduling recurring runs.

Input Examples

{
  "rssFeedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
  ],
  "showUrls": [],
  "searchTerms": [
    "marketing podcast"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerFeed": 8,
  "emitResearchExport": true,
  "emitUnchanged": false,
  "dryRun": true
}

{
  "rssFeedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
  ],
  "showUrls": [],
  "searchTerms": [
    "ecommerce podcast"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerFeed": 8,
  "emitResearchExport": true,
  "emitUnchanged": false,
  "dryRun": true
}

{
  "rssFeedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
  ],
  "showUrls": [],
  "searchTerms": [
    "marketing podcast"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerFeed": 8,
  "emitResearchExport": false,
  "emitUnchanged": false,
  "dryRun": false
}

Sample Output

See docs/sample-output.json for a complete sample.

Output Fields

Every row includes:

• billingEventName for PAY_PER_EVENT charging
• sourceName, sourceUrl, retrievedAt, and sourceMethod
• authorizationBasis
• limitations and prohibitedInterpretations

Pricing

PAY_PER_EVENT is planned with a very small actor-start event and outcome-priced rows:

• podcast-enriched-show: $0.06
• podcast-sponsor-evidence: $0.35
• podcast-research-export: $6

No-change runs must emit zero default dataset rows and zero billable events by default.

Compliance Guardrails

• Use public RSS, public show pages, and public podcast search surfaces.
• Do not position sponsor evidence or publisher links for bulk messaging or non-compliant messaging practices.
• Keep sponsor evidence source-linked and reviewable.

See Also

• apple-podcast-scraper for the current proven media-data winner.
• reports/revenue-summary.md for the April 2026 revenue baseline.
• reports/phase87-high-ev-implementation-latest.json for this Phase 8.7 launch gate summary.