Welcome to the first edition of the Social Audio Insider! What you'll find below is a curation of this week's news, commentary, discussion and upcoming events on Clubhouse and elsewhere.

News & Commentary

• Podcasting app Breaker is not shutting down according to their blog. Whilst the team is still joining Twitter to work on building Twitter Spaces, the app has been acquired by Los Angeles-based Maple Media.
• “Is Clubhouse The Future Of Podcasting?” asks Evo Terra (@evoterra) in an episode of Podcast Pontifications.
• Justin Jackson (@mijustin) writes a comparison between Twitter Spaces & Clubhouse (you can find his video of Twitter Spaces in the section below as well)
• A self-promotional press release describes how Grant Cardone (@grantcardone) joined Clubhouse “and in true Grant Cardone style has used the newly launched app to 10x his businesses in only the first week of use.”
• The Community Signal Podcast discuss trust and safety Issues on Clubhouse
• Attorney Nicole Black describes why she feels Clubhouse a good fit for lawyers in Above The Law
• Tiffany Haddish is called out for cyberbullying following a chat room according to Natasha Decker on Madame Noir
• Alex Kantrowitz describes how "The Moderation War Is Coming to Spotify, Substack, and Clubhouse"
• Deaf journalist Liam O'Dell tested Twitter Spaces and shares his thoughts in a blog post
• Mike Wavz says how "thousands of San Franciscans logged on (to Clubhouse) and witnessed the impossible: political opponents having a reasoned, informative discussion"

Clubhouse Release Notes & Town Hall Updates

The app update on Thursday 14th included faster loading times, faster club setup, name changes, troll removal and bug fixes. Read the full update here.

During the town hall, Paul Davison said that the team's focus for Tuesday's release is on discovery: improving feed quality & follow suggestions and giving users the ability to hide rooms. Also mentioned: improvements to moderation of hand raising, business profiles, mixing business & personal, native recording and more. Read notes from Sunday's Town Hall here.

Video of the week