South Africa's 'big podcasting moment', and how to link to your podcast more effectively

Sanlam, a South African financial institution, has launched The 200 Year Old, a podcast that the press release calls South Africa’s big podcasting moment.

Podnews Editor, James Cridland, posts an opinion piece: How to link to your podcast more effectively: “two things you can add to your podcast’s website: and lots of things you should remove.”

Howard Bareham (formerly Wireless Group and Mindshare) and production specialist Matt Hopper have launched a new UK audio media buying and creative agency, called Trisonic.

NPR and Edison Research are unveiling their smart speaker Smart Audio Report on Wed Jul 18th at 1pm Eastern. You can register, free, to watch the webinar.

Auphonic have integrated two additional speech recognition engines to their transcript service, and have introduced a transcript editor tool to assist with producing transcripts.

Apple Watch users can now stream podcasts directly on their wrist, using Outcast 2.

Being a guest on a podcast might have political ramifications, if this piece from The Beast is anything to go by.

WeEditPodcasts document how to reach out to a potential podcast sponsor.

WNYC and PRX have been given grants to promote diversity in podcasting.

Join a free virtual podcast summit, Beyond The Podcast, on July 17, “to help you go beyond the podcast to reach your audience and build stronger relationships with listeners”.

Podtrac has published their June 2018 Top (US) Podcast Publishers list. There are no new entries. The #1 publisher, NPR, has seen gains internationally but a drop within the US.

UAE: The National publishes a profile of the Emirati Stories podcast.

Listicles! We’ve got 'em: Six horror audio drama podcasts beyond 'The Black Tapes’ (DiscoverPods); 5 Reasons Podcasting Should Be a Part of Your Marketing Playbook (CMS Wire)