Lots of the Apple Podcasts store is broken

In the Apple Podcasts store, how old is “New and Noteworthy” for you? Is the entire feature broken? In a (closed) Facebook group, it’s been noticed that most “New and Noteworthy” categories, for example Australian Business, only feature podcasts that launched between January and March 2016. It’s not alone - the US store also appears to only show podcasts launched in early 2016, too. I checked “Comedy” in the Australian store: it includes one podcast that hasn’t added a single episode since October 2016, another was updated in November 2016, and plenty that haven’t been updated in three months. Has something broken at Apple?

The Google app on Android phones (installed by default) appears to be adding a feature to download podcasts according to a teardown of the latest beta. “This podcast episode has been downloaded” is one of the strings now in the software…

The Australian ABC is to re-organise: say goodbye to “radio, tv, news” and hello to “News, Analysis & Investigations”, “Entertainment & Specialist”, and “Regional & Local”. Also, “the ABC will also introduce a new Content Ideas Lab responsible for incubating initiatives to introduce ABC content to new audiences.”

Relevant for the above story, Behind the Media is a podcast for media wonks from The Australian, published by Whooshkaa. 30-minute long-form interviews with journalists.

Buzzfeed cover “the people who listen to podcasts crazy fast” - and calls them “podfasters”. At least one person is unhappy about this term.

A writeup from the recent RAIN Summit Europe, where this attendee got a bit frustrated about stats.

The Chicago Tribune covers the Dunc’d On podcast, a super-dull sports podcast that’s earning money. Of note: it’s produced in San Francisco, where the three-hour time-difference helps the production process.

Here are two comedians making a podcast - Two in the Think Tank - interviewed by the Australian ABC in Darwin.