Apple Podcasts Connect still broken

Still can’t log into Apple Podcasts Connect? You’re not alone - the best and brightest in Cupertino are fixing it right now, according to an enterprising Redditor. Internal ticket 2900775 is the one to watch, if you’re on the inside.

Are you using the right Apple Podcasts button? It should have a black background these days, not white. Get your updated version on Apple’s website, or search for your podcast on Podnews and use our updated link badge generator (here’s ours) to get both Apple and Google’s badges for your website.

In late June, we reported that Castbox were removing website links from their podcast pages. We notice today that they’re back. Here’s ours. (They still don’t appear in show notes).

Alex Jones’s podcast can still be found even if Apple et al have removed him because he controls his RSS feed, notes Todd Cochrane.

Podcast Delivery is a new podcast recommendation newsletter, with one new podcast to listen to every Monday.

Howstuffworks signed a deal with TPX in Canada, joining their deal with Australia’s Whooshkaa (Jul 31).

Steve Pratt from Pacific Content writes What podcasters can learn from the book industry, following a chance conversation with James Cridland, the Editor of Podnews. “It’s a very smart observation,” he writes.

In the middle of this YouTube video, Australia’s Hamish and Andy let slip their current weekly download figure for their podcast is 970,000.

What is a podcast? And what’s in it for me? - a webinar that covers what podcasts are and “why they’ll change your life”