Donation links to come to Overcast and others; PRX and PRI to merge

• Marco Arment, the developer of iOS podcast app Overcast, has announced forthcoming support of a new “payment” link for podcasts - a big green payment button will appear in the next version of Overcast to clearly link to donation pages. It’s a simple tag in your show notes, now explicitly supported by Omny Studio and Fireside, and Anchor have also said they’ll support it. We already display it in our podcast pages (here’s an example). Here’s how to add one.

  • Google Podcasts also has a donate button for some non-profits including NPR and Radiotopia; but it’s currently a hard-coded pilot.

• US public media companies PRX and PRI are to merge. The two companies are distributors of public radio content, including podcasts; PRX is currently the #2 global podcast publisher according to Podtrac. (This American Life is one of theirs).

• Our podcast pages now include recent chart information from Chartable, a new website that aggregates chart information from many different apps including Apple, Pocket Casts and Stitcher. The company offers email alerts for chart rankings and reviews. Search for your podcast within Podnews to see your information, including links to a variety of podcast apps like Google Podcasts, and technical advice.

• Facebook have released four podcasts focusing on effective marketing. Hosted by Australian radio presenter Jules Lund, Face 2 Face talks to top marketers about their campaigns. It’s hosted and produced by Whooshkaa.

• Cadence13 and Blumhouse Television have announced a scripted podcast series inside the Trump presidency, The Oval Office Tapes. It’ll be released on September 14.

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• The creators of “My Favorite Murder” have launched a podcast network. Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark are working with Midroll Media to launch Exactly Right.

  
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• Apple have apparently fixed the login issues with Apple Podcasts Connect. #launchallthethings

• There’s a new podcast studio for hire in Manchester, England, thanks to Podcast.co, Co-op Digital and The Federation.

• Spreaker are giving away innovator passes to TechCrunch Disrupt next month.

• Opinion: Are there too many podcasts? Yes, but that’s a good thing (Erik Jones)

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