HTML links are back in Apple Podcasts

• Apple Podcasts has reinstated HTML links in podcast descriptions. The server-side change appears to be live for Podnews, PodClock and for The Feed by Libsyn: it seems to be a recent change with the RSS parser used by the company. HTML links are important for podcasters to allow additional reading, affiliate links, sponsors or support: they broke with the rollout of the new Apple Podcasts infrastructure in late April.

• Podcast Movement 2021, in Nashville TN, USA next month, has unveiled its full schedule.

• Nominations for The People’s Choice Podcast Awards, the oldest podcasting awards, are now open. Podnews is listed in the politics and news category, and the People’s Choice Award: please consider voting for us.

• On Podland News later today: Arielle Nissenblatt on the Podcast Taxonomy; Don MacKinnon on Hark Audio, a new way to discover podcasts; and Hannah Blake about augmented podcast experiences in Entale.

• Podbean Live has unveiled a number of upgrades to its social audio platform. The app allows recording of podcasts in a live app, with a live chat function and quality enhancements.

• Movie-goers in the UK will see a cinema ad for Podcast Radio this summer.

• Mike Midden, who worked at the IAB on the podcast measurement guidelines, is now working for Google.

  
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• Mukul Devichand is to work for The New York Times as Editor of Audio Programming. He has worked for 17 years at the BBC as a journalist and Editor, and recently focused on voice interfaces at the corporation.

• KQED is to open a PRX Podcast Garage in its new headquarters in San Francisco CA, USA. It’s due to open in September.

• NATPE Virtual - ContentCast, The Business Of Podcasting Content is a virtual conference on the morning of July 14th, 2021. It’s free to register; Podnews’s Editor, James Cridland, hosts a panel just before the closing keynote.

• PodcastOne has announced that its entire network is now available to play on the Facebook app in the US.

• Key Notes is a new interactive music show on Spotify hosted by Dissect’s Cole Cuchna. The first episode focuses on why sometimes music makes your skin tingle.

Tips and tricks

• RiversideFM shares how to get a high-paying podcast sponsorship
• The easiest way to get publicity for your podcast? Take some decent photos, and get your local newspaper or website interested, like Ramble by the River did.

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Podcast News

Catching Worms: A Hong Kong True Crime Podcast is a true crime show from the streets of Hong Kong, with real stories and expert interviews. The show will be monthly and launched today.

Meanwhile, also launched today, Hong Kong Silenced is a new podcast from the UK’s Telegraph, looking at how the National Security Law has fundamentally changed life in the city.

Coinciding with a high-profile court case, Toxic: The Britney Spears Story is to debut on July 7, SiriusXM’s Witness Docs has announced.

When you’re different, finding a hero to look up to can be hard. Now, role models are in one place for an inspiring series that celebrates the unique - We can be heroes is new from British LGBTQ+ icon Glyn Fussell.

Stories from The Stage returns for a new season today: a multicultural podcast offering listeners the opportunity to know people they may otherwise never meet while finding a sense of belonging in a divisive world.