Apple rolls out Delegated Delivery

• Later today, Apple Podcasts will announce the launch of Delegated Delivery (beta), allowing creators to publish Apple Podcasts Subscriptions content directly from their participating hosting provider dashboard. Blubrry, Libsyn, Triton Digital’s Omny Studio and RSS·com are the first to offer the service: Acast, ART19, Buzzsprout and other providers will follow. Creators can still upload subscriber audio directly to Apple Podcasts Connect.

  • Podnews’s podcasts are available ad-free as an Apple Podcasts Subscription.

• Value-for-value enabled podcast app Fountain has had a major update, adding an “activity feed” for enhanced discovery, and an integration allowing you to reward podcasters directly using your credit card. (Our Editor is an advisor.)

• The UK’s Pod Bible magazine has revealed the winners of its fourth annual Pod Bible Polls.

• Apple Podcasts has posted a list of shows recommended by the company’s country editors, including shows from New Zealand, Brazil, the UK and Korea.

• Tapesearch is a transcript search within “267,502 transcriptions from 2,259 podcasts” when we looked.

Moves and hires

• After finishing up with News Corp last year, audio and podcast producer Tiffany Dimmack is now working freelance.

Tips and tricks - with Podcast Movement Evolutions

• 5 features I routinely use to edit podcast episodes in Reaper - Courtney Carthy highlights some of the things he uses in this complex-but-featured digital audio editor

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From editaudio: editaudio: On The Road A traveling podcast sharing the thoughts, feelings, anecdotes and advice collected from the attendees who stopped by our mobile sound booth at Podcast Movement.

Need a bit of inspiration to keep going with those New Year resolutions? In Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu today, life coach and motivational speaker Tony Robbins is the guest. “You don’t experience life, you experience the life you focus on,” he maintains.

The Statue is new from WHYY today: a podcast looking at a monument to the most famous Philadelphian who never lived: “Rocky Balboa” of the Oscar Award-winning film Rocky (1976). The show sheds light on the stories of real-life Philly boxers and explores the neighborhoods around the city that run parallel to the statue.

Sort Your Sh*t Out is new today from The Tape Agency. It’s a podcast for anyone who fancies having a bit more balance in their lives - whether that means managing time, tiredness, guilt, or just getting through the days. It’s about working out what works for you, and when to let stuff go. The first series focuses on balancing the booze. It’s hosted by comedian Ellie Gibson, coach and trainer Stephanie Chivers, and experts and authors. It’s produced by Laura Grimshaw.

Please Tell Me A Story is a brand-new comedy podcast from Somethin’Else and Sony Music Entertainment. Led by Omid Djalili, it features six comedians telling the same story to each other. But can they pass the story on without twisting the tale?

The fifth season of the Dudes And Dads Podcast starts today. The show helps men be better dudes and dads, by building community through meaningful conversation and storytelling. The first episode is a conversation about setting goals in the new year and becoming better men and dads by always trying to strive for improvement.

Love Island: The Morning After starts today for a new season, with hosts Indiyah Polak and Sam Thompson and an announcement of the new contestants. Main episodes start Jan 16. The UK TV show is the biggest show for 16-34s. The podcast is produced by Listen.

We bet you can’t tell what How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams is about. It’s back for a second season, recorded as a set of live workshops in front of a studio audience. An interesting business model, and a great, obvious, name for a show.