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* After nearly ten days without any categories in Apple Podcasts, the [new categories are now live](https://twitter.com/zkahn/status/1157075279581470721) in the company's apps. [Our own podcast's listing](https://twitter.com/Podnews/status/1157093441068658694) is correctly in the new Daily News category, in the iOS and new macOS versions of the Apple Podcasts app.
* Are [Apple's new podcast categories](https://podnews.net/article/apple-changed-podcast-categories-2019) **not** updated in your podcast host? We'd like to hear about it if so. Email in confidence to updates@podnews.net and we'll do some digging as to why.
* Apple Podcasts [on the web](https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/podnews-podcasting-news/id1325018583?ign-mpt=uo%3D4) has upgraded their audio player. It now offers skip forward and backward.

* [She Podcasts LIVE has unveiled highlighted speakers](https://podnews.net/press-release/she-podcasts-live-speakers) and details for the event, in Atlanta GA, USA, in early October, including the chance to pitch a show to PRX and two podcast ad agencies.

* Want to get together and talk podcasting? The [Podcast Fans Global Meetup](https://medium.com/@harryduran/the-podcast-fans-global-meetup-a7f8493897d) is on Saturday August 17th, wherever you are.

* In the UK, [podcast listening is almost as popular as listening to "digital music tracks"](https://musically.com/2019/08/01/podcasts-set-to-overtake-music-downloads-listening-in-uk/), and for young people podcasting's already beaten music, according to Music:Ally. "Digital Music Tracks" in this context is your own MP3s; music services like Spotify remain rather more popular, though.

* [Libsyn has a new website](http://libsyn.com/). "This does not change how you create a podcast," adds one of the support team.

* Podchaser has published more information about [their ratings and creator credits now appearing within Player FM](https://www.podchaser.com/articles/inside-podchaser/announcing-podchaser-player-fm-integration).

* [Secrets](https://podcastbrunchclub.com/secrets/) is the theme of the latest podcast listening list from Podcast Brunch Club, which is like book club but for podcasts. The playlist includes four episodes from [TED Radio Hour](https://podnews.net/podcast/523121474), [Family Secrets](https://podnews.net/podcast/1441824608), [The Tip Off](https://podnews.net/podcast/1247270113), and [Showcase from Radiotopia](https://podnews.net/podcast/1260747339). You can join in on the discussion by joining one of PBC's [60+ in-person chapters around the world](https://podcastbrunchclub.com/in-person/) or by participating in their [virtual chapter](https://podcastbrunchclub.com/virtual-chapter/).

* Social podcast app [Breaker is beta-testing on Android](https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/01/breaker-is-beta-testing-its-social-podcast-app-for-android-and-heres-what-it-looks-like/). AndroidPolice get a sneak preview. (Thought: with Swoot, Breaker, and at least one other 'social' podcast app we're aware of in the works, any chance of a shared social graph between them?)

* [Scout FM has added support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto](https://9to5mac.com/2018/06/30/scout-fm-carplay-support/). The app is a "podcast radio" service with curated playlists.

* LA-based business content publisher [Podco Media Networks has launched a podcast content network](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/podco-media-networks-launches-business-podcast-network-acquires-two-leading-pods-plans-to-scale-to-30-300894791.html), and acquired two existing podcasts, [Confessions of a Marketer](https://podnews.net/podcast/1293299565) and [The Innovation Podcast](https://podnews.net/podcast/1448184254).

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