Ahoj Jamesi! Podcast Standards Project launches, iOS 16.4 launches and Podnews Live in Barcelona/Mexico launches.

A new grassroots industry coalition, the Podcast Standards Project, has been launched to advocate for open podcasting. The group includes podcast hosting companies like RSS.com, Buzzsprout, Red Circle, Captivate and Acast; and podcast players like Pocket Casts and Podverse.

Remote recording tool Riverside has unveiled a significant update adding text-based editing and AI transcription features.

At Radiodays Europe, it was announced that UK daily news podcast The News Agents had reached 24 million downloads since launching seven months ago. The show is hosted by Captivate.

Libsyn’s Glow has unveiled integration with Spotify Open Access.

Gumball has expanded its host-read podcast advertising marketplace to YouTube.

Audacy’s auction of its radio·com domain name has been reset for another 90 days.

Slate is the latest publisher to partner with YouTube to bring its podcasts to the platform.

Podcast history: from Oct 13, 2003 - the rediscovered source code for Adam Curry’s iPod AppleScript was the first tool that would automagically update your iPod with any new mp3's that are downloaded to your “Radio UserLand” enclosures folder

Blubrry has removed email addresses from RSS feeds by default (and the latest version of PowerPress also does so).

Audible has announced the launch of Dolby Atmos on the platform.

Podnews Live in Barcelona (September) and Mexico City (November)