It's even worse than it appears.
Saturday April 4, 2020; 12:57 PM EDT
  • I want to submit the Cuomo podcast to iTunes.#
  • It failed in my first attempt. Here are the messages I got.#
    • Podcast artwork must be between 1400 x 1400 and 3000 x 3000 pixels, JPG or PNG, in RGB color space, and hosted on a server that allows HTTP head requests.#
    • Can’t submit your feed. There is no category tag in your feed, or the category tag is empty.#
    • Can’t submit your feed. There is no explicit tag in your feed, or the explicit tag is empty.#
  • I'm trying to figure how how you're supposed to specify "podcast artwork." Guessing it's the channel-level image element. #
  • In any case this isn't going to be a quick thing. I have to update my RSS package to allow for the new metadata they want. And I have a feeling from some of the docs that they want us to use HTTPS, which is somewhat of a deal-stopper. Yes I know the usual arguments. #
  • Update: I got the podcast through their validator and it is submitted for review.#

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