In our view Pocket Casts has sharply defined and useful features, but any indie podcast listening app faces gale-force competitive headwinds in a field dominated by Apple, Spotify, and Google.
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Plus a new discovery tool and what an Apple journalist sees as the company's growing image problem Visit. Then-CEO Owen Grover (ex-iHeartMedia and a RAIN Summit speaker) departed in March of last year. A pivot pin in a pocket casting under the platform by means of which a radial drawbar or coupler. In Podnews today: A bright new chapter, say the owners. A steady drumbeat of new features followed. (RAIN coverage HERE.) NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life were principles in that acquisition. Pocket Casts was acquired by a public radio group in May, 2018. Pocket Casts co-founders Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson will continue to lead Pocket Casts as part of Automattic. The company previously established a partnership with Spotify-owned Anchor, enabling blog posts to become podcast episodes through text-to-speech features. This is Automattic/WordPress’s second headline dive into podcasting. “We will explore building deep integrations with and Pocket Casts, making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts.” –Automattic announcement. 3.6 minutes to read Let’s be honest, 2020 was rough for all of us individually but also for us as a company.The company plans to create integrations with its blogging platform WordPress, according to its public announcement: Popular podcast app Pocket Casts has a new owner. Automattic, parent company of WordPress has acquired podcast listening app Pocket Casts from NPR and a consortium of public stations.
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