It'll be interesting to see how the Pocket Casts deal factors into that partnership, if at all. Earlier this year, Spotify-owned Anchor teamed up with to turn written material into podcasts via text-to-speech tech. "We will explore building deep integrations with and Pocket Casts, making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts."īoth blogs and podcasts use RSS feeds for distribution, so integrating the two platforms makes sense. "As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favorite podcasts (or find something new)," a blog post states. It seems Automattic is already thinking about ways of incorporating the multi-platform app into its blogging tools. is an American global distributed company which was founded in August 2005 and is most notable for (a freemium blogging. Automattic didn't disclose how much it will pay for Pocket Casts.Ĭo-founders Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson will remain in charge of the Pocket Casts team. A popular podcast app, Pocket Casts will be integrated with users to facilitate listening to audio files and other media streaming services. WASHINGTON Automattic, the parent company of Tumblr and, will soon be acquiring the popular podcast app- Pocket Casts from a collective of public radio groups, including National Public Radio and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Studios. the story continued when Automattic bought Pocket Casts in 2021. When the podcast player app first appeared in 2010, it cost. Announced via a Wordpress blog post earlier today, the move sees Pocket Casts change hands. It isn't yet clear what Automattic plans to do to change that. The app was previously owned by NPR, but was known to be losing money. Automattic, the parent company of Tumblr and, is buyinh the podcast app from a collective of public radio groups, including NPR and BBC Studios. Automattic, the parent company of and Tumblr, has acquired Pocket Casts. The Android and iOS apps from Pocket Casts have recently become open source. We design experiences for more than a billion people each month through our work on, WooCommerce, Simplenote, Tumblr, Jetpack, Pocket Casts. Popular podcast listening app Pocket Casts has been bought by Automattic, the company behind and Tumblr.
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