Announced via a Wordpress blog post earlier today, the move sees Pocket Casts change hands. For those unfamiliar, Automattic is the company behind and Tumblr. 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. With built-in features like variable speed playback, trim silence option, volume boost, a sleep timer, personal media storage and standalone playback for Apple Watch, Pocket Casts delivers a streamlined and customsed listening experience that users love, the blog post reads.īoth blogs and podcasts use RSS feeds for distribution, so integrating the two platforms makes sense, the report said.Įarlier this year, Spotify-owned Anchor had teamed up with to turn written material into podcasts via text-to-speech tech, it added. Popular podcast listening app Pocket Casts has been bought by Automattic, the company behind and Tumblr. Automattic, which runs Tumblr and WordPress, is buying a popular podcast app - Pocket Casts - from a collective of public radio groups, including NPR and BBC Studios. It seems Automattic is already thinking about ways of incorporating the multi-platform app into its blogging tools, TechCrunch reported. Automattic didn’t disclose how much it will pay for Pocket Casts. The co-founders, Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson, will remain in charge of the Pocket Casts team. San Francisco, July 17 (IANS) Automattic, which runs Tumblr and WordPress, is buying a popular podcast app Pocket Casts from a collective of public radio groups, including NPR and BBC Studios. Looking to capitalize on the flurry of deal making in the podcast industry, the four public media companies that own Pocket Casts put their listening app up for.
"We will explore building deep integrations with and Pocket Casts, making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts," it added. Pocket Cast co-founders Russell Ivanovic, who serves as Chief Product Officer, and Philip Simpson, the Chief Technology Officer, will continue to lead the company as part of Automattic. "As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favourite podcasts (or find something new)," a blog post stated. After its acquisition of Day One back in June, the parent of WordPress & Tumblr Automattic has announced that it had bought popular podcasts app Pocket Casts.
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