{"id":33163,"date":"2021-07-16T14:30:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T18:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=33163"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T18:30:49","slug":"pocket-casts-acquired-by-automattic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/16\/pocket-casts-acquired-by-automattic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pocket Casts Acquired by Automattic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chance Miller<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Following its acquisition of the popular Day One journaling app last month, Automattic has announced that it is also acquiring the popular podcast application Pocket Casts. For those unfamiliar, Automattic is the company behind WordPress.com and Tumblr.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Eli Budelli<\/a> (Hacker<\/a> News<\/a>, Slashdot<\/a>):<\/p>\n

As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favorite podcasts (or find something new). We will explore building deep integrations with WordPress.com and Pocket Casts, making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Co-founders Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson will continue to lead Pocket Casts as part of Automattic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Ashley Carman<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Pocket Casts launched in 2010 and sold to<\/a> NPR and a group of other public media groups eight years later. […] It started monetizing through a program called Pocket Casts Plus<\/a>, which charges users a monthly subscription fee for features like desktop app access and a standalone Apple Watch app, in 2019.<\/p>\n

Pocket Casts initially<\/a> went up for sale in January after its board of public media members voted to do so. The app, which is free to download, was losing money, and NPR reportedly lost<\/a> $800,000 on it last year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Previously:<\/p>\n