It'll be interesting to see how the Pocket Casts deal factors into that partnership, if at all. Automattic, which runs and recently purchased Tumblr, announced today that it’s acquired Pocket Casts, the well-regarded podcast app. Earlier this year, Spotify-owned Anchor teamed up with to turn written material into podcasts via text-to-speech tech. I'm excited to see what this acquisition will bring to Pocket Casts and Wordpress. Wordpress/Automattic's interests are aligned with the original intent of podcasting (i.e., independent, decentralized, and open). "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. This seems like a good home for Pocket Casts. "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. is an American global distributed company which was founded in August 2005 and is most notable for (a freemium blogging. It seems Automattic is already thinking about ways of incorporating the multi-platform app into its blogging tools. Back in January, it emerged that Pocket Casts was up for sale by its public radio consortium owners.Automattic, which is known for and bought Tumblr from Verizon in 2019, announced that its now acquiring Pocket Casts. 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. 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 Tumblr and, is buyinh the podcast app from a collective of public radio groups, including NPR and.
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