Automattic said in its blog post, “As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favorite podcasts (or find something new). Personalizacin de la forma como se escucha. Recomendaciones seleccionadas por humanos. Ha sido reconocida por The New York Times, WIRED, The Verge, y muchas mas. (The app reportedly cost NPR 800,000 last year.) But Automattic has powerful distribution channels and can stomach a short-term loss. Pocket Casts es una de las mejores aplicaciones para Android/iOS. Automattic hasn‘t elaborated on how it plans to flip Pocket Casts from a loss-making business. The app’s co-founders, Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson, will continue to lead development. NPR, the majority owner of Pocket Casts since 2018, had been shopping the app since January, The Verge reports. NPR, which owns 34.6 of the company, reports their share of the company’s loss was 812,000 (p15.
Now the app has been purchased by Automattic, the company best known for and Gravatar.Īutomattic announced on July 16th that it had acquired the parent company of Pocket Casts. Podcast app Pocket Casts is looking for a buyer. The app was purchased by a consortium of public radio groups in 2018, but only three years later, the group was looking to sell Pocket Casts.
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However, Pocket Casts eventually had to figure out how to make enough money to support the ever-increasing development costs - or find a new owner willing to pay the bills. And I have to admit, the second I read about Pocket Casts acquisition, I somehow had a bad feeling. I remember the one blog post by Jeremy Keith about how excited companies are about getting bought (I can’t find it right now). Pocket Casts is one of the most popular podcast apps on Android and iOS, with a history stretching back years. Last night I got an email from Pocket Casts about that they’re excited to be acquired by Automattic.
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