Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Today’s episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott. It started monetizing through a program called Pocket Casts Plus, which charges users a monthly subscription fee for features like desktop app access and a standalone Apple Watch app, in 2019.Read more of this story at Slashdot. Pocket Casts launched in 2010 and sold to NPR and a bunch of different public media teams eight years later. Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. It's been well-received, particularly from sites like The Verge, because it's available across platforms. "We will explore building deep integrations with and Pocket Casts, making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts." Pocket Casts launched in 2010 and sold to NPR and a group of other public media groups eight years later. NPR, which reportedly lost 800K on it last year (Ashley Carman/The Verge).
From a report: "As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favorite podcasts (or find something new)," the post states. Automattic, owner of Tumblr, buys podcast app Pocket Casts from a public. The blog post announcing the purchase didn't offer much in the way of a preview, but it did tease potential future integrations. RSS feed Apple Podcasts Google Play Stitcher Overcast Pocketcast TuneIn. Automattic, which runs and recently purchased Tumblr, announced today that it's acquired Pocket Casts, the well-regarded podcast app. The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets.