![]() Integration with an organization that can put the app into a tech stack which includes the world’s dominant blogging platform makes a lot of sense. The podcast player app debuted in 2010, it was available as a premium offering with a 3.99 price tag. In our view Pocket Casts has sharply defined and useful features, but any indie podcast listening app faces gale-force competitive headwinds in a field dominated by Apple, Spotify, and Google. Pocket Casts has announced that its apps for Android and iOS are now open source. Matt Mullenweg is co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress, which now powers over 40 of. Then-CEO Owen Grover (ex-iHeartMedia and a RAIN Summit speaker) departed in March of last year. Co-Founder, WordPress Founder & CEO, Automattic. is an American global distributed company which was founded in August 2005 and is most notable for (a freemium blogging. ![]() A steady drumbeat of new features followed. (RAIN coverage HERE.) NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life were principles in that acquisition. Pocket Casts was acquired by a public radio group in May, 2018. Pocket Casts co-founders Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson will continue to lead Pocket Casts as part of Automattic. In December 2020, the radio group decided to sell off Pocket Casts by September 30, 2021. The company previously established a partnership with Spotify-owned Anchor, enabling blog posts to become podcast episodes through text-to-speech features. The company that acquired it is called Automatic and owns WordPress and Tumblr. On July 16, 2021, Automattic acquired the podcasts app Pocket Casts. This is Automattic/WordPress’s second headline dive into podcasting. The companys name is a play on founder Matt Mullenwegs first name and automatic. ![]() “We will explore building deep integrations with and Pocket Casts, making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts.” –Automattic announcement. The company plans to create integrations with its blogging platform WordPress, according to its public announcement: ![]() We are working on improving the WordPress app with a user centric, metric oriented approach. Automattic, parent company of WordPress has acquired podcast listening app Pocket Casts from NPR and a consortium of public stations. Automattic 4 years 4 months senior Engineering Manager and Product Owner, Pocket Casts Automattic. ![]()
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