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Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year. It was renamed Apple Inc. in 2007 as the company had expanded its focus from computers to consumer electronics. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue, with US$391.04 billion in the 2024 fiscal year. Wikipedia
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Symbol: NASDAQ:AAPL
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- Jun 27: Audacy is to shut down Pineapple Street Studios. Nearly thirty employees are to be laid off. Pineapple Street had been bought by Audacy in 2019 for $18mn. Audacy will continue making some shows. Audacy itself emerged from bankruptcy in January; it was reportedly looking for a buyer for the company in March.
- Jun 26: Today, June 26, marks the thirteenth anniversary of the launch of the Apple Podcasts iOS app in 2012. The app featured a faux reel-to-reel tape deck, apparently a nod to the Braun TG 60 tape recorder by Dieter Rams. In the Apple Podcasts app, speed controls were marked with a tortoise and a hare; and promotion for This American Life on the editorially-curated “featured” section. The app also featured a “Top Stations” discovery feature. Here’s a video from CTTechJunkie showing how the app worked; a positive review from Revision3; and this demo from GetConnected Media which shows how the “Top Stations” feature worked: with an audio/video switch right at the top. Hey, there’s an idea...
- Jun 25: Show Hero or Showcase Hero? Apple Podcasts has changed the name of this size of artwork since yesterday (when we highlighted the new requirement for editorial features). It’s now listed as “Showcase Hero” everywhere. Thanks for reading, Cupertino!
- Jun 24:
Wanting to get promoted by Apple Podcasts? Apple is now requiring specific artwork for shows it promotes in its app: its feature request form says that “submissions without Showcase Hero art will not be considered for Showcase featuring in the US”.
They mean Show Hero art,as documented here. The form is also specifically asking about trailers, so we can guess what’s next there, too. Not looking for Apple Podcasts promotion? Don’t worry; nothing else changes. (h/t John McDermott) - Jun 23: The MeidasTouch Podcast has five million subscribers, it says. (We’d love to know how they know; as our article on podcast stats will tell you, total subscribers isn’t a number visible to podcasters. You can see total followers in Apple Podcasts Connect and Spotify for Creators: but that’s just for those platforms. Maybe they are even bigger.)
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