Apple Podcasts
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Apple Podcasts is an audio streaming service and media player application developed by Apple Inc. for playing podcasts. Apple began supporting podcasts with iTunes 4.9 released in June 2005 and launched its first standalone mobile app in 2012. The app was later pre-installed with iOS beginning October 2014. The Apple Podcasts directory features more than two million shows. Apple Podcasts is available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, CarPlay, visionOS, Microsoft Windows operating systems, web browsers, and on Amazon Alexa devices. Wikipedia
Website: www.apple.com
Owned by: Apple
Latest news
- Oct 14: Just in time for SXSW Sydney, Apple Podcasts has launched “Creators We Love” in Australia. The editorial team “curates and celebrates creators who are changing the way stories are told and shared”, and highlight Toni Lodge & Ryan Jon; mental health advocates Hugh, Josh and Ryan of The Imperfects; Shameless Media's Annabelle Lee; sports commentator Marlee Silva; and parenting creators Gemma Pranita and Kate Reeves. The full list - including previous recipients in the US, UK and Canada - is posted on Apple Podcasts from today.
- Oct 10: Apple Podcasts is promoting some shows as “ad-free in October” - but Podnews has learnt that publishers are not being compensated for the lack of revenue. Affected publishers include public radio stations, who have already seen significant funding cuts this year. Our full report looks at other podcast platforms offering ad-free shows; and Taylor Swift’s argument in 2015 with the company, about who should be paying.
- Oct 3: Apple Podcasts launched Series Essentials in the app in the US, Australia/NZ, Canada and the UK. The editorial feature is built to spotlight serialised storytelling. During October, these shows will be ad free on Apple Podcasts.
- Sep 29: The Charlie Kirk Show, which has been #1 in Apple Podcasts for much of the previous few weeks, will continue with a set of rotating hosts, according to an appearance by his widow Erika Kirk.
- Sep 23: A developer called Matthew Brunelle has worked out how to change the code for Pocket Casts to remove the advertising. The apps were made open-source by current owners Automattic, which makes it relatively easy (and legal) to do so. However, the app will still use proprietary Pocket Casts servers; and for now, you’ll need to be an Android developer to rebuild the app in this way. In any case, this seems to punish the company for making the apps open-source, which has accelerated a number of new features. Better to use AntennaPod or Apple Podcasts... or, better still, support the developers by paying for it, we think.
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