Pocket Casts
Address: 
60 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Website: pocketcasts.com
Owned by: Automattic
Latest news
- Jul 29: They’re already in apps like Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and Spotify: transcripts might be the next feature to be added to popular iOS app Overcast. John Spurlock has spotted a new tool called “Overcast Transcriber” accessing podcast episodes. (Support for the funding tag would be excellent too, Marco!)
- Jul 21: Pocket Casts has added “smarter” notifications including recommendations and feature tips.
- Jul 18: Pocket Casts now properly supports “serial” shows, grouping episodes by season, and sorting them in the correct order. The change is inspired by Evo Terra’s The End: Evo wrote a piece calling for better support in April last year.
- Jul 15: Our friends at Pocket Casts have a free partner newsletter for podcasters, which lets you know about upcoming curation opportunities for your show, information about advertising, or helpful insights into how the largest independent podcast app works. It’s free to sign up.
- Jul 9: NPR has recently added support for the funding tag across its shows - it’s a Podcasting 2.0 feature in RSS that enables a link to help directly support a show. Supporting Cast notes in a blog today that use of the feature continues to grow, now it’s supported by apps like Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict and AntennaPod.
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