Pocket Casts
Address: 
60 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Website: pocketcasts.com
Owned by: Automattic
Latest news
- May 30:
In the week that Pocket Casts added support for creator recommendations through open RSS using
podcast:podroll, Spotify has launched its own proprietary creator recommendation tool, which they call “linked content”. - May 27:
Pocket Casts v7.89 is rolling out now on the app stores. This version contains recommendations - creator-driven recommendations using Podcasting 2.0’s “podroll” feature, as well as algorithmic recommendations for all podcasts. Here’s what our daily podcast looks like - “podroll” is supported by podcast hosts like Transistor, Buzzsprout and RSS
.com. - May 12: The next version of Pocket Casts, currently in release candidate, has new podcast recommendations - including support for the
podcast:podrollformat. Marked as “Recommended shows by the creator”, it means creator recommendations go to the top of a new section marked “Similar shows”. “Podroll” is supported by hosts including Buzzsprout, RSS.com, Blubrry, and Transistor. - Apr 29: Pocket Casts has launched automatically generated transcripts for Plus and Patron members. Transcripts will be automatically generated for “the most-followed podcasts”; the company continues to make creator-produced transcripts, using the
podcast:transcripttool, available to everyone.- Apr 16: Independent podcast app Pocket Casts now, it seems, supports the
podcast:fundingfeature in the new podcast namespace. It allows podcasters to link directly to pages that will help them earn money. The feature is supported by a large variety of podcast hosting companies, including Buzzsprout, Blubrry, Captivate, RSS.com, Transistor and many others. (Podnews podcast pages also support it). (Thank you, Devon!) - May 12: The next version of Pocket Casts, currently in release candidate, has new podcast recommendations - including support for the
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