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- Nov 6: One of the longest-running “podcasts about podcasting” from a podcast company, The Feed The Official Libsyn Podcast, is to close. Hosted by Elsie Escobar and Rob Walch with more than 300 episodes, The Feed has been going since July 2013 - the first episode covering Windows Phone 8 podcast apps and Stitcher stats. A Libsyn spokesperson told us: “As Libsyn looks ahead to 2026, we’re excited to introduce new ways to support and celebrate our creator and advertiser community across all our platforms. Stay tuned – more ways to learn, connect, and create are on the way.”
- Jun 3: As we suggested last week, podcast studio Kast Media has announced it has emerged from Chapter 11 restructuring with “overwhelming support” of its creditors. As Podnews covered, the company continued to trade through the process, which founder Colin Thomson says was “heavily scrutinized”. Thomson has become Chief Creative Officer; Kast Media’s new CEO will be Matty Staudt who joins from iHeart, Stitcher, and Jam Street Media.
- Aug 21, 2024: Kristin Myers has joined Sounds Profitable as Principal. She previously worked with UTA and Stitcher (and was the first hire at Anchor).
- Jul 29, 2024: And, a year on from its closure, what was the history of the Stitcher app?
- Jun 24, 2024: The Stitcher app closed on Aug 29 last year. Nobody appears to have told its RSS feed checker, though, which is still checking our RSS feed every hour, lonely, on a little server all by itself, that nobody cares for any more...
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