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June 23, 2023:

Entale, a visually augmented podcast app, no longer seems to have a working website, and its app is not available. The company was acquired by DMGT in Nov 2021; none of its socials have been updated since.

November 2, 2021:

Interactive podcast company Entale has been acquired by DMGT, the publishers of the Daily Mail and New Scientist. The acquisition includes the Entale team.

August 24, 2021:

Entale has also added a way to follow people, as well as films and TV shows discussed within a podcast. It's driven by proprietary AI technology, the company says.

July 1, 2021:

On Podland News later today: Arielle Nissenblatt on the Podcast Taxonomy; Don MacKinnon on Hark Audio, a new way to discover podcasts; and Hannah Blake about augmented podcast experiences in Entale.

June 16, 2021:

Entale has won an award for the best AI product in entertainment from Cog X. The company has posted details on how they use AI in their augmented podcast listening app.

June 9, 2021:

Entale's Wil Harris has stepped down as CEO: co-founder Hannah Blake is now CEO, and Claire Roberts is to become Chief Product Officer. Harris will continue to be on the Board. The company has also announced a beta version of a new podcast discovery tool, and was shortlisted in the CogX Awards.

April 7, 2021:

The Entale podcast app has launched Collections, allowing listeners to save shows, episodes, snippets and related links. You can keep them private or share with others. Here's a podcasting news collection, though best experienced in the Entale app.

October 20, 2020:

Podcast app Entale has unveiled a revamp of their "industry-leading podcast AI technology", which adds automated interaction to podcast listening. The app automatically links any podcast mention to people, places, films and more.

August 6, 2020:

Memory Lane with Kerry Godliman interviews a different guest every week, like Romesh Ranganathan, Jo Brand and James Acaster, talking about their five favourite photographs. If you use the Entale app, you get to see the photographs as well.

July 31, 2020:

Elision claims to be the world’s first podcast app that is focused on learning and edutainment, with podcasts "enriched with RichAudio visuals", which the company claims is "a unique listening format, which enriches the audio content with text, photos, and links". (A bit like Entale, and others).

July 30, 2020:

Yesterday, we talked about the all-new Entale app, but didn't link over here to show you what it's like. So we've just fixed that.

July 29, 2020:

Entale's iOS app has had an overhaul. It now showcases movies and TV shows you mention in podcasts, has a new player design, a new discover screen, and works faster.

February 27, 2020:

Radiodays Europe, a large conference for radio and podcasting in Lisbon, Portugal, is going ahead at the end of March. It has announced a number of keynote speakers, including Entale's Wil Harris; and has covid-19 information on its website.

January 24, 2020:

Entale, the visually augmented podcast player, has launched an Android version of their podcast app. It's in the Google Play store now. They've also launched their first "Entale Original", a show called 'Making The Cut', hosted by TV presenters Davina McCall and Michael Douglas.

December 5, 2019:

Exclusive: 2020 looks like it might be the year podcasting finally gets smart, says Entale's Wil Harris, writing for Podnews: "It’s clear from just about every survey of consumer trends that podcasts are only increasing in popularity ... and supporting that requires not just experiences that can scale beyond the hand-curated, but data and monetisation that can support that growth."

November 29, 2019:

Agumented podcast company Entale have been busy hiring, and introduce us to their new recruits in London, UK. Part of the announcement: a new production unit, Entale Studios, with Executive Producer Saskia Edwards (credited here as ex-BBC, but also ex 4ZZZ and ABC Brisbane).

November 20, 2019:

Welcome to new subscribers in November from companies including Acast, Spotify, the South China Morning Post, Sony Music, Mamamia, Magellan, RedCircle, PRX, Luminary, Megaphone, ART19, Voxnest, the BBC, Entale, and iHeartMedia. If you find us useful, please tell your colleagues! (And, use your unique link at the bottom of our emails and we'll send you nice stuff.)

September 9, 2019:

Entale, a visually-augmented podcast app, has raised £2m (US$2.5m) from DMG Ventures, the venture capital arm of the owner of the Daily Mail, a UK newspaper.

July 15, 2019:

Birthday Skin is a skincare podcast "on a mission to make skincare less confusing and mundane". Charlie and Amy feature research to bust some myths, and aim to give you "glowy skin". (Entale)

May 28, 2019:

Entale, an interactive podcast app, have released some data showing the effectiveness of visual accompaniment to podcasts, as pioneered by the company.

April 16, 2019:

The Bugle - the audio newspaper for a visual world - has moved to Entale, using the company's new RSS transfer feature. The podcast used to be part of Radiotopia, but has recently attempted to gain even more independence, much like the country of Andy Zaltzman, the main host. (Entale)

March 26, 2019:

Laudable is a new project which aims to kickstart UK local news in an audio form. The organisation is working with Reach plc and JPI Media, two of the country’s largest regional news publishers, and Entale, an interactive podcast platform. It received a US$560,000 grant from Google's Digital News Initiative.

February 12, 2019:

The BBC has worked on an experimental podcast player that gives topic segmentation, transcripts, data charts, external links and sharing by topic/sentence. They're demonstrating it with a podcast about statistics. This comes off the back of Entale launching a new release last week.

February 8, 2019:

Entale, a visually augmented podcast player, has released a slew of new features. Entale 3.0 features artificial intelligence, adding extra information and context automatically to podcasts. Their Entale Original podcast Life and Lipstick performed, the company reports, extremely well - with "almost 50% of listening time spent interacting with content and a third of listeners shopping via the app." You can also sign up to test the Android app.

January 9, 2019:

Westwood One, a US broadcaster, has released data showing that audio ads + visuals are beneficial to advertisers. Chapter images (for sponsorships) are possible in some apps (notably Overcast), and Entale is an interactive podcast platform with an emphasis on visuals.

January 7, 2019:

Entale, a podcast app with visuals, is featuring a new makeup podcast. Life and Lipstick includes product images and links to purchase.

December 7, 2018:

Visual podcast app Entale has added bookmarks to their app; opened the waitlist for their Android app, and announces that they're 91% funded.

November 8, 2018:

Visual podcast app Entale has opened a new crowdfunding round.

October 4, 2018:

Entale, an iOS podcast app, is out of beta. The app "adds pictures, maps, links, quotes and chapters to your favourite shows for a rich, interactive experience." It launches with a special version of M&S-sponsored I'm Absolutely Fine by The Midult, which Entale are also hosting.

August 31, 2018:

Thank you to Entale, the interactive podcast platform, for being our latest supporter. I'm grateful to you for your support.

August 10, 2018:

Welcome to new subscribers this week, including devastatingly excellent people from Futuri Media, ABC Australia, Streamguys, Nashville Public Radio, Gimlet Media, Turner, So Television, Anchor, Slate, Entale and the Wireless Group.

February 19, 2018:

The Bookseller covers Entale, a platform "enhancing the current podcasting technical standards and introducing a new form of audio storytelling with enhanced media and richer metadata". Clients include Universal Music and Condé Nast.

August 31, 2017:

Job - Production Assistant at Entale, a startup in London. "How podcasting should be – an engaging audio experience supplemented by rich media to help the creator tell their story". Working towards a closed beta.

July 14, 2017:

BZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz! It turns out that dental podcasts are a thing. In this month's Dental Economics magazine you can enjoy the most popular dental podcasts. Includes "the funniest dental podcast on the market", and "a practicing prosthodontist" who "interviews an expert on business or clinical dentistry in a relaxed, conversational style". Planning anything nice for the weekend? Now, rinse, and we're all done.