![]() Pocket Casts is the second pickup Automattic has made in as many months it bought journaling app Day One in June. The company has been on a buying spree recently - Automattic also purchased Tumblr from Verizon in 2019, and acquired the Day One journal app just last month. Podcast Media LLC, Pocket Casts owners since 2018. Pocket Casts' new owner is Automattic, an American internet company that is best known for its blogging service (Automattic also contributes code to the self-hosted version of WordPress), Gravatar cross-site avatars, and several popular WordPress plugins. BBC Studios and Pocket Casts are announcing today that the British company is investing in the American podcast player. In December 2020, the radio group decided to sell off Pocket Casts by September 30, 2021. Around a year later, Pocket Casts became a free app and introduced an optional paid subscription with 10GB of cloud storage for audio content and desktop/web apps. ![]() Pocket Casts was previously purchased in 2018 by a group of public radio organizations, including NPR, This American Life, WNYC Studios and WBEZ Chicago. Subscribe to various podcasts Automatic download of new episodes / deletion of. We will explore building deep integrations with and Pocket Casts, making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts." The best podcast app for Android is generally agreed to be Pocket Casts. ![]() Automattic, which is known for WordPress. Automattic said in its blog post, "As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favorite podcasts (or find something new). Back in January, it emerged that Pocket Casts was up for sale by its public radio consortium owners. The app's co-founders, Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson, will continue to lead development. ![]() Automattic announced on July 16th that it had acquired the parent company of Pocket Casts. ![]()
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