![]() ![]() It also syncs the content between devices, so you can pick up where you left off quite easily. Signing up for an account does have its advantages, it ensures that you don't lose your data, e.g, subscriptions, played episodes, etc. You don't need to create an account with Pocket Casts to subscribe, listen to, or download podcast episodes. The apps don't have ads, and allow you to download episodes for offline listening, the interface is clean. Since the source code has been released, it is very likely that we could see other developers forking Pocket Casts to create their own version of the app, and improve upon its design and features. The Android app's repo has an APK available for download, so the app could make its way to F-droid too. If you don't have the app on your phone, you can download Pocket Casts from the Google Play Store or the iOS App Store. Note: Pocket Casts desktop apps are not open source, since they are exclusive to the premium subscription. Plenty of issues and pull requests have been filed over the past few months in preparation for the announcement, and now users and developers can contribute to the projects to suggest new features, and bug fixes to make the app better. The company has opted to open source the apps under the Mozilla Public License (MPL 2.0). The source code for the Pocket Casts mobile apps for iOS and Android have been released on GitHub, each version has its own repository. Since this is a completely optional add-on, you can just ignore it and use the mobile versions for free. The premium plans start at a price of $0.99 a month, and costs $9.99 for a yearly subscription (before taxes). It offers extra features such as 10GB of cloud storage, themes, folders for organizing your podcasts, desktop apps for Windows and Mac, and Apple Watch playback. It's good to see someone go head on to compete with the bigwigs.Īutomattic says that it will continue supporting its premium subscription, Pocket Casts Plus. It explained that it wants to support a diverse ecosystem of third-party clients, as the reason for making the apps open source. It is not surprising considering that the mobile apps have been open sourced now, because the company's other products, Simple Note and WordPress are also open source.Ī blog post that announced the news on Automattic's website says that the company does not want podcasting to be controlled by Apple and Spotify. The journey didn't end there, Automattic acquired Pocket Casts in 2021. Pocket Casts mobile apps are now open source Under its public media ownership, the app was made free to download after previously costing $3.99.NPR acquired the rights for Pocket Casts in 2018, and a year later, the podcast apps were made free when the company introduced a premium monthly subscription called, Pocket Casts Plus. ![]() NPR’s share of the loss was more than $800,000. NPR’s financial statement showed that Pocket Casts had a net loss in the network’s fiscal year 2020. NPR and NYPR increased their ownership stake to 34.6% each, while CPM decreased its stake to about 27.5%. ![]() The organizations formed Podcast Media LLC, which operates the podcast platform and is governed by a board of representatives from each organization.īBC Studios Americas acquired a small ownership stake last year in Pocket Casts - about 3.4%, according to the NPR AFR. NPR, New York Public Radio and Chicago Public Media acquired Pocket Casts in 2018, with each taking a one-third ownership stake. NPR spokesperson Isabel Lara told Current that “the plan of a sale” of Pocket Casts is in “early stages of development.” Lara did not respond to other questions about the sale. Moog did not respond to Current’s questions about the sale. Pocket Casts CEO John Gibbons did not respond to Current’s questions, calling the situation a “fluid event.” Gibbons referred questions to board chair Matt Moog, interim CEO at Chicago Public Media. The public broadcasters who own Pocket Casts are selling the podcast platform, less than a year after it was declared public media’s “ answer to Spotify.”Ī board made up of representatives of Pocket Casts’ owners - NPR, New York Public Radio, Chicago Public Media and BBC Studios Americas - agreed in December to sell the platform, according to NPR’s latest audited financial report.
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