Apple wants you to ‘follow’ podcasts rather than subscribe

Posted on 10/03/2021 by Engadget

If you notice a change of language the next time you add a series in Apple Podcasts, you won't be alone. Podnews and 9to5Mac report that Apple is changing the option to "subscribe" to a podcast to "follow" as of iOS 14.5 and i...

Apple adds curated podcast collections for kids

Posted on 08/03/2021 by Engadget

Apple is helping families to find podcasts they can all enjoy together with recommendations for children. The company has partnered with Common Sense Media to offer curated, kid-friendly collections of shows in Apple Podcasts in the US. Four collecti...

Spotify is building machine learning-powered podcast discovery tools

Posted on 22/02/2021 by Engadget

Spotify has gotten pretty good at finding music its users may want to hear based on their listening history. Unsurprisingly, the company is getting ready to do the same thing for podcasts. During a livestreamed event today, the company said it was lo...

Spotify HiFi will bring CD-quality audio to ‘select markets’ this year

Posted on 22/02/2021 by Engadget

Spotify is tremendously popular, sure, but it has never been a platform for audiophiles. That may change soon, though — the company confirmed today that it plans to launch a Spotify HiFi service in 'select markets' later this year. Strangely,...

Acast buys New York Times-backed podcast company RadioPublic

Posted on 19/02/2021 by Engadget

The growth in podcast audiences has driven a frenzy of deal-making led by music streaming purveyors Spotify, Apple and Amazon. Now, industry giant Acast is looking to boost its reach through a major acquisition of its own. The company has purchased t...

iHeartRadio is making a dozen 3D audio podcasts this year

Posted on 09/02/2021 by Engadget

Podcasts are about to become much more immersive if iHeartMedia has its way. Following the success of last year's 13 Days of Halloween, iHeartRadio's parent company plans to produce more 3D audio (or binaural) shows. It's working with Blumhouse Telev...

President Biden brings back weekly addresses with a podcast-like format

Posted on 06/02/2021 by Engadget

President Biden is poised to resurrect the weekly radio address, but he’s hoping to keep it relevant through a simple strategy: ditch the radio. As the New York Times explained, the White House has launched a “weekly conversation” series that embrace...

Breaking down Reddit’s battle over GameStop’s stock

Posted on 29/01/2021 by Engadget

I get it, the story of how Redditors banded together to increase the value of GameStop’s stock is confusing. So we tapped business journalist Mike Futter, author of the GameDev Business Handbook and co-host of the Virtual Economy Podcast, to help us...

Spotify gives NYU students the chance to learn how to podcast like a pro

Posted on 28/01/2021 by Engadget

There’s no doubt podcasts are having a moment. They have been for a while, and it started before we were all stuck at home. Music services, production companies and more are betting big on the format, by either snapping up platforms and high-profile...

Spotify dabbles in audiobooks by offering nine public-domain works

Posted on 25/01/2021 by Engadget

Spotify’s aggressive move into content beyond music continues today, as the company is testing a small “pilot” of audiobooks on the platform. Specifically, nine classic audiobooks will be available starting today. This isn’t technically the first tim...

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