Podcast, Spotify and Pocket Casts

‘Podcasting shouldn’t be locked behind walled gardens’: Pocket Casts slams Spotify and makes its web player free to all
Podcast service Pocket Casts has lifted the requirement for a subscription in the web version of its platform. Now you stream all of your favorite podcasts free of charge.
Pocket Casts makes its web player free, takes shots at Spotify and AI
"The future of podcasting shouldn't be locked behind walled gardens," writes the team at Pocket Casts. To push that point forward, Pocket Casts, owned by the company behind WordPress, Automattic Inc.,
Podcast app Pocket Casts makes its web player free
Pocket Casts, the podcast app acquired by Automattic in 2021, is now making its web player free. The company says the move offers an alternative to the big platforms’ closed ecosystems, where algorithmic-driven content is prioritized and podcasts are kept behind paywalls.
My Favorite Podcast App Now Has a Free Web Player
Now more than ever, I rely on my silly little podcasts to disassociate through my days, and yesterday, that got a little easier. Pocket Casts—Lifehacker's pick for the most full-featured and user-friendly podcast app on the scene,
One of the Best Podcast Apps Is Now Free to Use on Desktop
There's great news for podcast fans. Pocket Casts is now free to use on the web and via the Mac and Windows apps. Free for Everyone, With Accounts Unlocking More Previously, you needed a premium subscription that set you back $3.
Spotify cranks up the profit dial
Spotify has found its groove. News this week that the Swedish music streaming service had paid more than $10bn in royalties ...
Spotify launches a program to publish audiobooks from independent authors
Spotify has launched a program to publish audiobooks from independent authors, focusing on a few genres to start.
The Spotify bug that shows ads to Premium subscribers has finally been fixed - for now at least
First reports of the bug surfaced online four weeks ago in the Spotify Community forum, and it quickly proved to be a common ...
I Tried Spicetify and It Took My Spotify Experience from Bland to Bangin’
Spicetify is an amazing tool to customize and personalize Spotify desktop app in the way you want and in this read, I go gaga ...
Why am I getting ads on Spotify Premium? Here's the reason and how to fix it
Spotify Premium subscribers who pay for ad-free listening are getting advertisements. Here's what's going on and what you can do to try and stop it.
Spotify Premium has somehow still been struggling to solve its ad problem
Spotify Premium users were hearing ads they shouldn't have last month, and while we thought the bug was long fixed, it was ...
Lady Gaga’s Spotify press conference is being live streamed today – here’s where you can watch Spotify’s big step forward in fan inclusion
In a first-of-its-kind event, Spotify and Lady Gaga are marking a step towards fan inclusion with streaming services. Here's ...
Spotify says it’s fixing the bug that caused Premium users to hear ads
Spotify has acknowledged an issue that's causing some of its paid Premium subscribers to encounter ads when trying to play ...