Spotify's Podsights and Chartable acquisitions set it up to better compete with YouTube, offering dependable programmatic ads and robust analytics to creators
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Automattic, owner of Tumblr, buys podcast app Pocket Casts from a public radio collective that includes NPR, which reportedly lost $800K on it last year
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Amazon acquires Art19, a major podcast hosting and monetization platform, for an undisclosed sum
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Sweden-based podcast host and ad network Acast says it is acquiring RadioPublic; RadioPublic's podcast app will remain live and its team will stay in the US
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Amazon plans to acquire podcast network Wondery, which will join Amazon Music
Wondery will be a part of Amazon Music, which launched podcasting in September. — Amazon is also exploring podcasts for Audible and local. — The company owns a sizable chunk of the smart speaker marke...
NTT Disruption, which acquired Jibo's assets, says the social robot will remain operational for existing owners as it plans to target the enterprise market
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Spotify has acquired Parcast, a podcasting studio that focuses on stories about true crime, cults, and unsolved mysteries
Spotify's purchase … Spotify : Spotify to Acquire Parcast, a Premier Podcast Storytelling Studio Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Spotify acquires crime storyteller studio Parcast Chris Sherman / Marketing L...
Recently-restructured robotic toy maker Sphero acquires Specdrums, which on Kickstarter sold $175K worth of rings that make music by tapping on colored surfaces
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