[ad_1] While this is just a test, it wouldn’t be surprising for Spotify to bring curated podcast playlists to all users. The company has been developing curated music playlists for years — from Discover Weekly to Release Radar. More recently, it doubled down on both personalization and podcasts. This spring Spotify said personalized playlists increased […]
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iTunes isn’t dead
[ad_1] Even Apple knew it. The intro to the iTunes portion of today’s keynote was a tongue-in-cheek bit about adding Calendar, Mail and Safari inside the desktop app. “One thing we hear over and over: Can iTunes do even more?” quipped vice president of software Craig Federighi. The current version of iTunes (Nathan Ingraham/Engadget) Once […]
Overcast can create clips from any public podcast
[ad_1] The sharing pages also display badges for listening in specific podcast apps for listeners who want to listen to the rest of the episode, including Overcast itself (strictly optional) and Apple Podcasts. This won’t help much if you’re trying to capture the entirety of a segment, or if there’s tweaks you’d like to make […]
The cost of Fortnite’s success
[ad_1] How Fortnite’s success led to months of intense crunch at Epic GamesColin Campbell,Polygon There have been a few stories recently about intense work conditions, or crunch, at studios making high-profile titles. Earlier this month we read about Anthem, and now we’re hearing about Fortnite. Polygon conducted interviews with employees at Epic Games who detail […]
Luminary’s podcast service loses more high-profile shows
[ad_1] Luminary was launched with the idea of offering high-quality, curated podcasts in an $8 per month subscription. At the same time, it also has a free tier with podcasts that are available around the web, exactly like Overcast, Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps. The company has previously stated that it wants to eschew […]
Pandora adds SiriusXM talk shows as podcasts
[ad_1] The shows hit on a number of genres, including entertainment, music, sports and comedy; hosts you may have heard of include Andy Cohen, Kevin Hart, Ricky Gervais, Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo, Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy. The SiriusXM shows should be live on Pandora’s mobile app now for both free and premium […]
Star Wars and ‘Keeping the Rave Alive’
[ad_1] Keeping the Rave Alive James TrewManaging Editor In 1994, much to my parents’ dismay, I discovered Gabber — a noisy, anarchic genre of dance music that will test most people’s limits (and eardrums). Decades later, I am pleased to say that my folks were wrong: I neither “grew out of it” nor did it […]
Google Podcasts is finally sifting through individual episodes
[ad_1] Reneau-Wedeen also vowed that other discovery features would come to Podcasts. Google had previously talked about using episode transcriptions to find keywords within episodes, and populating general Google search results with podcasts in the same way that you’d see video features. Although there’s no guarantee you’ll see those features soon, you may have more […]