{"id":16516,"date":"2023-06-28T16:53:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=16516"},"modified":"2023-06-28T16:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:53:31","slug":"stitcher-podcast-app-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=16516","title":{"rendered":"Stitcher, one of the oldest podcasting apps, is shutting down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><imgsrc=\"\" alt=\"Stitcher logo\"><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the end of a podcasting era.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stitcher, a popular podcast app, has <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/digital\/news\/stitcher-shutting-down-siriusxm-podcast-app-1235655994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>announced<\/u><\/a> that it will be shutting down in August. The podcast platform will officially close on Aug. 29, just over 15 years after it first launched.<\/p>\n<p>The company was founded in 2008 and was one of the earliest podcast-player platforms launched specifically for podcast listeners. Stitcher had subsequently been acquired by Deezer and Midroll Media over the years before SiriusXM bought the company for $325 million in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/spotify-layoffs-podcasts\" class=\"text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            Spotify cuts 2 percent of its workforce, mainly in podcasts<br \/>\n            <svg class=\"inline-block ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"><\/use><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>In a note posted in a newly added &#8220;Stitcher Farewell&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/stitcher.helpshift.com\/hc\/en\/1-stitcher\/section\/151-stitcher-farewell-1687885657\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>section<\/u><\/a> on its website, Stitcher explains why the app is being shut down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SiriusXM, the owner of Stitcher, is focused on incorporating podcasts into its flagship SiriusXM subscription business,&#8221; reads the Stitcher announcement. &#8220;Subscribers can listen to podcasts within the SiriusXM app and will see an all-new listening experience later this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stitcher will shut down as well as the Stitcher Premium service, which provided users with ad-free episodes and exclusive podcast content for $4.99 per month.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Stitcher, it expects the brand name to live on in its podcast production companies, which will continue to produce shows for SiriusXM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect to continue to operate our Stitcher Studios and Earwolf networks,&#8221; the company said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the end of a podcasting era.\u00a0 Stitcher, a popular podcast app, has announced that it will be shutting down in August. The podcast platform will officially close on Aug.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-technology","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}