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NPR and public radio group buy popular podcast app Pocket Casts
NPR, This American Life, WNYC Studios and WBEZ Chicago have teamed up to buy Pocket Casts, a cross-platform podcast app. The public radio outlets hope to improve the podcast discovery experience, help creators find new audiences and improve insights for producers.
Pocket Casts for Android lets you see what people near you are listening to
If you use Android and love podcasts, chances are good you've stumbled upon the Pocket Casts app. It's well-designed, easy to use and includes a host of excellent features to help you discover new podcasts. Today, developer Shifty Jelly is adding another new discovery option, and it's a rather unconventional one: Pocket Casts now includes a "Nearby" feature that shows you what other users near you are listening to. If you go to the "Discover" tab in Pocket Casts and tab on "Nearby," you'll see the top podcasts being listened to by others who've enabled this sharing feature. You'll also see what shows you have in common with other users near you (chances are good you'll be seeing Serial pop up a lot here).
