39: Castro Updates & Spotify’s Podcasting Play
Mar 08, 2019•49 min
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Episode description
We discuss improvements to search and discovery in Castro, and what Spotify’s recent acquisitions might mean for the future of indie podcast apps.
Links for this episode:
- Local Search in Castro 2019.1
- Discovery & Snappy Search in Castro 2019.2
- Spotify bought Gimlet and Anchor:
- Spotify’s announcement
- Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play
- Exponent: 162 — Why Exponent Isn’t on Spotify
- Recode Media: interview with Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber
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