NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life Acquire Pocket Casts They want what’s best for the podcasting space, they want to build open systems that everyone can use.' NPR and co seem to have made the right promises, though, with Ivanovich saying, 'the unique thing about this opportunity is the mission driven nature of these organizations. The developers have received other offers for a buy-out in the past but turned them down. According to a statement received by The Verge, Ivanovic is optimistic about the purchase. Pocket Casts founders Philip Simpson and Russel Ivanovic will hang around in currently undefined leadership roles. Owen Grover is pegged to be the CEO of Pocket Casts going forward, having previously served as a high-level executive at iHeartRadio and Clear Channel.

NPR and This American Life should also be familiar to most modern occupants of the internet, while the two regional broadcasting studios are well-known for producing a variety of content, including some for NPR, as well as podcasts including 2 Dope Queens, the 'Making' series, and Serial. Pocket Casts likely needs no introduction-it is the #1 top paid app on the Play Store in the News & Magazines category, after all.

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