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TL;DR
- Stitcher is shutting down on August 29.
- The podcasting service will now not be obtainable past this date.
- SiriusXM, Stitcher’s proprietor, is as a result of combine podcasts into its subscription enterprise.
There is no scarcity of podcasting apps, particularly now that Spotify and Google Podcasts are a part of the sector. However, there’ll quickly be one much less possibility for customers. Popular app and podcasting service Stitcher is formally shutting down in August.
According to its FAQ web page, the transfer is a part of proprietor SiriusXM’s plan to include podcasts into its bigger subscription enterprise. Users are promised an “all-new listening experience later this year” with the service. Notably, Stitcher Premium subscriptions are now not obtainable, whereas current customers can request refunds by the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Stitcher is behind among the most-loved podcasts, together with LeVar Burton Reads, How Did This Get Made, and Freakonomics Radio. While the app and service received’t be accessible past August, there is some excellent news for the content material aspect of the enterprise. Stitcher’s inventive avenues, specifically Earwolf and Stitcher Studios, will dwell on. The podcasts they produce must also be obtainable on different podcasting platforms.
Stitcher has been round since 2008, so it’ll be laborious to let go for a lot of. But a minimum of hardcore customers could have just a few weeks to say goodbye earlier than Stitcher shuts down for good.