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TL;DR
- Stitcher is shutting down on August 29.
- The podcasting service will now not be out there past this date.
- SiriusXM, Stitcher’s proprietor, is because of combine podcasts into its subscription enterprise.
There isn’t any scarcity of podcasting apps, particularly now that Spotify and Google Podcasts are a part of the sector. Nonetheless, there’ll quickly be one much less choice for customers. In style app and podcasting service Stitcher is formally shutting down in August.
In keeping with its FAQ web page, the transfer is a part of proprietor SiriusXM’s plan to include podcasts into its bigger subscription enterprise. Customers are promised an “all-new listening expertise later this yr” with the service. Notably, Stitcher Premium subscriptions are now not out there, whereas present customers can request refunds by way of the Google Play Retailer and Apple App Retailer.
Stitcher is behind among the most-loved podcasts, together with LeVar Burton Reads, How Did This Get Made, and Freakonomics Radio. Whereas the app and repair received’t be accessible past August, there’s some excellent news for the content material facet of the enterprise. Stitcher’s inventive avenues, particularly Earwolf and Stitcher Studios, will stay on. The podcasts they produce also needs to be out there on different podcasting platforms.
Stitcher has been round since 2008, so it’ll be arduous to let go for a lot of. However at the very least hardcore customers can have a couple of weeks to say goodbye earlier than Stitcher shuts down for good.
