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Down Anchor, Goodbye Facebook, Au Revoir Michael Mignano & Tom Webster. Hello Squadcast!

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Facebook is pulling out of podcasts and will close the service starting Jun 3. The company will stop creators adding podcasts to the service this week. They don’t plan to communicate the closure to Facebook users.
Facebook was responsible for just 0.3% of all podcast downloads last month, says Buzzsprout. It had reached 0.5% in February, making it the 17th largest podcast app.
More than a quarter of new podcast episodes published in April were on Anchor, according to data from John Spurlock:
The world’s largest podcast host, Anchor was down for much of yesterday
Spotify is hiring for a podcast moderation team in Dublin Ireland.
Michael Mignano is to leave Spotify. He’s said to have given his resignation last week and leaves at the end of June.
Chartable has clarified its future, in an email to users.
In the UK, The Radio

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