“How do we get every second of your day?” The Times is betting on a new app, New York Times Audio, launching Wednesday, after nearly a year and a half in a private beta. Courtesy of The New York Times. Still, it’s a weird time to get into a podcast app business. For now, the Times is not selling the New York Times Audio app as a standalone subscription, though it is sunsetting the Audm app and folding it into the new program. At the very least, the NYT Audio app felt like a smoother experience than Apple’s much-derided podcast app.

Source: New York Times May 17, 2023 18:42 UTC