The New York Times announces today that it will discontinue its podcast app. The podcast program continues normal production, and the shows can be accessed in the New York Times app (which has recently been redesigned), and other apps. (We observe that the podcast is easily played in Spotify.)
The changeover date is October 3. Full access to the NYT app requires a subscription to the Times, available at the Times website and also via Apple Podcasts and Spotify. [INFO]
We observe that the AI Overview of “NYTimes listening app launch” refers to a start date of May, 2023. However, we covered the beta launch of New York Times Audio on October 12, 2021. We’ll take our history, and observe that the app was in operation for four years.
(We also observe that Google’s AI Overview to the prompt “NYTimes listening app launch” puts the shutdown at September 4, 2025 — four days ago. We are invited to conclude that Google AI is more powerful than the natural flow of time. Well … perhaps.)
