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Enterprise, Venture

Technology Publication TechCrunch Mourns the Loss of ASTRO Stock in the Space Industry

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. You also can send a note to the whole TechCrunch crew at tips@techcrunch.com. This week in space historyI don’t mean to be impolite, but this week in space history we’re revisiting…URANUS. That’s right: On March 13, 1781, a German-born, British astronomer named Sir William Herschel noticed a faint object through his telescope. He initially thought it might be a comet, but later correctly identified it as our solar system’s seventh planet.

Max Chen
March 11, 2024

Enterprise, Venture

Goodbye $ASTR: The End of Space at TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. You also can send a note to the whole TechCrunch crew at tips@techcrunch.com. This week in space historyI don’t mean to be impolite, but this week in space history we’re revisiting…URANUS. That’s right: On March 13, 1781, a German-born, British astronomer named Sir William Herschel noticed a faint object through his telescope. He initially thought it might be a comet, but later correctly identified it as our solar system’s seventh planet.

Kira Kim
March 11, 2024
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Apps, Enterprise

“Goodbye, Castro? Third-Party Podcast App Seemingly Meets its End While Company Remains Silent”

The once popular third-party podcast app Castro has seemingly shut down, after earlier saying that it was “actively seeking a new home” for its product. Concerns over Castro’s future, and the fate of the indie podcast app industry as a whole, have broadened in recent years as Spotify entered the market to compete with Apple Podcasts. That move influenced the exits of other smaller podcast apps, which included the sale of Pocket Casts to a collective of radio broadcasters, including NPR and BBC Studios. Satellite radio provider and Pandora owner SiriusXM also bought the podcast app Stitcher in 2020 for $325 million. Another request for comment from Casto owner Tiny was not returned as of the time of writing, but we’ll update if more information is provided.