Facebook, the social network that needs to haveevery product integrated into its all-singing, all-dancing app, is now into podcasting. The company will let page owners upload podcasts on their pages starting June 22.
According to a report byThe Verge, Facebook sent an email to page owners notifying them of the feature. If you’re a page owner, you’ll be able to link the RSS feed of your podcast episodes, so they’ll eventually start showing up in the News Feed.
The company also said that it’ll soon introduce a feature called Clips, that’ll allow listeners to share favorite moments from an episode to their friends and to their News Feed.
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Facebook’stermsfor this product suggest that it can use some of your work in a derivative manner to distribute the podcast, but you can opt out any time.
This isn’t exactly an unexpected announcement. Back in April, Facebook had promised to roll outa bunch of audio products, including podcasts. Earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg hosted a demo ofits real-time conversation productin the US.
Later this year, the firm also intends to introduceSoundbites, a feature to post short audio clips to your News Feed. Think of it as voice messages for your timeline.
Story byIvan Mehta
Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.”
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