Twitter Acquires Podcast App Breaker To Build Twitter Spaces

Twitter is acquiring Social podcast app Breaker. Thus, it brings the latter's expertise in audio experience to the micro-blogging site. Both the companies have not disclosed the financial details of the acquisition. In fact, Breaker co-founder Leah Culver confirmed the news on Twitter. “I’m joining Twitter to help build @TwitterSpaces,” said her tweet. “While I’ll very much miss @breaker, I’m so excited to help create the future of audio conversations,” she further said.

"Here at Breaker, we're truly passionate about audio-communication. We're inspired by the ways Twitter is facilitating public conversations for people around the world," said CEO Erik Berli. Thus, adding that the Breaker team, both Leah and Erik will join Twitter.

What happens to the existing users?

The podcast app will shut down from January 15. Breaker said on its blog that people can now transfer their subscriptions to other podcast-listening apps. These include Apple Inc and Spotify etc. To transfer your subscriptions to another podcast listening app, you can export in an OPML file from Breaker and open that file in another app.

Even for podcast hosts, it said that they can transfer their podcasts to another hosting service using the RSS feed. "You can find your RSS feed link on the Distribution tab. We recommend trying out Anchor, Simplecast, or Transistor for your podcast hosting depending on your specific podcast hosting needs," it adds.

Future of Twitter Spaces

Spaces is a place to come together, built around the voices of the people using Twitter, your Twitter community. And like the company's Twitter handle says "Sometimes, 280 isn’t enough", Spaces is a place to help bring people together to connect directly in an intimate, conversational Space. In fact, with its acquisition, Twitter gains key talent and expertise to create a buzz in the upcoming podcast market. Yet, how much can we rely on Twitter to make a safe place for audio networking, we have to wait and watch.