Player FM

{{Short description|Podcasting discovery website and mobile application}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Player FM

| founder = Michael Mahemoff{{Cite web |url=https://www.iphone-ticker.de/die-wichtigsten-podcast-apps-fur-ios-co-funktionsvergleich-und-ubersicht-47204/ |title=Die wichtigsten Podcast-Apps für iOS & Co.: Funktionsvergleich und Übersicht |website=iPhone-Ticker.de |date=7 May 2013 |language=de |trans-title=The most important podcast apps for iOS & Co .: function comparison and overview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322120736/http://www.iphone-ticker.de/die-wichtigsten-podcast-apps-fur-ios-co-funktionsvergleich-und-ubersicht-47204/ |archive-date=2020-03-22 |access-date=2020-03-22 |df=dmy-all}}

| owner = {{as of|2020|06}} Maple Media LLC, 1880 Century Park East, Suite 1108, Los Angeles, CA, 90067 {{Cite web|url=https://player.fm/legal|title = Terms of Service}}

| industry = Podcasting

| location_city = Los Angeles{{Cite web|url=https://player.fm/legal|title=TERMS OF SERVICE|first=Player|last=FM|website=player.fm}}

| location_country = United States

| key_people = Michael Mahemoff

| url = {{url|https://player.fm}}

| launch_date = {{launch date and age|df=yes|2011|11}}

| website_type = Podcasting and Music streaming

}}

Player FM or PlayerFM is a podcast discovery and cataloguing service which lists podcasts hosted across different podcast publishing sites.{{cite podcast |title=Interview with Michael Mahemoff, founder of PlayerFM, talking podcasting |edition=110|date=24 August 2014 |url=https://www.minterdial.com/2014/08/interview-michael-mahemoff-founder-playerfm-talking-podcasting-mde110/ |author=Minter Dial|work=Minter Dialogue|publisher=MinterDial.com|accessdate=22 March 2020 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |url=https://gigaom.com/2012/05/17/player-fm-web-based-podcast-playback/ |title=Player FM makes podcasts look cool again |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=2012-05-17 |website=Gigaom |access-date=2020-03-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518021248/http://gigaom.com/2012/05/17/player-fm-web-based-podcast-playback/ |archivedate=2012-05-18 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |url-status=live |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/08/open-or-closed-who-will-control-the-paid-podcast-experience-podcasters-or-tech-companies/ |title=Open or closed: Who will control the paid-podcast experience, podcasters or tech companies? |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820162934/https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/08/open-or-closed-who-will-control-the-paid-podcast-experience-podcasters-or-tech-companies/ |website=Nieman Lab |archivedate=2019-08-20 |access-date=2020-03-22 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |archivedate=2013-03-19 |last=Mahemoff |first=Michael |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319145840/http://gigaom.com/2013/03/16/why-google-killed-off-google-reader-it-was-self-defense/ |title=Why Google killed off Google Reader: It was self-defense |date=2013-03-16 |url=https://gigaom.com/2013/03/16/why-google-killed-off-google-reader-it-was-self-defense/ |website=Gigaom |language=en-US |access-date=2020-03-22 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |url=https://gigaom.com/2014/06/23/player-fm-relaunches-with-new-ui-and-in-app-indexing/ |title=Player FM relaunches with new UI and in-app indexing |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=2014-06-23 |website=gigaom.com |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625064104/http://gigaom.com/2014/06/23/player-fm-relaunches-with-new-ui-and-in-app-indexing/ |archive-date=2014-06-25 |access-date=2020-03-22 |df=dmy-all}} It was created by software designer{{Cite book |last=Mahemoff |first=Michael |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71666100 |title=Ajax Design Patterns: Creating Web 2.0 Sites with Programming and Usability Patterns |date=2006 |publisher=O'Reilly Media |isbn=978-0-596-51488-4 |location=Sebastopol, California |oclc=71666100}} Michael Mahemoff in 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://whois.domaintools.com/player.fm |title=Player.fm WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools |website=whois.domaintools.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322122041/http://whois.domaintools.com/player.fm |archive-date=2020-03-22 |access-date=2020-03-22 |df=dmy-all}} The service was acquired by Maple Media, a mobile media company, in May 2020 for an undisclosed amount.{{cite web |last1=Chambers |first1=Bradley |title=Maple Media purchases podcast app Player FM to expand podcast presence |url=https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/29/maple-media-purchases-player-fm/ |website=9to5Mac |date=29 April 2020 |access-date=26 March 2021}}