Anchor can now transform podcasts into shareable videos
Here’s a small but very real problem that podcast creators run into: Once an episode is published, the creator probably wants to promote it. But on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, all they can really do is post a link. There’s no easy way let their followers listen to an interesting snippet of the podcast from right inside of most social apps.
Anchor, a shortform podcasting app, is trying to solve that with a new feature it’s launching today. The app now lets podcasters automatically turn their recordings into into stylish video clips, complete with voice transcriptions. Podcast creators can then post those clips to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and other social platforms that allow video to be embedded, so that people can check out…