Podcast app Breaker to be acquired by Twitter

The Twitter application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo

(Reuters) - Breaker, a popular podcast app, said on Monday it would be acquired by social media company Twitter Inc and shut down its app and website next week.

Breaker said on its blog https://blog.breaker.audio/the-breaker-team-is-joining-twitter-f8c1721d66c6 that people can now transfer their subscriptions to other podcast listening apps like those offered by Apple Inc and Spotify.