October 1, 2016 | No Comments
In 2015, it was called the future of live political coverage. On Friday, Meerkat firmly became its past.
The livestreaming app widely praised by many politicos and publications, including this one, has been officially dropped from Apple’s app store, according to Ben Rubin, co-founder of Life On Air, the company behind Meerkat.
Following a successful showing at 2015’s SXSW festival, Meerkat became the must-have livestreaming app among political journalists.
In March 2015, Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, wrote an article published on Medium outlining four ways in which the app could change the way presidential elections are covered.
That was, until Twitter bought Periscope, another livestreaming app that gave viewers the opportunity to replay the livestream after it was finished.
Rubin’s company is now focusing on a new group video chat application called Houseparty.
We just removed Meerkat from the AppStore �� bitter sweet moment seeing it go while celebrating @houseparty
— Ben Rubin (@benrbn) September 30, 2016