The vast majority of Spotify listening may come through mobile apps, but the streamer’s latest move indicates it has no plans to pivot away from desktop listeners. Spotify has announced what it is calling “one of the biggest revamps yet” of its... Read More
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Spotify is cutting 200 employees from its podcasting unit, which represents 2% of its workforce. The streaming company’s head of podcast business, Sahar Elhabashi, announced “the difficult but necessary decision to make a strategic... Read More
When David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur of influential rap group De La Soul died last month, fans who wished to hear their work on music streaming services would have been unable to do so due to legal and copyright issues. But on Friday, De La... Read More
During last month’s Podcast Movement there was plenty of talk about video podcasting and YouTube, which continues to take steps to appeal to podcasters. But how many listeners want to listen to podcasts on YouTube? A new survey is offering some... Read More
The Obamas’ podcasting venture has found its new home. Higher Ground – the media company formed by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama – has a global first-look deal with Audible, the audio-story platform at... Read More
AM/FM radio is the second most used audio source listened to by Americans on their smart speakers, according to The Smart Audio Report 2022 from NPR and Edison Research. A research snippet released Wednesday from the forthcoming report shows AM/FM... Read More
On Monday, Roku announced that the company had added support for Apple’s premium music streaming service Apple Music to their Roku channel store. Roku said that Apple Music will be supported across its plethora of devices such as the... Read More
Joe Rogan is reportedly being paid $200 million to have his podcast exclusively on Spotify. And while Spotify has done little to rein in or criticize Rogan for spreading vaccine misinformation or use of the N-word on his podcast, the comedian and... Read More
Ava DuVernay’s Array has parted ways with Spotify and will no longer be making podcasts for the audio giant. Last year, Array and Spotify had announced a multiyear first-look deal for Array to produce scripted and unscripted podcasts with... Read More
Even before the racial element emerged, the fallout from Rogan’s controversial statements on COVID vaccines were already costing Spotify not only music, but also other podcasts. Vox Media’s The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway and the... Read More
Spotify has bowed in the face of pressure from critics about supporting the spread of COVID and vaccine misinformation with a plan to add warning labels on its global platform to content that skirts the line between “what is acceptable and what is... Read More
You can’t cancel your paid subscription through any of their apps: IOS, Android, Windows, or MacOS. You must visit their website, and you click on account overview. From there, you scroll down to your plan and hit change plan. Next, you... Read More
As if blessing fans with a new album wasn’t enough, Adele convinced Spotify to finally roll out a long-requested feature. Spotify confirmed it has rolled out a feature for its premium users removing the shuffle option as a default when... Read More
By one numeric gauge – dollars – there is no denying Joe Rogan’s reported $100 million deal to distribute his show exclusively on Spotify is paying off. But after being widely available for a decade, that walled-off distribution model... Read More
When Spotify began rolling out video podcasts, they tested the format with a variety of Spotify Originals. They found that their users wanted the option to easily switch between audio only and video depending on where they are, what they’re doing,... Read More