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
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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
Joe Rogan, the host of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” America’s most popular podcast in 2020, is upsetting some Spotify staffers, according to a report. Company executives paid the 53-year-old comedian more than $100 million to exclusively stream... Read More
Amazon’s move into podcasts started with content and the acquisition of the podcast studio Wondery earlier this year. Now, it is focused on monetization. Amazon has struck a deal to buy the podcast advertising and hosting company Art19. Terms of... Read More
One in five people surveyed in the U.K. by Magna Global and Spotify said they were listening to more podcasts during the coronavirus pandemic and 45% said they are spending more time listening to streaming music. The results – which mirror similar... Read More
In November 2018, Spotify released an accompanying app for Apple Watch that allows iPhone users to access and control their favorite Spotify music and podcasts from their wrist. One of the limitations of the app is that it doesn’t allow... Read More
Spotify has been testing “video podcasts” since May, and now it is going all in on the marriage between audio and video. The company today announced it is unveiling the first version of its new video podcast feature with select podcasts. It will... Read More
According to The Wall Street Journal, SiriusXM Holdings is near a deal to buy E.W. Scripps Company’s Stitcher podcasting unit for around $300 million. Stitcher runs a free podcast listening app and a premium $4.99 monthly service that lets... Read More