Spotify is rolling out new features for its library of podcasts, bringing you closer to the shows you love This includes a new Following feed in the Home page, which groups all the podcasts you follow ...

Spotify is scrambling to remove fake podcast pages that direct users to buy drugs from potentially dangerous and illegal online pharmacies. CNN identified dozens of these phony podcasts across ...

And that may be why Spotify’s strategy around content is shifting: while Trevor Noah’s podcast — due later this year — will be a Spotify Original, it won’t be exclusive to the platform.

1. New podcasts Following feed (Image credit: Spotify) The main podcast feature of the three is the new Following feed, a dedicated space for shows you already follow.

Spotify, the audio streaming platform, said on Monday that it planned to lay off about 200 people, including workers at the popular podcast studios Gimlet Media and Parcast. The 2 percent cut to ...

Starting Thursday (Dec. 16) Spotify is starting the rollout of ratings for podcasts, which the audio giant said is designed to improve podcast discoverability by highlighting shows’ popularity.

Spotify acquired Megaphone, a podcast advertising platform, for $235 million in November 2020. The company also acquired Anchor in 2019 for $154 million, as well as Whooshkaa in December 2021 and ...

Spotify wants to be the industry’s No. 1 distributor of podcasts — and it’s willing to forgo some revenue in order to counter Apple ‘s push into podcast subscriptions.

Spotify said it reaches 286 million monthly active users, which translates to about 54.3 million podcast listeners. Apple has long been the dominant player in podcast consumption, but Spotify is ...

Spotify today is opening access to Podcast Subscriptions to all podcast creators in the U.S., after first launching the service for testing with a smaller number of creators back in April.

Spotify purchased Gimlet Media and Anchor in a deal worth more than $300 million. The company is now speaking publicly about its big podcast plans.

Spotify had hinted at its plans for paid podcast content during its fourth-quarter earnings call earlier this month, when it said it was exploring ideas like paid podcast subscriptions and à la ...