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Spotify’s podcast power play
By February, 2019 was already a huge year for Spotify. As part of its earnings announcement, the company revealed that it had finally made a profit -- a benchmark that seemed somewhat unattainable given the service's expensive operating costs. In tha...
Spotify’s new scripted fiction podcast stars Pedro Pascal and Carrie Coon
Spotify-owned Gimlet just launched a new scripted fiction podcast, Motherhacker. The series explores "the dark side of the web," and it marks Gimlet and Spotify's first attempt to break into fiction podcasts.
Spotify adds 8 million paying customers in three months
In the three months since Spotify crested the 100 million Premium user mark, the company has added a further 8 million paying customers. It's another sign of health from a music streaming service that continues to grow in the face of tough and well-h...
Luminary’s podcast service loses more high-profile shows
PodcastOne, The Joe Rogan Experience, Barstool Sports and other major podcasters have pulled their shows from Luminary, the startup network that launched with fanfare and $100 million in funding. The main problem seems to be that the network used a p...
Recommended Reading: The battle to make the end of ‘Game of Thrones’
'Game of Thrones' first look: Inside the brutal battle to make season 8
James Hibberd,
Entertainment Weekly
HBO's insanely popular epic concludes in April, but the battle to film the battles, and to keep them from being leaked ahead of time, was a...
Spotify finally made a profit and spent big on its podcast future
Spotify is making big moves to secure its dominance in the music streaming market. As expected, the company is buying Gimlet Media, a New York-based podcast network that owns a range of popular shows including StartUp, Reply All, Crimetown and The Pi...