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Reply All co-hosts Alex Goldman and Emmanuel Dzotsi to leave show

By Ariel Shapiro May 18

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Apple helps you download fewer podcasts

By Ariel Shapiro May 17

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Apple is making it easier to distribute subscription podcasts

By Ariel Shapiro May 16

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The iPod is dead, but the podcast lives on

By Ariel Shapiro May 15

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Bill Simmons gets a big Spotify promotion

By Ariel Shapiro May 12

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Podcasting will be a $4 billion industry by 2024

By Ariel Shapiro May 10

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SoundCloud buys AI that claims to predict hit songs

By Ariel Shapiro May 4

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Anchor made Spotify the creator platform it is today

By Ariel Shapiro May 3

Anchor co-founder Michael Mignano to leave Spotify

By Ariel Shapiro May 2

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Joe Rogan says he got a subscriber bump from all the controversy

And SiriusXM keeps making deals

By Jacob Kastrenakes April 26

Luminary gets into the exclusive album game

By Jacob Kastrenakes April 12

Substack makes a pitch for your podcasts

By Jacob Kastrenakes April 5

Spotify tests a podcast discovery feed

By Aria Bracci March 29

How news podcasts quickly popped up to cover Ukraine

By Aria Bracci March 29

What happened at Stitcher

By Aria Bracci March 22

How SiriusXM bought and bungled a beloved podcast network

SiriusXM leapt into podcasts with a $325 million deal — insiders say it’s off to a messy start

By Ashley Carman March 22

Virtual podcast events are bringing in six-figure earnings

By Aria Bracci March 15

Luminary’s CEO says the subscription podcast model ‘is working’

By Jacob Kastrenakes March 8

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Our biggest takeaways from Hot Pod Summit 2022

By Aria Bracci March 1

Spotify wants to beat YouTube at audio

By Ashley Carman February 17

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Spotify is acquiring two major podcast tech platforms

Chartable and Podsights are being bought

By Ashley Carman February 16

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Hot Pod Summit is back at On Air Fest 2022!

By T.C. Sottek February 16

Spotify’s COVID problems are bigger than Joe Rogan

By Ashley Carman February 15

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Amazon Music signs an exclusive deal with How I Built This

By Ashley Carman February 10

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Spotify’s CEO mistakes company growth for a mission statement

By Ashley Carman February 8

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Spotify is more confused about Joe Rogan than ever

By Ashley Carman February 7

The Joe Rogan controversy is what happens when you put podcasts behind a wall

By Ashley Carman February 1

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Here is the Spotify COVID content policy that lets Joe Rogan slide

Leaked messages reveal the company has reviewed every Rogan episode and none ‘meet the threshold for removal’

By Ashley Carman January 30

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Why Spotify can’t afford to lose Joe Rogan

By Ashley Carman January 27

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Amazon Music will offer My Favorite Murder episodes a week early

By Ashley Carman January 25

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Librarians are coming for podcasts

By Aria Bracci January 18

What qualifies as a hit podcast?

By Ashley Carman January 11