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CNN lays off audio staffers as it shifts podcast strategy

Spotify now sells audiobooks

Adnan Syed freed after judge vacates murder conviction

Hot Pod Summit is back at On Air LA Annex 2022!

Meghan Markle paused her podcast to mourn the queen, but it’s still a huge hit

You can now listen to podcasts inside Twitter.

Conservative podcasters are ditching the industry’s largest event

James Van Der Beek shows us what a celebrity podcast deal is worth

Twitter is becoming a podcast app

George Lopez is the latest comedian to sue Pandora for copyright infringement

Hideo Kojima’s new Spotify podcast launches in September

YouTube is the most-used podcasting platform

YouTube launches a dedicated page for podcasts

Apple’s new podcast charts show Amazon at the top

Another sign of post-pandemic podcast fatigue

Clubhouse is breaking up to stay relevant

Beyoncé edits two songs on Renaissance after social backlash

Will TikTok Music be the next big podcast platform?

MrBallen is YouTube’s big podcast breakout

Spotify paid $123 million for Findaway, the bedrock of its audiobook ambitions

Spotify amps up fiction podcast effort with new leader of scripted content

Fired cable news hosts Cuomo and Olbermann plot podcast comebacks

Facebook will give you ad revenue for putting Post Malone’s music in your videos

Warner Music adopts SoundCloud’s user-centric revenue model

How Desus and Mero brought podcast quirkiness to late-night comedy

Desus and Mero are over

Spotify is getting deeper into video

Spotify acquires music trivia game Heardle

Lewis Black sues Pandora for $10 million over copyright infringement

Crosby, Stills & Nash return to Spotify after Joe Rogan protest

Podcasters are organizing to support abortion rights after Roe is overturned

Spotify secretly launched a show with this controversial duo — it’s already a hit

The Obamas head to Audible

Spotify will reduce hiring by 25 percent

Spotify seeks moderation advice as it amps up creator content

Spotify comes for audiobooks

Why every new TV show has a podcast

Massive podcast outage caused by Spotify’s failure to renew security certificate

Conan O’Brien makes a $150 million podcast deal

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

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Google is shutting down Stadia

The FBI says it caught an ex-NSA employee trying to sell top-secret intelligence documents

How to watch Tesla’s 2022 AI Day event

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils prototype of humanoid Optimus robot

Apple fires exec after he made crude jokes on the expensive car guy’s TikTok