More job losses at Spotify, the latest from PodNews.net, with Magellan AI now analyzing
Spanish podcasts.
Spotify has announced that almost 600 people at 6% of the workforce will be laid off.
It's unclear which locations or divisions are affected.
Daniel A. can announce in a memo that Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostrov is to leave
the company.
Alex Nordstrom will take on the responsibility for the content, advertising, and licensing
work going forward.
We also note that Spotify's career's website has removed all open positions, except
for internships.
Buzzsprout has announced a podcast subscription tool you can choose from recurring support
or premium content.
The company takes a fee of 15%, the PodNews Weekly review has added the opportunities
to become a power supporter if you'd like to see it at work.
The top spender in podcast advertising last month was better help, who spent an estimated
$9.1 million.
According to new data from Magellan AI, JP Morgan Chase, a US bank, was the biggest
news spender, spending $1.3 million.
You podcast outfountains and payment provider Zebedee have announced a partnership to enable
paper in its streaming for podcasters.
Podcasters can earn money as listeners pay what they want to listen to shows, and they
can top up using Apple Pay, Google Pay, or a credit card, and support PodNews Daily that
way too.
Media company Global has published a report into news podcasting.
It promises to explain why news podcasts are proving so popular, how they stack up against
other news formats, and the best way to ensure success with a podcast out campaign.
Transurm is wanting to feature one off-short passion projects.
Producers will get a fee distribution and editorial support and retain the rights to their
work, even till February the 24th to apply.
Larry Wilmore, a comedian and host of Black On The Air, is to host the 2023 podcast Academy
Awards, and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched a podcast company.
Quake Media will reportedly rely on Apple Podcast subscriptions for revenue, not advertising.
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And if people use podcast industry veteran Jay Green has joined Soundrise as Senior Vice
President of Strategy and Operations, he was at Order's Cadence 13, lovely and Corbett
moves from Kantar to become the company's new director of national accounts.
And Brittany Bernardo has been named as Senior Director of Revenue and Sales Strategy at
True Native Media.
She was director of podcast sales at iHeart podcast network.
And in podcast news, a new show from the BBC, Buried has revealed what could be one of
the country's biggest environmental crimes in history, dumping almost a million tons of
waste, some now toxic near a drinking water supply in Northern Ireland.
It was produced by Smoke Trail Productions and launched yesterday.
As the oddest place you've had in interview, sauna sessions, new today features filmmaker
speaker and curator Prince EA, joined by special guests in an infrared sauna to have long
form conversations focused on the mind, body and spirit.
From a completely indie podcaster growing joy with plants has generated over two million
downloads, the webby honoree features in New York Times, Washington Post and Refinery29 and
got a book deal with millen, show helps people care for plants successfully and cultivate
more joy in their lives by connecting with plants and nature.
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