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Insider November 17, 2022 — Talent deals are back!
Plus, Pineapple Street employees have successfully unionized
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The days of cheap music streaming may be numbered
Apple Music gets a price hike and Spotify may be ready to debut its Platinum Plan
Insider October 20, 2022 — Congrats, lettuce
Plus, Spotify hires an exec away from TikTok
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PremiumYouTube’s most important podcast play
It already has the shows — now YouTube is coming for the ads
Insider October 14, 2022 — What exactly is Spotify’s stance on abortion ads?
Plus, Patreon’s valuation takes a hit
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PremiumInsider October 13, 2022 — ByteDance is coming for Spotify
Plus, prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed
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PremiumLayoffs at Gimlet and Parcast show cracks in Spotify’s exclusivity model
Union leaders say that shows lost audience when the platform made them exclusive
Insider October 7, 2022 — We don’t need 100K new songs a day
Spotify takes steps to moderate its ever-increasing mass of content
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PremiumInsider October 6, 2022 — Major shake-ups at Gimlet and Parcast
NPR vet Nicole Beemsterboer will helm the embattled studio, while Liliana Kim from APM will lead Parcast
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PremiumInsider September 30, 2022 — Trevor Noah and the decline of late-night TV
Plus, layoffs at Spotify
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PremiumInsider September 29, 2022 — Whose feed is it anyway?
Plus, Crooked Media gets air time on SiriusXM
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