Ariel Shapiro

Plus, Pineapple Street employees have successfully unionized

Plus, Anchor takes its video publishing capabilities global

Plus, Spotify joins a Google pilot program to use its own payment system on Android

Plus, YouTube’s music subscriptions are growing fast

We took a look at the sometimes fruitful, sometimes fraught intersections of podcasting and Hollywood

Spotify had to pull audiobook purchases from its iOS app to comply with Apple’s rules

Apple Music gets a price hike and Spotify may be ready to debut its Platinum Plan

Plus, Spotify’s podcast library gets a boost

Plus, Spotify hires an exec away from TikTok

It already has the shows — now YouTube is coming for the ads

Plus, Patreon’s valuation takes a hit

Plus, prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed

Union leaders say that shows lost audience when the platform made them exclusive

Spotify takes steps to moderate its ever-increasing mass of content

NPR vet Nicole Beemsterboer will helm the embattled studio, while Liliana Kim from APM will lead Parcast

Audacy is reportedly selling Cadence13 to save its business.

Plus, layoffs at Spotify

Plus, Crooked Media gets air time on SiriusXM

Plus, layoffs at CNN and questionable download practices at iHeart

Plus, how Spotify’s audiobook experience stacks up