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The feature is still down on iOS.

Plus, Spielberg options Maddow’s hit podcast.

Plus, Libsyn makes its free podcast creation service… not free.

AM radio is vanishing, FM radio has a royalty problem, and satellite radio is growing.

Sen. Ted Cruz landed a juicy podcast deal with iHeartMedia that could end up being a legal boondoggle.

Spotify Wrapped gives us a look at which Spotify podcasts are working for Spotify

The Psychology of your 20’s beat the odds and climbed to the top of the podcast charts

Plus, Pineapple Street employees have successfully unionized

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

Plus live audio updates and what to do about Kanye West?

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

Plus, Spotify’s podcast library gets a boost

Plus, Spotify hires an exec away from TikTok

Plus, Patreon’s valuation takes a hit

Plus, prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed

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

Plus, layoffs at Spotify