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Insider December 16, 2022 — Elon was confronted on Twitter Spaces, so he shut down Twitter Spaces

The feature is still down on iOS.

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Insider December 15, 2022 — This was not a great year for M&A

Plus, Spielberg options Maddow’s hit podcast.

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Insider December 9, 2022 — Podcasts, so hot right now (in France)

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

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Insider December 8, 2022 — Radio, radio

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

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Insider December 2, 2022 — Fun times with ethics

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

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Insider December 1, 2022 — I spent 17,284 minutes this year writing Hot Pod

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

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Insider November 18, 2022 — How to break out on Anchor

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

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Insider November 17, 2022 — Talent deals are back!

Plus, Pineapple Street employees have successfully unionized

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Insider November 11, 2022 — Why your favorite podcaster feels like a close friend

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

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Insider November 10, 2022 — Alex Blumberg has left Spotify

Plus, YouTube’s music subscriptions are growing fast

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Hot Pod Summit LA: from Crooked to Coco

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

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Insider October 28, 2022 — Paying Subscribers Are Your Biggest Promoters

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

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Insider October 27, 2022 — No wonder Spotify’s pissed at Apple

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

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Insider October 21, 2022 — What happens to Twitter Spaces under Musk?

Plus, Spotify’s podcast library gets a boost

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Insider October 20, 2022 — Congrats, lettuce

Plus, Spotify hires an exec away from TikTok

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Insider October 14, 2022 — What exactly is Spotify’s stance on abortion ads?

Plus, Patreon’s valuation takes a hit

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Insider October 13, 2022 — ByteDance is coming for Spotify

Plus, prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed

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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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Insider 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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Insider September 30, 2022 — Trevor Noah and the decline of late-night TV

Plus, layoffs at Spotify

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