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Slate: Why is Amazon losing ground in the smart speaker fight?

Slate's Will Oremus examines the thread, which touches on retailers, experience, and of course, China.

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Could Google’s new podcast app change the way we understand the Average Podcast Listener?

Plus: Dean Cappello leaves WNYC, Chris Hardwick accused of emotional abuse, and the global scene.

Alexa, can you get my kid to brush his teeth? (Oh, and Alexa? How exactly can I make money with you?)

Can public radio powerhouse WNYC navigate a crisis of its own making?

Subcast wants to bring podcast publishers and smart-speaker users together

These are the most important developments in the podcast business so far in 2017

How will we know when we’ve hit Peak Podcast? And are we there yet?

播客增长劲头仍在, 内容与渠道之争是重要拐点

Hot Pod: The three numbers that mark the state of podcasting in 2017

Hot Pod: Should Apple become a more useful middleman for the podcast industry — and if so, how?

Hot Pod: Did the election podcast glut of 2016 fail its listeners?

Hot Pod: Is podcasting about food the new dancing about architecture?

Hot Pod: Gimlet risks its image as scrappy and transparent by mishandling a show cancellation

Hot Pod: Will the next wave of audio advertising make podcasts sound like (yuck) commercial radio?

Amazon’s next move is giving its Audible original programming to all Prime members

New podcasts, more existential public radio talk, and progress on intern wages

Is the Stitcher deal a step toward a closed podcast ecosystem?

How big are Audible’s ambitions in changing short-form audio? Really, really big

Can podcasts move beyond talking heads to produce digital-first audio news?

Decoding what makes a podcast a hit on the iTunes charts

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