Spotify is revising its podcast "plays" metric, hiding counts under 50K and introducing milestone markers after backlash from ...

Spotify announced last week that it would roll out public play counts on all podcasts as a way of “helping attract new fans.” But podcasters swiftly responded with criticism of the new feature ...

Spotify Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek on February 2 addressed the controversy surrounding podcast presenter Joe Rogan, claiming that the company does not treat Rogan differently and will ...

This week, Spotify rushed to remove hundreds of obviously fake podcasts found to be marketing prescription drugs in violation of Spotify's policies and, likely, federal law. On Thursday ...

SoundCloud seems to claim the right to train on people's uploaded music in their terms. I think they have major questions to answer over this. I checked the wayback machine – it seems to have been ...

So far in 2025, Spotify has paid podcasters more than $100 million, a big payout for creators. Spotify first shared that figure with The New York Times Deal Book, which says the funds have two ...

“A record number of people are watching an expanding array of video podcasts on the platform, and by many metrics, this is the fastest way to succeed on Spotify today,” Söderström said.

By Jessica Testa Spotify has paid more than $100 million to podcast publishers and creators since January, the company told The New York Times’s DealBook. The payout is the result of a program ...

compared to 27% for Spotify and 15% for Apple, according to data from Edison Podcast Metrics. To compete with the social video giant, Spotify recently unveiled a new program to foster the creation ...