Ashley Carman
Bloomberg
New York, NY, United States
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After 10 Weeks Atop the Charts, It’s Officially SZA Season
SZA’s “SOS” has dominated the Billboard 200 chart for 10 non-consecutive weeks — an unusually long run → Read More
Spotify to cut 6% of jobs in latest tech lay-offs
Top officers to leave as part of a broader reorganisation → Read More
Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows
Critics call it “payola,” and say listeners deserve better disclosure of promotional ties. → Read More
Malcolm Gladwell Audio Company Signs a Film and TV Deal With A24
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Obamas Move Audio Deal to Amazon After Spotify Friction
The famous family’s production company will make a slate of shows for the web giant’s Audible service. → Read More
Spotify Says Its Podcasting Business Will Soon Be Profitable
Spotify Technology SA expects its podcast operation -- an expensive bet that has sparked investor skepticism -- to turn profitable in the next one to two years. → Read More
Kara Swisher Leaves the New York Times to Return to Vox Media
Noted commentator, tech reporter will host a new companion podcast to ‘Pivot.’ → Read More
Spotify Podcasters Are Making $18,000 a Month With Nothing But White Noise
Some of the audio app's biggest podcast hits are full of soothing static and calming sounds → Read More
Facebook decides podcasts are not a sound investment
Only a year after an inevitable entry into the audio space, the platform is ditching podcasts → Read More
Obamas to Leave Spotify, Seek Podcast Deal Elsewhere
Barack and Michelle Obama’s time with Spotify Technology SA is coming to an end. → Read More
How SiriusXM bought and bungled a beloved podcast network
SiriusXM bought Stitcher and Earwolf in 2020 for $325 million to break into podcasting. In the time since, the networks have lost shows and talent while refocusing on titles with bigger hit potential. → Read More
Spotify reportedly paid $200 million for Joe Rogan’s podcast
Spotify is licensing The Joe Rogan Experience for at least $200 million for three and a half years, according to a New York Times report. That’s double the amount that had initially been reported and went uncorrected by Spotify’s PR team. → Read More
Spotify wants to beat YouTube at audio
Spotify acquired Podsights and Chartable, giving it technology to better measure and track listener behavior. In Hot Pod Insider, Ashley Carman writes about how the deal relates to YouTube. → Read More
Spotify is acquiring two major podcast tech platforms
Spotify is acquiring Chartable and Podsights, two major podcast marketing platforms. Podsights is an advertising measurement service, and Chartable is a podcast analytics platform. → Read More
Spotify’s COVID problems are bigger than Joe Rogan
In this week’s Hot Pod, Ashley Carman covers The Guardian’s story about COVID-19 misinformation in music, as well as various ad-centric moves in the audio industry. → Read More
Amazon Music signs an exclusive deal with How I Built This
Amazon Music and NPR have signed a deal that will bring How I Built This to Wondery Plus and Amazon Music one week early. The show will be produced twice weekly, and Amazon will sell its ads. → Read More
Spotify’s CEO mistakes company growth for a mission statement
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek substituted the idea of company growth in for a real company mission statement during an internal town hall last week. The positioning could cost him and the team talent and make recruitment difficult. → Read More
Spotify is more confused about Joe Rogan than ever
Spotify continues to stick to mixed messaging around how it treats its star podcaster, Joe Rogan. The company says it’s a neutral platform but held calls with the podcaster after a viral video surfaced of him using racial slurs. → Read More
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirms removal of Joe Rogan episodes after n-word video resurfaces
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek addressed employees in an internal memo in which he discussed Joe Rogan’s usage of racial slurs and committed to spending $100 million on content by people from marginalized groups. → Read More
Spotify CEO defends Joe Rogan deal in tense company town hall
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek addressed employees in an internal town hall on Wednesday, during which he explained why he believes Spotify is a platform and not a publisher, as well as why it pursued a deal with Joe Rogan. → Read More