Spotify

• Spotify Will Highlight, Provide Grants To Women Creators With EQUAL Initiative
• Gimlet’s Reply All Ceases ‘Test Kitchen’ Series, Pauses All Production Amid Internal Reckoning

  Spotify-owned Gimlet Media will cease production on a buzzy podcast chronicling structural racism at Bon Appetit magazine amid allegations that top Gimlet staffers fostered a similarly toxic workplace. 

  
• Spotify Will Enable Podcasters To Charge For Monthly Subscriptions, Slates Broader Rollout For Video Podcasts

  At a virtual event dubbed Stream On, where it rolled out a slew of updates with respect to its burgeoning podcasting business, Spotify drilled down on new monetization opportunities for audio creators.

  
• ‘Selma,’ ‘When They See Us’ Filmmaker Ava DuVernay Signs Exclusive Podcast Deal With Spotify

  Lauded filmmaker Ava DuVernay is the latest celebrity to sign an exclusive multiyear podcasting deal with Spotify.

  
• Apple Looking To Monetize Podcasting Platform Via Subscription Service (Report)
• Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, And Their New Podcast Company ‘Archewell Audio’ Sign Exclusive Deal With Spotify
• Spotify May Be Eyeing Podcast-Only Subscription Tiers
• Spotify CEO Says ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ Is No. 1 English Podcast, Has “Outperformed Our Expectations”
• Spotify Inks Overall Podcast Deal With Talent Manager Scooter Braun
• Spotify Now Lets Podcasters Use Its Entire Music Library In Their Shows
• Spotify Will Now Enable Podcasters To Generate Shareable ‘Promo Cards’ For Social Media
• Creator-Focused Entrepreneur Camille Hearst Departs Patreon To Head Up ‘Spotify For Artists’