podcasts

• YouTube Music’s plan to compete with Spotify’s podcast library just took a step forward
• As another round of layoffs hit Spotify, Head of Content Dawn Ostroff says goodbye

  Spotify Head of Content Dawn Ostroff is leaving the company amidst around of layoffs. 6% of Spotify's workforce will be let go.

  
• On the Podcast: Do people even want to do YouTube?

  I used to think these kinds of creators were--by and large--super into YouTube, too. But now I’m thinking they’re not. Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast changed my mind.

  
• On the Podcast: My oven took this photo

  If Instagram photos of well-plated, ready-to-eat dishes are the final product for consumption on our social media food chain (which something like 40% of IG users post), Samsung wants to capitalize on what happens a step or two before that.

  
• Spotify touts its LA office as a “state-of-the-art music- and podcast-recording facility”
• YouTube gets trendy with MatPat-hosted podcast ‘Like & Describe’
• Want to put out better podcasts? YouTube’s got a guide for that
• On The Podcast: Gamers and Bidets
• On The Podcast: Are Shorts hurting YouTube’s earnings? (Yes.) Can it save them? (Yes.)
• A veteran of TikTok, Fullscreen, and Hulu will bring podcast partnerships to Spotify
• YouTube wants to dominate the $2 billion podcast business. Its new audio ads can help.
• Podcasts? On Twitter? More likely than you think