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Spotify rolled back an announcement that it would display play counts on podcast episodes; instead, counts will only appear ...
Spotify announced earlier this month that podcast creators and listeners would get a new data point: how many plays an ...
The first podcasts to feature AI voice translation are the "Lex Fridman Podcast," "Armchair Expert," and "The Diary of a CEO." Credit: Spotify First Spotify launched its artificial intelligence DJ.
Spotify is scrambling to remove fake podcast pages that direct users to buy drugs from potentially dangerous and illegal online pharmacies. CNN identified dozens of these phony podcasts across Spotify ...
On Thursday, Business Insider (BI) reported that Spotify removed 200 podcasts advertising the sale of opioids and other drugs, but that wasn't the end of the scandal. Today, CNN revealed that it ...
English speakers are spoiled for podcast choice on Spotify, with millions to choose from. But if CEO Daniel Ek’s dream comes ...
Spotify is stepping up its podcast game with a new feature that lets listeners comment on episodes. This new interactive element, launching this week, is the Sweden-based company's attempt to ...
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Spotify is rolling out a Plays feature for podcast, which shows number of listener count directly from the podcast episode ...
Spotify has launched a new publicly visible metric called Plays, showing how often podcast episodes are actively listened to ...
Spotify now shows how many times podcast episodes have been played. This new metric aims to help users find popular show episodes and to show creators what content is resonating. Spotify added ...
The plays will appear next to a podcast episode throughout the app, including the home page, episode page, and show page. It’s also available for creators on Spotify for Creators and Megaphone.