Tag: anchor

Spotify's Anchor podcast-making app has become a key source of new shows on the service: 85% of them, to be precise.

Spotify is renaming Artist Fundraising Pick to 'Fan Support'. However, the bigger news is what the company is planning to do with its also-rebranded Spotify Live feature.

“Not only did we have our biggest quarter ever for ads in Q3, but 2021 will mark the first time we will surpass €1bn in ad revenue,” CEO Daniel Ek told analysts.

Spotify began testing video podcasts on its service earlier this year, but now it is opening up the feature to more podcasters using its Anchor app.

Initially available in a handful of countries, now the model is rolling out to 15 more, including Japan, France and Brazil.

"I believe 100% that we're going to see a rise of Bollywood and new types of Indian music making it into the global scene in the very near future." Not the first prediction of this kind, but it carries extra weight given...

There have been growing complaints about copycat podcasts uploaded through Spotify's Anchor app. That means taking other people's podcasts and re-uploading them – often with the same artwork – as your own, in the hope...

“I know this time of self isolation is hard and scary for people but however bad you are feeling- please, please don’t consider starting your own podcast,” joked actor Nicola Coughlan last week – which...

“Do You Need Your Own Podcast?” asks Spotify’s latest blog post aimed at artists. The tone of the article is clearly encouraging them to give it a go, ideally via Spotify’s own Anchor podcast-creation app, which...