Tag: podcasts

Having published its latest financial results this morning, Warner Music Group held its quarterly earnings call this afternoon, with CEO Steve Cooper and CFO Eric Levin fielding questions from analysis. One of those questions...

Spotify announced its latest financial results yesterday, with growth in listeners and subscribers at the top end of its forecasts, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. CEO Daniel Ek talked to Music Ally after the financials were...

'Audio-First' is how Spotify branded its push into podcasts last year. But as it turns out, even podcasts can be about more than audio: something recognised by Spotify yesterday when it launched "the first version of our...

Joe Rogan, Kim Kardashian West, Michelle Obama... and now Addison Rae. Spotify's lineup of podcast exclusives continues to swell, with Rae the latest to join its roster. She's currently the second most popular star on...

We reported recently on production company Broccoli Content's launch of an 'Equality in Audio' pact to change the lack of diversity in the podcasting industry. Spotify was one of the companies signing up – admittedly...

Last June, Spotify announced an exclusive deal for podcasts from Michelle and Barack Obama's production company Higher Ground. More than a year later, there's news of the first show to result from the deal: The Michelle...

Advertising industry body the IAB has published its latest figures on the podcast ads market in the US. "With an expected growth rate of 14.7%, US podcast advertising revenues are nearing the $1bn mark," it claimed. Are...

Pitbull is the latest artist looking to do more with livestreaming and video content, and he's found a partner to help. He's working with US firm LiveXLive in a "multi-year revenue-share content partnership" that will...

We reported last week that satellite-radio firm (and Pandora owner) SiriusXM was in talks to buy podcasts company Stitcher. Yesterday, the deal was confirmed. SiriusXM is paying $265m in cash for the company, with up...

More than 15 million people follow Spotify's 'Global Top 50' music chart, making it an important discovery channel on the service. Now it's looking to do the same thing for podcasts, albeit locally. This afternoon, Spotify...

Podcasts have sent Spotify's valuation soaring in recent weeks, but they're also starting to generate income for the company. Yesterday, it announced a 'strategic podcast advertising partnership' with advertising giant...

Spotify's market cap is $48.4bn at the time of writing, having grown by $6.5bn since we last checked in on 19 June – and then it had already grown by nearly $12bn in the previous month. As we explained then, it's the...