Spotify Exclusives And The Podcast Community
With another show exclusively locked away in Spotify’s proprietary app, what does the continued use of these deals mean for the wider podcasting community?
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With another show exclusively locked away in Spotify’s proprietary app, what does the continued use of these deals mean for the wider podcasting community?
Spotify’s latest moves will keep podcast listeners away from the wider online community that has embraces podcast’s open nature.
Well, I’m going to go all ‘Grandpa Simpson’ about the number of new services that don’t feel like my romantic notion of being a podcast.
Spotify is in the business of capturing as many ‘listening minutes’ as possible. Can that approach also benefit podcasters?
Part of podcasting’s strength lies in the open nature of RSS. But being open isn’t always attractive to the big players in the podcasting space.
Contribute to a song, the song makes money, you get paid. It sounds simple, but even in the 21st century there’s a problem.