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Recently, it was discovered that Spotify's CEO, Daniel Ek, is leading an investment of around $700 million into the European ...
Steve Bannon’s WarRoom podcast returned to Spotify this week, nearly five years after the giant streaming platform banned the show over comments it said incited violence.. WarRoom has long been ...
This week, Spotify rushed to remove hundreds of obviously fake podcasts found to be marketing prescription drugs in violation of Spotify's policies and, likely, federal law. On Thursday, Business ...
Spotify announced last week that it would roll out public play counts on all podcasts as a way of “helping attract new fans.” But podcasters swiftly responded with criticism of the new feature ...
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 is revising its podcast "plays" metric, hiding counts under 50K and introducing milestone markers after backlash from independent creators. Thursday, July 10, 2025 ...
Following reports from CNN and other news outlets, Senator Maggie Hassan is demanding information about how Spotify is handling phony podcasts promoting potentially illegal online pharmacies.
Spotify has paid more than $100 million to podcast publishers and creators since January, the company told The New York Times’s DealBook. The payout is the result of a program introduced in 2025 ...