Podcast listening is growing globally, Spotify advertising and subscriptions are expanding internationally but why is no one checking the content is factual, not breaking copyright and has a license to use it?

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Spotify expands Podcast Subscriptions globally and now
includes 20 price points from $0.50 to $150 and a way for
creators to download subscribers' contact info  —  Just
a few months after launching support for podcast subscriptions to
U.S. creators, Spotify today is making the service available to
creators in global markets.


There are now more than 1,000 channels in Apple Podcasts.
Podnews has discovered 293 paid subscription channels so
far.


Audiobooks are coming to Spotify - the company is to acquire
Findaway, an audiobook distributor. Findaway will “enable Spotify
to quickly scale its audiobook catalog”. It’s experimented with
audiobooks before: adding classic books, and a bespoke category
for spoken word. (There are already more than 3,900 audiobooks on
Spotify).


Medium is getting into audio, acquiring audio-based learning
platform Knowable. Warren Shaeffer, co-founder of Knowable, will
join Medium as the Vice President of Audio. (Evan Williams,
Medium’s CEO, was co-founder of Odeo, an early podcast
company.) 


Oprah Winfrey was on Clubhouse, but only 23,000 people
listened. 


Meanwhile apps or logins are no longer required to listen on
Spotify Greenroom. And - genuine question - has anyone heard from
Mark Cuban's Fireside Chat recently? 


The New York Times says that 'misleading covid-19 talk goes
unchallenged’ on podcasts (and on radio). The article criticises
iHeart, Spotify and Apple.




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