Job cuts at Spotify

Дата публикации: 24-03-2026 09:00:07

15 employees laid off.
Sponsored by Riverside. When you host your podcast on Riverside, you now get a website where listeners can watch, listen, subscribe, and get automatically notified about new episodes — with a URL you can share anywhere to keep them coming back for more. Free with every plan. Give it a try! https://podnews.net/cc/3395
Visit https://podnews.net/update/spotify-cuts-15 for the story links in full, and to get our daily newsletter.

Основное содержимое страницы с новостью.

• Spotify has cut a number of jobs in its podcast division - “15 employees or about 3% of the team”, according to a report. Cuts are apparently in The Ringer and Spotify Studios, though Spotify wouldn’t confirm. Those affected include The Ringer’s special projects lead Andrew Gruttadaro, and writer Miles Surrey. A show from The Ringer, New York New York with John Jastremski, is to be cancelled.

  • Over the past few weeks, Podnews has heard sustained chatter from different parts of the industry about significant changes to come at Spotify’s podcasting tools, including potential closures of revenue programs and brands. Spotify flatly deny any upcoming changes, describing them to us as “very much not true”.

• CNN loves podcasts so much, it appears to be making some of its programs look like them. Jake Tapper’s show appeared to “come from his office”, complete with visible microphones and a cheap sofa; Anderson Cooper also appears to be using large, in-vision microphones.

• The Wall Street Journal cover “the veteran podcasters hanging up their headphones”; reasons given are the additional stress from video.

• Goalhanger has launched a creator fund called The Accelerator. Creators will receive mentoring and up to £10,000 ($13,000) over a three-month period.

How Spotify Search Became the Second Listening Source for BBC Studios

Paid content

On Spotify, discovery starts with a keyword search. Every result is a chance for a show to be found…or missed.

What listeners see is The Infinite Monkey Cage appearing in search results. What they don’t see is the visibility strategy behind it. In less than 2 months, after working on Podcast Search Optimization (PSO) with Ausha, the BBC Studios show climbed to #2 for “Secrets” in the US, #3 for “The Universe” in the UK, and #7 for “Black Holes Explained” in Australia.

As its visibility grew, Spotify Search became the show’s second-largest listening source.This free case study breaks down the strategy behind those results.

👉 Download the full case study for free

Tips and tricks - with Riverside

• AI could save you more than two hours per episode, suggests Riverside’s blog - with a set of prompts to use to plan, promote and repurpose.
• Has someone stolen your podcast? Here’s how to report it and get it taken down.

Podcast News - with Airwave Podcast data

Схожие новости

#	Наименование новости	Тональность	Информативность	Дата публикации
1	Too much competition in podcasting?	0	7.47	23-03-2026
2	A new Riverside	0	8.8	01-07-2026
3	Spotify podcast ads get delivered by Amazon	0	9.4	08-07-2026
4	Tips from Spotify’s editorial team to promote your show	0	8.77	27-04-2026
5	The highest-paid podcasters	0	8.26	31-07-2026
6	Beware Spotify's video lock-in	0	10.39	07-05-2026
7	Spotify redefines a “play”	0	7.8	12-06-2026
8	'Post Reports' cancelled amid massive layoffs	0	9.2	06-02-2026
9	EXCLUSIVE: Spotify threatens podcasting with ad-skipping tool	0	9.75	04-08-2026
10	Japan podcast consumption increases	0	7.01	27-03-2026

Классификация: . Схожих патентов: 0. Схожих новостей: 10. Тональность: 0. Информативность: 8.78. Источник: podnews.net.