Spotify is paying music labels every time one of those songs strain. Because pod casts are open and the pod caster is agreeing to allow spotify to hoast it, Whereas every everat like on last four minutes in theyr, paying a record label for a play of a song. So not only do they have this potential massive revenue upside, they also get a massive cost saving from from steering listeners in this direction. But i don't know um, which is spottifi does not pay por plate. Nobody pays for plate.
Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify’s recent announcements are so compelling for creators.
Links
- Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Surprise — Stratechery
- Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify — Exponent
- Ben Thompson: Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Dithering and Open Versus Free — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Spotify Earnings, Podcasts and Lifetime Value, The Ringer Acquisition — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The European Super League, Apple Music’s Letter to Artists — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Podcast Subscriptions vs. the App Store — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Fearing Spotify?, Apple’s Earnings, Margins and Chips — Stratechery
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