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The episode discusses Spotify's new features and the closure of BIPOC Podcast Creators, highlighting the implications for the podcasting industry.

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We pick apart Spotify’s investor-day announcements and ask what its AI-first roadmap means for podcast creators, monetisation, and trust. We also talk to the co-founders of BIPOC Podcast Creators about why the community is closing and what the industry loses when creator support dries up. • Spotify’s “time well spent” metric and what it tries to reframe • The “500 million video podcast” claim and why measurement matters • Real-time ...

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Hosts: James Cridland, Sam Sethi

Guest: BIPOC Podcast Creators

Topics covered

• Spotify features
• podcast monetisation
• AI in podcasting
• BIPOC Podcast Creators
• creator support
• industry impact

Keywords

• Spotify
• podcast creators
• monetisation
• AI roadmap
• BIPOC
• podcast industry
• creator support

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Organizations: Spotify

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