Spotify introduces payments and ad-free access for video podcasts to compete with YouTube.

Spotify is aiming to compete with YouTube in the podcast market by incentivizing podcast hosts to produce video content for its platform. Spotify plans to pay hosts whose videos reach certain popularity thresholds and will offer premium subscribers ad-free access to video podcasts starting in January in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. This move responds to the growing trend of listeners watching video content on YouTube.

November 13, 2024
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