How Spotify hopes to win the podcasting wars

Laveta Brigham

The Spotify app on an iPhone. Fabian Sommer | picture alliance | Getty Images One big phenomenon during the pandemic of 2020 has been the rise in digital audio as millions of listeners of all ages turn to online music and podcasts to get them through their darkest times. Spotify […]

Spotify To Acquire Megaphone For $235 Million

Laveta Brigham

Audio streaming service Spotify  (SPOT) – Get Report definitively agreed to buy podcast advertising platform Megaphone for $235 million, the latest in a series of podcast-related deals in recent months. Shares of the New York company at last check were down 6% to $257.77. The closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory […]