Spotify has announced plans to revamp its Podcast division by making structural changes, which includes cutting 200 jobs -- roughly 2 per cent of Spotify's global workforce. In a blog post, Sahar Elhabashi, VP and head of Spotify's podcast business, suggests that podcast listeners continue to grow and the company also enjoys a stable position on the market. In the …
The engineer room in “Pod City” at Spotify’s regional headquarters in Los Angeles. The Stockholm-based audio company said podcast production companies Gimlet and Parcast will be combined into a “renewed Spotify Studios operation” that will be overseen by Julie McNamara, head of global podcast studios. The company heavily invested in podcasting over the years, buying several production companies such as …
