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Spotify has launched audiobooks (in the US only). Audiobooks are an extra cost and you’ll be taken to a website to purchase them.Spotify has signed a deal with Wattpad to bring Indonesian and Filipino webnovel authors to podcasting.Spotify’s video podcasting service is apparently being used to pirate moviesSpotify’s Chartable, an analytics and attribution service, is to lower its prices by 50%Acast is to lay off around 70 people (15% of its staff)The Open Podcast Prefix Project has been launched by John Spurlock. INTERVIEW: JOHN SPURLOCK NEXT WEEKTransistor now supports the Open Podcast Prefix project Apple Podcasts wants a website link for your podcastPodimo, the European subscription podcast service, has raised €58.6m ($58.5m) in funding. It had previously raised more than $116m.INTERVIEW: MORTEN CEO PODIMO NEXT WEEKIvy.fm now supports transcripts, soundbites, and location from the Podcast Index namespace!Support the show
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