Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify&#8217;s recent announcements are so compelling for creators.
Links
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<li>Ben Thompson: Spotify&#8217;s Surprise — <a href="https://stratechery.com/2021/spotifys-surprise/">Stratechery</a></li>
<li>Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify — <a href="https://exponent.fm/episode-185-open-free-and-spotify/">Exponent</a></li>
<li>Ben Thompson: Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization — <a href="https://stratechery.com/2017/podcasts-analytics-and-centralization/">Stratechery</a></li>
<li>Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — <a href="https://stratechery.com/2019/spotifys-podcast-aggregation-play/">Stratechery</a></li>
<li>Ben Thompson: Dithering and Open Versus Free — <a href="https://stratechery.com/2020/dithering-and-the-open-web/">Stratechery</a></li>
<li>Ben Thompson: Spotify Earnings, Podcasts and Lifetime Value, The Ringer Acquisition — <a href="https://stratechery.com/2020/spotifys-earnings-podcasts-and-lifetime-value-the-ringer-acquisition/">Stratechery</a></li>
<li>Ben Thompson: The European Super League, Apple Music’s Letter to Artists — <a href="https://stratechery.com/2021/the-european-super-league-apple-musics-letter-to-artists/">Stratechery</a></li>
<li>Ben Thompson: Podcast Subscriptions vs. the App Store — <a href="https://stratechery.com/2021/podcast-subscriptions-vs-the-app-store/">Stratechery</a></li>
<li>Ben Thompson: Fearing Spotify?, Apple’s Earnings, Margins and Chips — <a href="https://stratechery.com/2021/fearing-spotify-apples-earnings-margins-and-chips/">Stratechery</a></li>
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Hosts
 
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<li>Ben Thompson, <a href="http://twitter.com/benthompson">@benthompson</a>, <a href="http://stratechery.com">Stratechery</a></li>
<li>James Allworth, <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesallworth">@jamesallworth</a>, <a href="https://hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&#038;sort=popularity_score">Harvard Business Review</a></li>
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<description>Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify&amp;#8217;s recent announcements are so compelling for creators. Links Ben Thompson: Spotify&amp;#8217;s Surprise — Stratechery Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify — Exponent Ben Thompson: Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Dithering and Open Versus Free — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Spotify Earnings, Podcasts and Lifetime Value, The Ringer Acquisition — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The European Super League, Apple Music’s Letter to Artists — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Podcast Subscriptions vs. the App Store — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Fearing Spotify?, Apple’s &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="https://exponent.fm/episode-194-back-on-spotify/"&gt;Continue reading Episode 194 — Back on Spotify&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify’s recent announcements are so compelling for creators. Links Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Surprise — Stratechery Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify — Exponent Ben Thompson: Podcasts,

Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify's recent announcements are so compelling for creators.

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Episode 194 — Back on Spotify

Episode 194 — Back on Spotify

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