It is not clear whether the cuts will affect any Spotify content produced in the Middle East. This month it acquired content-moderation tech company Kinzen to help it identify harmful content on the platform.

Since then, it has acquired several additional podcast companies, including some specializing in podcast technologies, including Chartable, Podsights, Megaphone, Anchor, Whooshkaa and Betty Labs. In 2019, it invested $1 billion in podcasting, including the acquisition of Parcast and Gimlet. Spotify has made significant investments in podcasts over the years.

Staff and podcasts from the latter two are not expected to be affected at this time. Spotify currently produces more than 500 original and exclusive shows across four in-house studios: Parcast, Gimlet, The Ringer and Spotify Studios. The cancellations will reportedly affect less than 5 percent of the staff working on the podcasts, with some being reassigned to other projects. DUBAI: Spotify is canceling 10 original podcasts produced by in-house studios Parcast and Gimlet over the next month.Īccording to the Hollywood Reporter, the shows that will come to an end are “How to Save a Planet,” “Crime Show” and “Every Little Thing” from Gimlet, and “Medical Murders,” “Female Criminals,” “Crimes of Passion,” “Dictator,” “Mythology,” “Haunted Places” and “Urban Legends” from Parcast.Īnother Parcast podcast, “Horoscope Today,” was also axed but will continue to release new episodes until the second quarter of next year.

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