Spotify's former podcast boss calls out the company for setting 'money on fire' with costly celeb deals

Tech Insider
Person over a green backdrop holding a phone with the spotify logo on it.
Spotify recently announced it's laying off 17% of its staff and confirmed it's canceling two popular podcasts, Heavyweight and Stolen.

NurPhoto/Getty Images

4 small-business owners who swear by podcast interviews explain why they're a marketing strategy worth prioritizing

Tech Insider
Photo of Paul Gunn Jr., wearing a black t-shirt.
Paul Gunn Jr., the founder and CEO of Kuog Inc.

Royce Carter

People with podcasts can't stop talking about AI, Spotify's CEO says, citing a 500% rise in episodes about it in the past month

Tech Insider
Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, wears a navy t-shirt with a guitar on it while standing on a stage with the green Spotify logo on a black background.
Daniel Ek, Spotify CEO.

DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images

Airbnb CEO says he changed how he ran the business during the pandemic and now follows a simple rule Steve Jobs used

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Brian Chesky speaking at a keynote in 2018
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who said the pandemic forced him to run Airbnb more like how Steve Jobs used to run Apple.

Photo By Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

As Gen Z flounders at work and millennials struggle to buy a house, boomers are enjoying a golden moment

Tech Insider : Economy

Hi, I'm Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today's Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. 

On the agenda today:

I make $15,000 in ad revenue a month through podcasts. Here’s how I started my network on Instagram.

Tech Insider
headshot of Gillian Tietz
Gillian Tietz.

Courtesy of Gillian Tietz

Conservative political podcasts like Steve Bannon's are 11 times more likely to spread lies than liberal ones, study finds

Tech Insider : Politics
A head and shoulders view of Steve Bannon outside of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on June 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.
Steve Bannon outside of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on June 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

I made more than $877,000 in revenue last year selling emotional-intelligence card games online. Here's how I built my business.

Tech Insider
headshot of Jenny Woo
Jenny Woo went from marketing her product as a card game to an "educational learning tool," which helped her business take off.

Courtesy of Jenny Woo

Subscribe to podcasts