Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Jan 25, 2024

How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting—With Eric Silver

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, a discussion of Spotify’s futile effort to dominate podcasts.

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How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting with Eric Silver | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Eric Silver to discuss Spotify’s big plan to dominate podcasting, why it’s now pulling back from those efforts, and the difference between highly produced and more independent podcasts. Eric Silver is a podcast producer and head of development at Multitude.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, I’m joined by Eric Silver to discuss Spotify’s big plan to dominate podcasting, why it’s now pulling back from those efforts, and the difference between highly produced and more independent podcasts. Eric Silver is a podcast producer and head of development at Multitude.

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Should Australia Ban Teens from Social Media? w/ Cam Wilson | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, host Paris Marx is joined by Cam Wilson to discuss Australia’s plan to ban under-16s from social media, the interests driving it, and whether it’s the right approach to tackle the harms of those platforms. Cam Wilson is associate editor at Crikey.

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Paris Marx

Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.

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