The "third pillar" of audio content combines audiobook titles alongside the music and podcasts section in users’ libraries, and books can be downloaded to listen offline. The shows being canceled are: from Gimlet, “How to Save a Planet,” “Crime Show” and “Every Little Thing” and from Parcast, “Medical Murders,” “Female Criminals,” “Crimes of Passion,” “Dictators,” “Mythology,” “Haunted Places,” “Urban Legends” and “Horoscope Today.” Some of the shows will continue to be produced for the next month or so, and “Horoscope Today” is set to end in Q2 2023.Īlso Thursday, Spotify announced two new managing directors for the studios: NPR veteran Nicole Beemsterboer will lead Gimlet and Liliana Kim, formerly general manager of APM Studios, will head up Parcast.Spotify US has unveiled a catalogue of more than 300,000 audiobooks as it launches its new audio interface. In addition, the unions asserted, the shows “languished without marketing support” and “teams were not given clear audience goals to meet.” However, the unions alleged, “decisions Spotify leadership made directly contributed to these low numbers,” by making the Gimlet and Parcast shows exclusive to Spotify after the studios were acquired in 2019 - which, they claimed, resulted in some losing up to three-fourths of their audiences. About 5% of Spotify’s total podcast headcount was affected, with staff members either laid off or reassigned, according to a company source.Īccording to the Gimlet and Parcast unions, the staffers were told their shows were getting axed because of low listenership numbers. On Thursday, the company informed the teams working on 11 shows that the programs were being wound down. Spotify declined to comment about the show cancellations and the layoffs.
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