Spotify is reportedly cracking down on white noise podcasts by limiting advertising support – months after an internal analysis found the broadcasts were costing the streaming giant $38 million ...

Spotify is reportedly missing out on $38 million in annual profits because its users can’t stop listening to “white noise” podcasts that are less lucrative for the company.

It seems harmless now, but at the time, the article meant war. “I Never Owned Any Music to Begin With,” read the headline of the 2012 NPR blog post, written by Emily White, then a 20-year-old ...

Spotify is reportedly pulling select advertising privileges for white-noise podcasters, banning them from participating in the platform’s Ambassador Ads program starting October 1st.

With the latest update, v8.9.44.368 (as first noted by Will Sattelberg at Android Police), Spotify has started rolling out an updated Android icon that ditches that black border.On devices with a ...

As of June 6th, I'm seeing the standard Spotify icon, black bezel and all, across numerous Android devices on app version 8.9.46.426. This comes after a patch on June 3rd, according to the Play ...

Spotify is cracking down on white-noise podcasters, reducing the advertising support for programmers that provide little more than soothing sounds like rain or chirping birds.

As expected, Spotify unveiled its updated streaming payment policies for artists and labels on Tuesday morning, and they are essentially the ones that have been previously reported in recent weeks ...