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What Audible’s new royalty model means for its audiobook battle with Spotify

Rutger Rosenborg

1 Aug 2024

Audio

Business Strategy

audiobooks

In early July, Audible’s blog broke the news that the company was introducing a new royalty model for audiobooks. Previously, according to Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman , Audible would do a “buyout”,...

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How Apple’s podcast updates edge out the competition

Annie Langston

14 Jun 2023

Apple podcasts

The economist

Bloomberg

As the podcast investment boom slows down, it is time for platforms to shift their focus to innovation — both in the listener experience and the format as a whole. Currently, Apple Podcasts is the third...

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Apple’s Acquisition Arithmetic: What the Purchase of DataTiger Means for Apple and ‘Ads’

Georgia Meyer

20 Feb 2019

Akonia Holographics

Bloomberg

crm

Last Thursday 14th February 2019 Bloomberg reported that Apple is now in control of Operatedata Ltd – the UK based startup, home to the DataTiger brand. The company says its technology can “individually...

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