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Spotify Adds Narrated Long-Form Magazine Articles for Premium Subscribers
Premium subscribers get the articles through monthly audiobook hours, while free users can buy them individually for $1.99.
- On Tuesday, Spotify announced it is rolling out narrated articles from major publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, WIRED, Vanity Fair and Pitchfork for its audiobook users, offering more than 650 long-form magazine articles in English.
- Following a deluge of announcements in recent weeks, Spotify pursues content diversification to compete with AI music startups and larger podcast rivals, amid an unusually busy stretch for its audiobook division.
- Colleen Prendergast, Licensing Lead at Spotify Audiobooks, said the articles extend existing audio offerings, with each narrated piece running under two hours and counting against the 15-hour monthly Premium allowance.
- Premium subscribers access articles at no extra cost as part of their allowance, while free users can purchase individual articles for $1.99 each; Spotify also offers $9.99 and $11.99 monthly plans with expanded listening hours.
- Today's launch marks Spotify's re-entry into journalism through audiobooks as a licensor of finished magazine work, a model with lower production costs that avoids editorial overhead while the audiobook division reaches roughly 700,000 titles with 60% year-on-year listening growth.
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Spotify Adds 650-Plus Narrated Articles to Audiobook Lineup, Including From Variety
Spotify is bringing another format to listeners’ ears: narrated articles. Starting Tuesday, more than 650 long-form magazine articles will be available (in English) to Spotify users where audiobooks are available. The curated collection of narrated articles, produced the Spotify Audiobooks in-house team, the includes stories from publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, Wired, Vanity Fair, Pitchfork and V…
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Total News Sources17
Leaning Left4Leaning Right1Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution55% Center
Bias Distribution
- 55% of the sources are Center
55% Center
L 36%
C 55%
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