# Spotify's new features; and why did BIPOC Podcast Creators close?

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Podcast: [Podnews Weekly Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070)
Published: 2026-05-29T02:00:00+00:00
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Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We pick apart Spotify’s investor-day announcements and ask what its AI-first roadmap means for podcast creators, monetisation, and trust. We also talk to the co-founders of BIPOC Podcast Creators about why the community is closing and what the industry loses when creator support dries up. • Spotify’s “time well spent” metric and what it tries to reframe • The “500 million video podcast” claim and why measurement matters • Real-time ...

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