LilMikeSF<p>200 layoff's throughout <a href="https://c.im/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a>'s spidery pivoting <a href="https://c.im/tags/podcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasting</span></a> arms denote desperation as industry wide audio ad feed revenue drops, exclusive star deals lapse, and vaunted production brands like <a href="https://c.im/tags/GimletMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GimletMedia</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Megaphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Megaphone</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://c.im/tags/Parcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parcast</span></a> are folded into the in house Spotify Studios. Spotify's bold billion dollar investment into audio "content" looking more like awkwardly ambitious overreach today...</p><p><a href="https://archive.is/11r3R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/11r3R</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> via <a href="https://c.im/tags/BusinessWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessWeek</span></a></p>