Spotify Rolls Out New Features, Monetization Options for Podcasts

Spotify’s Stream On event Monday (Feb. 22) was a showpiece that touched on a variety of new initiatives, features and expansions that the company has planned for 2021. But it also served to make crystal clear where its main growth priority lay: podcasts.
Throughout the two-hour-long presentation, the subject of podcasts and their growth came up repeatedly, with Spotify — which has spent billions on acquisitions in the podcasting space over the past several years, with more than 2 mil