Spotify’s Axed Podcasts are no ominous sign for the industry: Dave Lee

When Spotify Technology SA ditches two popular and award-winning podcasts, does that tell us more about the company or the viability of the podcast business?

Just days after Heavyweight was named one of the New York Times’ best podcasts of 2023, the Stockholm-based streaming giant confirmed it will no longer produce it, nor Stolen, an investigative journalism podcast that had won both a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody Award. Both will run to the end of their current seasons but no longer unless the shows can find new backers.