Has Spotify just changed podcasting forever? Podcasts of the week

In a game-changing move, the streaming giant just bought Homecoming creators Gimlet. Plus: the pod going behind the scenes at the Mueller probeIn what is comfortably the biggest deal in the history of podcasting to date, streaming giant Spotify has bought Gimlet Media, the company behind series such as Homecoming and Reply All, in a deal said to have cost the company $230m. It’s being seen as a game-changing statement of intent from Spotify, which is looking to divert more of its focus away from the competitive world of music streaming, and into the growth industry of podcasts. It’s not done, either: it has also acquired self-publishing podcast firm Anchor and say it has plans to spend a further $500m on podcast acquisitions in the near future. More broadly, it’s being suggested that the deal might just be regarded as the moment podcasting truly evolved from a cottage industry to a global money-maker. Related: The week in radio and podcasts: Fall of the Shah; How to Burn a Million Quid Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Bloomsbury Opens an Audiobook Distribution Agreement With Spotify

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This Week’s Bestsellers: November 25, 2024

Martha Stewart’s 100th book, ‘Martha: The Cookbook,’ is #1 on our hardcover nonfiction list and #5 in the country. Plus Fox News personality and secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth returns to our lists, and tie-ins to the movie musical adaptation of ‘Wicked’ prove popular. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of November 25, 2024

Hogarth signs a debut novel by Woody Brown, the first nonspeaking graduate of UCLA, and Atria takes a steamy sports romance trilogy by Melanie Iglesias Perez. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Climate Change Hits Close to Home: PW talks with Mike Tidwell

In The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue, climate activist Tidwell heeds the warning signs in his own backyard. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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5 Reports from the Front Lines of Climate Change

Through reportage, memoir, and critique, authors deliver firsthand accounts of a planet in crisis. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Amazon Music Unlimited Adds Audiobook Benefit to Compete with Spotify

Amazon moves to shore up Audible against Spotify's audiobook success, plus a power ranking of the books of 1994, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

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The week's bestselling books, Nov. 24

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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This Appalachian Anthology Is A Testament to Resilience and the Ongoing Danger of Climate Change

"After the water receded and the clean up began, many writers began to process what they experienced through writing, while others couldn’t write at all." Continue reading at Book Riot

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Lit Hub Weekly: November 11 – 15, 2024

Gabrielle Bellot on the radical and harrowing nature of being trans in Trump’s America. | Lit Hub Memoir Lili Anolik explores the tumultuous, iconic, and unmistakably literary friendship between Eve Babitz and Joan Didion. | Lit Hub Biography “I am glad not to be a Greenland shark; I don’t have... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Engadget Podcast: Bluesky’s big moment

For obvious reasons, Twitter users are leaving en masse and heading to Bluesky, its most prominent decentralized competitor. In this episode, we discuss why Bluesky now feels like the best of early Twitter, filled with vibrant conversations and people discovering a new social network filled with... Continue reading at Engadget

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Book Deals: Week of November 18, 2024

Red Tower takes prolific romance writer Devney Perry’s spicy new romantasy, S&S lands a memoir by major Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The week's bestselling books, Nov. 17

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Lit Hub Weekly: November 4 – 8, 2024

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Engadget Podcast: Reviewing the PS5 Pro and Apple’s M4 Macs

In this episode, Devindra and producer Ben Ellman recover from the election by discussing our final thoughts on the PlayStation 5 Pro, as well as Apple’s M4 Mac mini (so cute, so powerful!) and new MacBook Pros. The M4 chip is a solid upgrade, but the M4 Pro is shockingly fast (so much so that... Continue reading at Engadget

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This Week’s Bestsellers: November 4, 2024

Books by Taylor Jenkins Swift and Travis Baldree return to our lists in new, deluxe editions, and Joseph Nguyen’s self-published hit ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Think’ gets an update and a traditional release. Plus ‘Throne of Secrets’ joins Kerri Maniscalco’s King of Sin series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of November 11, 2024

Urano will publish two English-language books by bestselling Venezuelan author Nacarid Portal, Little, Brown takes a heartbreaking book that weaves a paleoclimatologist’s personal loss with climate change, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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