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Spotify Chasing YouTube While Ads Fall Short - and JAR Podcast Solutions

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James Cridland and Sam Sethi explore Spotify's mixed financial results showing strong overall growth but declining ad revenue, alongside their increasing focus on video podcasts at the expense of audio-only content.
• Spotify's ads business struggling despite growth in users and profit
• VP of Global Advertising Lee Brown leaving Spotify "by mutual agreement"
• Video consumption growing 20 times faster than audio-only on Spotify
• 16:9 image formats creating problems for traditional podcast artwork
• JAR Audio rebranding to JAR Podcast Solutions with focus on measurable results: Roger Nairn explains how brands now see real value in podcasts beyond CEO vanity projects
• RSS.com launching PAID (Programmatic Ads Inserted Dynamically) with $1 minimum payout
• YouTube CEO Neil Mohan claiming "it's all over" for audio podcasting as video dominates
• Acast financial results showing US becoming their largest market despite executive departures
• Apple iOS enhanced dialogue feature improving podcast listening experience
• Podcast image tag offering potential solution to artwork format challenges
• Secure RSS and podcast monetization models being developed for premium content
• Overcast apparently working on transcript features for podcasts
• Rode introducing Call Me feature for remote podcast recording
• True Fans positioning as a "value exchange" between creators and listeners
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Chapters

1. Spotify Chasing YouTube While Ads Fall Short - and JAR Podcast Solutions (00:00:00)

2. A Complaint (00:01:11)

3. Spotify financials (00:02:25)

4. Premium podcasts (00:10:37)

5. Interview: Roger Nairn, JAR Podcast Solutions (00:18:07)

6. Apple Podcasts enhance dialogue (00:33:02)

7. YouTube being insufferable (00:37:07)

8. Acast financials (00:41:49)

9. RS.com launches PAID (00:47:19)

10. Round the world (00:51:19)

11. Jobs (00:53:45)

12. Awards and events (00:55:41)

13. The Tech Stuff (01:02:12)

14. The inbox (01:10:31)

15. Sam and James's week (01:16:42)

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