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Ek: Podcaster ad monetization is a huge priority for Spotify
“One of the big things right now is obviously this is a huge thing, perhaps even more so than music for us to offer monetization to a lot of these podcasters that perhaps unlike yourself can't sell ads.”
Ek: Spotify invested globally in reggaeton after seeing diaspora cluster breakouts
“And so, many years ago, we kind of started seeing them breaking out their natural clusters and becoming a pretty big thing, and it was, for me at that time, it was just pretty obvious that if we invested in that genre on a global basis, we thought that that wo…”
Ek: Spotify aims to win creators via flexibility, not exclusivity
“Our goal is to be the best partner of creators. No, not the only partner, but just the best and win by basically not forcing the creator to do something, but just offering a really good way for creators to work low friction, but also lots of potential to custo…”