Listeners of these shows, and Anchor-created ones, will be able to interact with each podcast episode’s track list to save songs for later and skip around to different segments. Free users will only hear a 30-second preview of each track because free users aren’t able to directly play songs they can only shuffle play.Īlong with this announcement, Spotify is launching seven new original, exclusive series that’ll take advantage of the format and make music a central focus.
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Still, only premium Spotify subscribers will hear full songs. (Musicians will be paid per song stream like they already are.) Spotify says the way these podcasts are created allows the company to treat songs and the podcast commentary as playlists almost, which gives podcasters the power to include full songs in their shows. In fact, all shows that take advantage of this interactive format will be exclusive to Spotify because the technology relies on the company’s deals with record labels. Critically, though, the episodes Anchor users create will only be accessible through Spotify and not distributed elsewhere. The new format effectively makes Spotify the only podcast platform where hosts can include entire songs in their shows without having to worry about copyright.Īnchor creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland will have access to this interactive format, which you can imagine they might use to promote songs like a radio DJ or to offer historical context or insight more like a music podcast.
Hosts will also be able to create shows in this format through Anchor, the Spotify-owned podcast creation app. The company announced today that it’s testing a new podcast format that’ll allow podcast listeners to hear entire music tracks during a show, as opposed to a brief sample. Spotify is tying podcasts and music close together.
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