79: Bumble & Tinder, Apple Podcast Subscription Service?, Figma CEO on Design, AWS, CTV, Apple’s Hidden Matrix Coprocessor in the M1, and the Unit is the Datacenter
79: Bumble & Tinder, Apple Podcast Subscription Service?, Figma CEO on Design, AWS, CTV, Apple’s Hidden Matrix Coprocessor in the M1, and the Unit is the Datacenter
"Ideally they would create some way for big podcasts to partner into their service, and offer ad-free and/or bonus content to subscribers"
I wrote a bit about this in a post on how Tencent Music generates revenue in China. While the whole post is good for setting context on how different Tencent Music's monetization is compared to Spotify, control+F for the "Spotify Social" section to see the section particularly relevant to your comment above.
TL/DR right now in the west, a lot of podcasts monetize a premium feed via Patreon, etc. That should be native to the podcast players.
"Ideally they would create some way for big podcasts to partner into their service, and offer ad-free and/or bonus content to subscribers"
I wrote a bit about this in a post on how Tencent Music generates revenue in China. While the whole post is good for setting context on how different Tencent Music's monetization is compared to Spotify, control+F for the "Spotify Social" section to see the section particularly relevant to your comment above.
TL/DR right now in the west, a lot of podcasts monetize a premium feed via Patreon, etc. That should be native to the podcast players.
https://eastmeetswest.substack.com/p/tencent-music