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“Podz had originally attempted to solve the problem of podcast discovery with something it called the ‘first audio newsfeed.’ That is, it presented users with 60-second audio clips from various shows that you would scroll through in a vertical feed, similar to the format popularized by social apps like TikTok. What made the company’s technology interesting is that it didn’t rely on podcast creators to produce their own clips for its feed.” —
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podcast,
podcast discovery,
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Spotify