“Before now, most of these features were only available to creators hosted on Anchor,” noted “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper, who presented the features. This section will also show when their podcasts are being added to playlists. They can also now add videos, Q&As or polls, or dig into analytics to see how their show is performing or learn more about listener habits. When creators log in to the new dashboard, they’ll be able to see data on how their show is performing and can create or upload their episodes instantly or add more features to existing episodes. Now, Spotify says that Anchor is becoming part of Spotify for Podcasters.Īs a result of this integration, the Spotify for Podcasters dashboard will become more powerful.

At the time, it was considering rebranding the service “Spotify Creator Studio.” The company was seen late last year weighing if it should do away with the Anchor brand, in a survey it sent to creators. This change involves another consolidation of its Anchor podcast creation service, acquired for $154 million back in 2019. The company showed off a redesigned version of its Spotify for Podcasters dashboard, which will now work to better organize its tools for creating, managing, growing, and monetizing their content in one place.

If you’ve distributed your show far and wide (to Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, etc.) you can’t drop Spotify songs into your show.In addition to news related to its mobile app’s revamp and the introduction of TikTok-style music and podcast discovery feeds, Spotify announced podcast-focused news at its Stream On event in LA this morning. This feature is only available for shows that are published on Spotify exclusively. Many of our podcasters have wanted to use popular songs as their intro, with a short voiceover introducing the show. You can’t lay any other audio (like your own voice) over the track.

You can only drop entire songs into your podcast. The drag-and-drop function is incredibly convenient.Īs I experimented with this new feature, I discovered a few things which were disappointing. It’s rare for a song to be absent from their library. Podcasters have been clamoring for music for a long time, and this new feature scratches that itch. Here are the pros of this new feature as I see it: That’s the basic process, but like everything else in life it has its pros and cons. You can click the button with the plus sign or simply drag-and-drop the song into your show.

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