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Audio - May 21, 2026 Spotify bets its next chapter on podcast memberships and personal audio

Spotify co-CEOs Alex Norstrom and Gustav Soderstrom on stage at the 2026 Investor Day

Spotify unveiled podcast Memberships, Personal Podcasts and real-time interactivity at its 2026 Investor Day, reshaping how creators earn and listeners engage.

by Luis Rijo

Audio - May 20, 2026 Sounder.AI lands inside The Trade Desk with pre-bid podcast targeting

Triton Digital today expanded Sounder.AI contextual targeting and brand suitability into The Trade Desk, giving programmatic buyers pre-bid podcast signals.

by Luis Rijo

Audio - May 19, 2026 Basis and DAX give political buyers exclusive audio for 2026 midterms

Vintage microphone on a stage surrounded by audio waveforms and voter data shards

Basis integrates with DAX US to give political advertisers exclusive programmatic access to 100M+ listeners, L2 and Experian data for the 2026 U.S. election.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 19, 2026 Alexa+ now generates podcast episodes on any topic, on demand

Alexa Podcasts on Echo Show with four AI-generated episodes on sports, music, history, and baking

Amazon's Alexa+ now generates on-demand podcast episodes using AI and over 200 news publications. Available now for Alexa+ subscribers in the United States.

by Luis Rijo

Audio - May 17, 2026 94% of Americans now listen to online audio weekly - what it means for ads

Bar chart showing weekly online audio engagement rising from 57% in 2006 to 94% in 2026

Edison Research data shows 94% of monthly online audio listeners now tune in weekly, up from 57% in 2006, a shift advertisers cannot ignore in budget planning.

by Luis Rijo

Audio - May 17, 2026 Spotify opens managed accounts to free-tier families in six markets

Spotify app screens showing the four steps to create a managed account for young listeners.

Spotify's free-tier managed accounts let parents control music for under-13s in Argentina, Colombia, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, and Sweden starting May 13.

by Luis Rijo

Audio - May 17, 2026 How to save AI-generated audio to Spotify with a CLI tool

Spotify launched a beta CLI tool on May 7, 2026, letting AI agents like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex generate and save personal podcasts to a Spotify library.

by Luis Rijo

Audio - May 17, 2026 Vapi closes $50M Series B as voice AI agents hit 1 billion calls

Vapi raised $50M in a Series B led by Peak XV, hitting 1 billion calls and 10x enterprise ARR growth as demand for production-grade voice AI intensifies in 2026.

by Luis Rijo