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You want the fast evolution of Spotify to be the home of everything related to audio, the company he announced Tuesday that it is bringing long-form magazine articles to its program. The articles are available to Premium subscribers as part of their subscription 15 hours of audiobook listening time per month. Free users can choose to purchase standalone articles for $1.99.
The promotion said that, as of today, there will be 650 full-length magazine articles (available only in English) from a group of news outlets that include publications such as Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, Wired, Vanity Fair, and Pitchfork. Spotify says the document was created in-house by its audiobook group and complements Spotify’s listening needs, such as podcasts.
Spotify tells TechCrunch that the stories presented will use a mix of human and digital voice and that the text section using digital voice will be clearly written for users.
Besides being another way to bring monetized audio to its program, Spotify believes that the addition of texts can encourage users to try other types of listening beyond music, which can lead them to try other types of long-term listening, such as audiobooks that can be more profitable.
“By bringing short content, we’re meeting audiences where they can help us develop better listening habits, and build interest in books over time,” said Colleen Prendergast, Licensing Lead at Spotify Audiobooks, in a blog post. post about implementation.
Currently, Spotify offers audiobook listening hours to paying subscribers and “extra” hours after the listening time is over. There is also $9.99 per month Audiobook Access System for free Spotify listeners, and and $11.99 per month for the Audiobooks+ plan which doubles the listening hours.
The addition follows a flood of news from the streamer in recent weeks. This allowed the company to make a big leap into the world of AI audio with new innovations such as AI-generated podcastssimilar to what you would do with a search engine like Google’s NotebookLM, AI-powered audiobook creation for writers, support for AI covers and remixes, etc., which are not AI, like exercise.
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