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Podcast companies certified by the IAB, which include NPR, Acast, and Megaphone, among two dozen others, will be expected to be more transparent about how they count downloads.

As its contract nears expiration, The Ringer Union says that 30 full-time employees have been paid less than interns.

The Ringer Union announced that it has opened up negotiations with The Ringer and Spotify on a new collective bargaining agreement.

Substack signs up new podcasters to its newsletter platform, Eminem gets time from Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, and the Parcast Union threatens to strike if a deal isn’t reached.

Luminary’s new CEO, Rishi Malhotra, talks about the subscription podcast app’s plans for what’s next, including new shows and more work with Dave Chappelle’s Pilot Boy Productions.

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The Ringer Union ratifies collective bargaining agreement with Spotify Recognized by management in 2019, the Ringer Union has ratified a CBA. 04/07/2021 After a long road, the Ringer Union has ratified a collective bargaining agreement with their corporate management at Spotify. Among some of the guarantees won by the union: Significant increases to salary minimums, with The Ringer establishing $57,000 plus overtime as an entry-level floor[.] Establishment of new senior titles. Lim...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images The agreement provides minimum salaries, sets restrictions on the use of outside contractors in bargaining unit positions and provides a minimum 2 percent annual raise for covered employees. The Ringer and Gimlet Media unions have both ratified collective bargaining agreements with owner Spotify, the Writers Guild of America East announced Tuesday. The three-year agreements covering writers and producers were unanimously ratified by Gimlet Medias 48 bargaining unit m...

Twitter didn’t respond kindly to the initial sentiment. Many journalists pointed out that they had to work multiple jobs to afford unpaid opportunities or were completely shut out from them. Unpaid internships are exploitative and elitist, rewarding students who can afford to take them them and leaving behind students from underrepresented backgrounds. BuzzFeed lays off dozens of HuffPost employees BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti had said he “believe[d] in the future of HuffP...