Ashley Carman

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  • The Meta Facebook Instagram Threads web application is seen in this illustration photo in Warsaw, Poland on 26 August, 2023. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Big Tech

    Meta’s Threads makes a play for podcasters and their rabid fans

    By Ashley Carman and Bloomberg
  • Jimmy Buffett and Jane Slagsvol attend the Vanity Fair 95th Oscars Party at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California on March 12, 2023.Lifestyle

    Jimmy Buffett’s widow sues to remove trustee of $275 million estate

    By Ashley Carman and Bloomberg
  • Daniel Ek, co-founder and chief executive officer of Spotify Technology SA, during the Acquired LIVE event at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Listeners heard how Meta is playing a big role in defining the next decade of computing with AI. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Spotify shares surge on subscriber gains, first annual profit

    By Ashley Carman and Bloomberg
  • JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – AUGUST 10: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs waves at fans as he leaves the field at halftime during a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium on August 10, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Courtney Culbreath/Getty Images)Success

    Travis Kelce strikes lucrative $100 million Amazon podcast deal worth more than his football contract

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  • Alex CooperSuccess

    ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast host inks $100 million deal with Sirius XM

    By Ashley Carman and Bloomberg
  • Daniel Ek, co-founder and chief executive officer of Spotify.Tech

    Spotify used this one word to justify a 50% cut in royalties, music creator lawsuit alleges

    By Robert Burnson, Ashley Carman, and others
  • Jon Platt speaks in front of a posterTech

    Sony lays down the gauntlet on AI, warning 700 companies against training algorithms on its music

    By Ashley Carman, Lucas Shaw, and others
  • Spotify's CEO and Co-Founder Daniel EkTech

    Spotify follows the footsteps of Apple and Amazon as it plans to hike prices in the UK, Australia and Pakistan

    By Lucas Shaw, Ashley Carman, and others
  • MIAMI, FLORIDA – JUNE 04: Jack Dorsey creator, co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square speaks on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The crypto conference is expected to draw 50,000 people and runs from Friday, June 4 through June 6th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Tech

    Jack Dorsey’s Tidal music to cut 10% of jobs in just the latest round of layoffs in the streaming music industry

    By Ashley Carman and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 9: Daniel Ek, chief executive officer of Spotify, speaks about a partnership between Samsung and Spotify during a product launch event at the Barclays Center, August 9, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Galaxy Note 9 smartphone will go on sale on August 24. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Tech

    Spotify cancels 2 high-profile podcasts, adding to a list of cutbacks that also includes its third round of job cuts this year

    By Ashley Carman and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 9: Daniel Ek, chief executive officer of Spotify, speaks about a partnership between Samsung and Spotify during a product launch event at the Barclays Center, August 9, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Galaxy Note 9 smartphone will go on sale on August 24. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Tech

    Spotify joins Amazon, Microsoft and Google in announcing layoffs, with 6% of staff facing the axe

    By Ashley Carman, Kamaron Leach, and others
  • Former President Barack Obama and Michelle ObamaTech

    Barack and Michelle Obama sign audio deal with Amazon after relationship with Spotify sours

    By Ashley Carman and Bloomberg