Spotify is retiring some of its podcasting capabilities and expanding its cooperation with Riverside. The firm is closing down its web- and mobile-native creative tools, including its experimental “Music + Talk” tool, which lets podcasters use full-licensed music files on Spotify.
The suspension of the Music + Talk feature, which started in June, has devastated music podcasters who share and discuss music recordings. Spotify is also removing Record with Friends and Voice Message. Mobile and online episode-building experiences are also ending.
The June adjustments are part of the company’s attempts to shift its emphasis from legacy technologies to “the next generation of podcast innovations.”
The extended cooperation with Riverside allows Spotify for Podcasters online users to record and edit audio and video podcasts using Riverside.
According to Spotify’s blog, “You can bring in guests for remote interviews, make precise transcript-based edits to the recording, and use their comprehensive suite of AI tools to further clean up and enhance your content before publishing seamlessly through Spotify for Podcasters.”
Spotify for podcasters: makers may now click “Create with Riverside” while making a new episode. Without leaving their browser, creators may record, edit, and publish episodes. Record or modify an episode. Selecting an episode type is the first step in recording. Invite visitors and press record.
After recording, cut out sections of your program. Change the video episode arrangement, add subtitles, or reduce background noise. After editing, save your episode to Spotify for podcasters. Next, input episode information and monetization, if available. Your podcast will launch once you push publish.
Spotify began partnering with Riverside in 2022. Riverside provides a podcast production feature set comparable to Spotify for Podcasters, but with added video and AI technologies, the business adds.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told investors last week that the business was willing to sell items to concentrate on value. He said, “Killing things that sometimes sort of work is a healthy thing to refocus and reenergize people on the things that really drive lots of value.”
Spotify’s recent integration with Riverside and the sunsetting of its older tools suggest that it is expanding its collaboration with a podcaster-respected firm rather than building in-house creative tools.
Spotify for Podcasters integrates Riverside, retires several capabilities.
