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Re:Spotify, Nodding to Broader Ambitions, Hires Chief Conten... by jpalomaki on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:29PM (#17404152)
When shall we see ”Netflix for audio”, meaning original content, either fact or fiction?

I think this would make sense, people are busy and have less time to spend watching stuff. Listening is easier to do on the move.

Original programming could be for example radio theatre or programs like Serial. This can be quite entertaining when it is done well. Production costs are much smaller than for video.

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Re:Spotify, Nodding to Broader Ambitions, Hires Chief Conten... by bruthafez on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:50PM (#17404270)
Serial was basically a Black Swan event dude, no one I know listens to narrative audio content when they could watch narrative video content instead.

It's true that listening is easier to do on the move, but people just prefer to listen to music. I've never met anyone who is more into podcasts than music.

TL;DR the market just isn't very big and what market there is has already been captured by podcast services.

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Re:Spotify, Nodding to Broader Ambitions, Hires Chief Conten... by drb91 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:54PM (#17404295)
It sounds like you need to meet more people or you need to provide evidence. Otherwise it’s just a lazy assertion providing no value to the conversation.
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Re:Spotify, Nodding to Broader Ambitions, Hires Chief Conten... by ggg9990 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:21PM (#17404420)
Podcasts are a huge market because Americans drive a shitload and an increasing percentage of cars on the road have Bluetooth audio.
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