Wake up, Spotify! Our contract expires in HOURS. We need meaningful, above-inflation pay increases in order to close a deal. We need some notice of layoffs. We need checks on A.I. These aren't unreasonable asks for a company with a $50B market cap

🚨UPDATE🚨 Our unit is waiting to ratify our hard-won contract because Spotify STILL hasn’t given us its AI counters! The company has had MONTHS to come up with this language! Our contract expired LAST NIGHT. Stop dragging your feet Spotify!!!

🚨🚨🚨 BIG news! 🚨🚨🚨 Our unit and Parcast Union are becoming one super powerful amazing incredible union! Going forward, we will operate under our new name: Spotify Studios. Here's why:

New Series! 🚨 Trillion Dollar Shot 🚨 From the Oscars to the halls of Congress, everyone is talking about Ozempic & the new class of weight-loss drugs. open.spotify.com/episode/1XIgBA…

This is a business story, a health story, a cultural story. And to the many who have struggled for years with their weight, it is also a deeply personal story. Whether you think these drugs are a miracle, or you’re skeptical of what they promise… you should listen!

🚨 New Series 🚨 We have a NEW 4-part series on the blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Ozempic. Hosted by Jessica Mendoza Bradley Olson, it dives into how these drugs are transforming industries, lives and bank accounts. It's so good. Listen now! open.spotify.com/episode/1XIgBA…

"A tiny vial filled with a white powder." With drugs like Ozempic in shortage, a #graymarket for purported substitutes is popping up online. Listen to Part 2 of "Trillion Dollar Shot" #TheJournal open.spotify.com/episode/73FSOH…

"'What has poetry been, and what can it still be for me, if anything? Does it have the capacity to keep me here on the planet?' It was that dire." Hanif Abdurraqib @dlseuss yes, yes newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

Last year, @BradNews's doctor prescribed him a new drug to manage his weight. But even as the medicine made losing weight "easy," Brad also saw their limitations. Episode 3 of "Trillion Dollar Shot" from #TheJournal is out now open.spotify.com/episode/1WCBx7…

The Journal podcast from The Wall Street Journal reached one million followers on Spotify. Congratulations to the hosts – Kate Linebaugh Ryan Knutson, along with Jessica Mendoza – and everyone involved in the podcast's production and WSJ’s audio strategy. Listen here: wsj.com/podcasts/the-j…

You can hear Billy speaking to @felizysolo on the latest episode of The Journal podcast, made by Ryan Knutson Katherine Brewer and me. spotify.link/Sp7mu9tNELb

AP lede for the history books:

A new day…and a new President. Catch up on an extraordinary night with Molly Ball and Ryan Knutson spotify.link/ZKSd3MLLiOb

100 million streams on Spotify!! Way to go everyone! Kate Linebaugh Jessica Mendoza Sarah Platt Alan Rodriguez Espinoza Annie Minoff Enrique Pérez de la Rosa Griffin Tanner Heather Rogers Jeevika Verma Katherine Brewer Laura Morris Matt Kwong Nathan Singhapok Peter Leonard pia gadkari Pierce Singgih Rachel Humphreys