A kitten has been found dead after being dumped at the side of a Scots canal. The grim discovery was made by a member of the public at the Forth and Clyde Canal in Twechar, Dunbartonshire on Tuesday.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify announced that it has closed the deal to buy audiobook distributor Findaway, touting the potential to expand beyond music and podcasts into the “substantial market opportunity” for audiobooks.The audio streamer has not disclosed the financial terms of the Findaway deal, announced in November. Originally, Spotify had expected the acquisition, which was pending regulatory clearances, to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.In the audiobook space, “just as we’ve done in podcasting, expect us to play to win,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said last week at the company’s 2022 investor day.
“And, with one major player dominating the space” — a reference to Amazon’s Audible — “we believe we will expand the market, and create value for users and creators alike.” Findaway first started out in 2005 with Playaway, a pre-loaded MP3 audiobook player. Today, the company says it distributes more than 325,000 audiobook titles from publishers worldwide.
The company operates AudioEngine, a business-to-business audiobooks marketplace, and self-publishing platform Findaway Voices.According to Spotify, Findaway’s technology gives the company access to the growing audiobooks market — which Spotify execs said is expected to grow from $3.3 billion today to $15 billion by 2027. “We believe this presents a unique opportunity to introduce music and podcast listeners around the world to audiobooks and drastically expand that market,” Spotify global head of audiobooks Nir Zicherman said last week at the investor day presentation.Post-acquisition, Findaway will maintain its headquarters in Solon, Ohio, and will continue to be led by Findaway founder and CEO Mitch Kroll, who will report to Zicherman.Long term, Ek said
.A kitten has been found dead after being dumped at the side of a Scots canal. The grim discovery was made by a member of the public at the Forth and Clyde Canal in Twechar, Dunbartonshire on Tuesday.
The ladies are hard at work on Book Club 2!
Crosby, Stills and Nash is back on Spotify after the musicians initially removed all of their music earlier this year in solidarity with Neil Young.Back in February, Crosby, Stills & Nash joined a growing number of acts who demanded that their music be removed from Spotify amid the COVID controversy involving Joe Rogan.Members of the disbanded folk supergroup, which when joined by Neil Young were known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, supported Young who in January said that he wanted all his music pulled from the streaming platform.Young took aim at controversial podcaster Joe Rogan – a prominent skeptic of the COVID vaccine who has a $100million exclusivity contract with Spotify – pointing out the widespread misinformation shared through his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.In February, Crosby, Stills and Nash said: “We support Neil and we agree with him that there is dangerous disinformation being aired on Spotify’s Joe Rogan podcast. While we always value alternate points of view, knowingly spreading disinformation during this global pandemic has deadly consequences.
Crosby, Stills and Nash apparently aren’t giving us just a song before they go. That’s because they’ve decided to return to Spotify, ending a boycott of the streamer that began in February in protest of podcaster Joe Rogan’s content.
Endeavor Group has amended its pending purchase of sports betting company OpenBet in a cash and stock deal that’s now worth $800 million versus $1.2 billion when it was announced in September.
A prison officer has been charged for the murder of a man who died on his 40th birthday.
“fight like hell” to not allow the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.Now, she’s proposing a new strategy. “If a corporation can be defined as a person, why not redefine vaginas as AK47s,” the 84-year-old actress and activist tweeted Tuesday. “That way they’d be free of governmental restrictions by those who care about ‘the sanctity of life.'”Fonda’s words reiterate the Court’s decision to overturn national abortion protection before gun control.
A prison officer has been charged with the murder of a man who was found dead on his 40th birthday.
Almost nine months to the day after the surprise Deadline scoop that CAA was acquiring ICM Partners, the deal is finally going through after getting government approval to create a mega agency in the biggest linkup in the space since the WMA-Endeavor merger. Sources close to the situation said the Department of Justice finally approved the deal late last night or this morning, and it closed. It is valued around $750 million, and the combined value of assets is around $5 billion.
A body has been found in a secluded area of an Aberdeenshire village during the search for a missing Scots woman.
A recycling centre in Wythenshawe had to be closed and evacuated after a 'grenade' was found on the site. Emergency services descended on Longley Lane recycling centre, in Sharston, after being called out to reports of a grenade being found on the site at around 4pm today (June 24).
Jane Fonda and Don Johnson are married… in Book Club 2!
Moblo, who is moving to Universal from Netflix, will be responsible for sourcing and acquiring content for Universal Television (UTV), UCP, Universal International Studios (UIS) and Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS). He will report directly to Erin Underhill, President, UTV; Beatrice Springborn, President, UCP & UIS; and Toby Gorman, President, UTAS.In addition to overseeing global book and IP acquisitions, Moblo will also manage the studio’s podcast division, USG Audio, and graphic novel imprint, USG Graphic.“Jordan has impeccable taste in identifying and securing intellectual property that can be brought to series,” said Pearlena Igbokwe, Chairman, USG.
A dedicated dad drove his kids 250 miles to enjoy lunch at a chip shop which has been made famous by TikTok - only to discover it was shut.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPresident Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are going into business with Audible, the Amazon-owned audio storytelling platform.Audible set an exclusive, multiyear and global first-look production deal with Higher Ground, the Obamas’ media company, covering multiple audio projects. The slate of Higher Ground’s shows for Audible “will reflect the companies’ shared mission to tell meaningful and entertaining stories that elevate diverse voices and experiences,” according to the announcement.
President Barack Obama & Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground has found a new podcast home.
JUST IN: Jane Fonda says 'competitive' Katharine Hepburn 'didn't like' herShe continued: "She did not like me. She once told [writer] Dominick Dunne that I didn't have a soul. "Though the pair failed to engage in a more meaningful way, Hepburn herself noted that she would be seen as different from others when fellow actors, and the public, met her for the first time.
Shopping in Lidl's famous 'middle aisle' section has become somewhat of a favourite past-time for many of us.
A body has been found on a Scots footpath as police probe an 'unexplained' death.
A major Scots road has been left closed for hours after a serious car crash.