Here Are the 11 Podcasts Spotify Just Axed

technical school layoffs appear to be striking everywhere , and Spotify is the late dupe . The streaming company has reportedly lay off 38 employees from its Gimlet and Parcast studios , which produce Spotify Original podcast content . With the layoffs come the cancellation of 11 of those Spotify Original podcasts , 3 from Gimlet and 8 from Parcast .

Our and@ParcastUnion ’s statement on yesterday ’s layoff at@Spotify@Gimletmedia@ParcastNetworkpic.twitter.com/OMlSCt3dBQ

— Gimlet Union ( @GimletUnion)October 7 , 2022

The audio streaming giant laid off 38 podcast employees according to a union statement.

The audio streaming giant laid off 38 podcast employees according to a union statement.Image: Lionel Bonaventure (Getty Images)

“ Yesterday Spotify tell show team that their podcasts were being cancelled because of depressed numbers , ” Gimlet Union and Parcast Union said in a joint statement on October 7 . “ But decisions Spotify leading made directly contributed to those low number . ”

The unions allege that some of these shows lost as much as 75 % of their audiences , which led to the layoffs , and that producers and hosts were given “ as little as an 60 minutes ” to end up their work upon learning they were laid off . Spotify did not now return Gizmodo ’s petition for comment .

Update October 12 10:00 am : A former version of this article misreported Urban Legends as Internet Urban Legends . The article has since been even out .

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