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On February 22 2023, Spotify launched "DJ", a new AI feature aimed at improving music listening experience for its users. The Open-AI powered feauture provides spoken commentary about the tracks and artists you like. It also generates a curated list of those artists and tracks. It is currently in a beta testing and is only available to Spotify English subscribers in U.S and Canada.<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/22/spotify-launches-dj-a-new-personalized-music-lineup-that-includes-ai-powered-commentary/</ref>
On February 22 2023, Spotify launched "DJ", a new AI feature aimed at improving music listening experience for its users. The Open-AI powered feauture provides spoken commentary about the tracks and artists you like. It also generates a curated list of those artists and tracks. It is currently in a beta testing and is only available to Spotify English subscribers in U.S and Canada.<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/22/spotify-launches-dj-a-new-personalized-music-lineup-that-includes-ai-powered-commentary/</ref>


== Spotify audiobooks ==
== Spotify Podcasts and Audiobooks ==
See also [[Podcasting and Audiobooks Industry]]
See also [[Podcasting and Audiobooks Industry]]


=== Spotify Podcasts ===
June 5, 2023: Spotify to lay off 2% of its workforce or 200 employees, mainly from the podcast division. Additionally, Gimlet Media and Parcast will merge into Spotify Studios while the Ringer will continue to operate independently. Sahar Elhabashi, vice president and head of podcast business said that podcast listeners on Spotify has grown to 100 million since 2019, representing 10% growth, while consumption has grown 1,400%.  Additionally, Podcast content has grown from 200,000 titles to over 5 million shows on Spotify while podcast ad revenue saw high double-digit growth from 2021 to 2022. Elhabashi added that they are now focusing on a "tailored partnership approach" instead of a uniform one in order to support the creater community better. In light of this, the company is also conducting internal realignment of senior podcast executives<ref>https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-06-05/an-update-on-changes-to-spotifys-podcast-business-june-2023/</ref>.
=== Spotify Audiobooks ===
March 22,2023. Spotify expands its audiobooks to Canada, making them available in both English and French. It said its audiobooks catalog has now grown to 350,000 titles from the 300,000 initially. The company added that it is “seeing positive engagement,” among audiobooks users<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/21/spotify-brings-its-new-audiobooks-service-to-canada/</ref>.
March 22,2023. Spotify expands its audiobooks to Canada, making them available in both English and French. It said its audiobooks catalog has now grown to 350,000 titles from the 300,000 initially. The company added that it is “seeing positive engagement,” among audiobooks users<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/21/spotify-brings-its-new-audiobooks-service-to-canada/</ref>.