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Podcasters say Anchor's sponsorship feature seems to be seriously lacking in sponsors, and they've received few, if any, ads beyond Anchor or Spotify itself

Ashley Carman / The Verge : Tweets: @quinnypig , @thebyroncraig , @jake_k , and @ashleyrcarman See also Mediagazer Tweets: Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : Weird, almost like podcasters want to vet the sponsors before their ads appear alongside their content or something. https://twitter.com/... Byron Craig / @thebyroncraig : This article says a lot about my frustrations with podcasting at times. Please read this quality reporting by @ashleyrcarman https://twitter.com/... Jake Kastrenakes / @jake_k : anchor had the extremely cool idea of getting sponsorships for even the tiniest podcasts... but @ashleyrcarman reports that anchor and spotify are the main sponsors, spending thousands on small shows! https://www.theverge.com/... Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman : NEW: Spotify's Anchor podcast app promised to find sponsors for smaller podcasters. What theses peeps didn't realize was that the main paying client would be Anchor itself. https://www.theverge.com/... See also Mediagazer

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  • @quinnypig Corey Quinn on x
    Weird, almost like podcasters want to vet the sponsors before their ads appear alongside their content or something. https://twitter.com/...
  • @thebyroncraig Byron Craig on x
    This article says a lot about my frustrations with podcasting at times. Please read this quality reporting by @ashleyrcarman https://twitter.com/...
  • @jake_k Jake Kastrenakes on x
    anchor had the extremely cool idea of getting sponsorships for even the tiniest podcasts... but @ashleyrcarman reports that anchor and spotify are the main sponsors, spending thousands on small shows! https://www.theverge.com/...
  • @ashleyrcarman Ashley Carman on x
    NEW: Spotify's Anchor podcast app promised to find sponsors for smaller podcasters. What theses peeps didn't realize was that the main paying client would be Anchor itself. https://www.theverge.com/...
  • @mattnavarra Matt Navarra on x
    Spotify is paying podcasters tens of thousands of dollars to prop up its own sponsorship tool https://www.theverge.com/...