Amazon: The Netflix Of Podcasts

Amazon Wants to Become the Netflix of Podcasts

Yoni Heisler | July 10, 2016

One of the great things about podcasts, aside from a vast and varied selection of great content, is that everything is free for the taking. Whether you’re prone to listening to NPR, breakdowns of your favorite TV shows or even the latest sports happenings, there’s no pay-to-play scheme associated with podcasts. Unfortunately, Amazon now has plans to change that.

"Amazon's Audible Introduces Podcast Subscription Service. Will Cost Non-Members $4.95 a Month for Ad-Free Short-Form Audio"  Source: http://adage.com/article/digital/amazon-s-audible-introduces-podcast-subscription-service/304865/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

<more at http://bgr.com/2016/07/10/podcasts-amazon-audible-subscription-channels-netflix/; related articles and links: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-07/amazon-wants-people-to-pay-for-podcasts (Amazon Wants People to Pay for Podcasts. Audio book company Audible is creating a podcast subscription service. July 7, 2016) and http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-29/amazon-recruits-comedians-engineers-for-expanding-audio-service (Amazon Hiring Comedians, Engineers for Growing Audio Service. January 29, 2016)>