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Big Stars and Paid Subscriptions, Luminary Aims to Be the Netflix of Podcasts (nytimes.com)
6 points by century19 on March 4, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



"Well it took a little longer than I expected, but it's all happening. The golden age of podcasting is over. The new era of podcasting, brought to you by branded corporate gatekeepers, has arrived." - Mike Duncan

https://twitter.com/mikeduncan/status/1102638379940892673


70 employees, of which 40 are engineers, is a huge red flag for a podcasting company. That doesn't sound like they're focusing on content, and what do 40 engineers even do?

Even with enough people to build and maintain a fantastic native app, that team size is huge.




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