{
  "id": 502722,
  "title": "Spotify Is Letting Listeners Skip Some Podcast Ads. Creators Say It Could Hurt Their Business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/spotify-is-letting-listeners-skip-some-podcast-ads-creators-say-it",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-10T20:33:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/saleah-blancaflor/spotify-is-letting-listeners-skip-some-podcast-ads-creators-say-it-could-hurt-their-business/91388597"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The test could give listeners more control while making sponsorship messages less reliable for podcast creators.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Spotify’s new ‘skip’ button could end the podcast business as we know it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/spotifys-new-skip-button-could-end-the-podcast-business-as-we-know-it",
        "published": "2026-08-09T23:27:35.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}