LONDON: Spotify’s audiobook users are being offered narrated articles from leading magazines as part of their subscription, as the platform continues to diversify its content offering.
The Swedish streaming giant will make more than 650 long-form articles available in English from titles such as Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety and Vanity Fair.
“With Articles, we’re introducing long-form journalism in audio as a natural extension of the music, podcasts and audiobooks people already come to Spotify for, focused on topics we know they love,” Colleen Prendergast, licensing lead at Spotify audiobooks, said.
The company was betting on shorter-form content to help build “healthy listening habits” and grow engagement, she said.
Each narrated article is less than two hours long and counts toward Premium users’ monthly audiobook allowance alongside the existing library. Users of the free service can buy individual articles for $1.99.
