Spotify cancels six true crime podcasts amid layoffs, Gimlet-Parcast merger
Spotify is canceling six shows and laying off 200 people (2% of Spotify’s overall workforce) as it merges its Gimlet and Parcast podcast units into a combined Spotify Studios operation and tries to become profitable.
According to a company spokesperson, Spotify is shuttering five Parcast shows and one Gimlet show, including:
- Disappearances
- Solved Murders
- Unexplained Mysteries
- Cold Cases
- Unsolved Murders
- Conviction
These cuts are in addition to the 11 podcasts from Gimlet and Parcast that Spotify canceled last year. Nearly one-third of Parcast and Gimlet union members were laid off in October last year. In January, Spotify let go of 6% of its staff.
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