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Spotify Plans Inauguration Day Studio, Brunch to Court Podcasters

The Swedish streaming giant is leaning fully into the “podcast election”

A Spotify brunch will celebrate the “power of podcasts” in the US presidential election.

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Spotify Technology SA is planning to host a brunch and build a pop-up podcast studio in Washington for Donald Trump’s inauguration and has sent invites out to podcasters to join, according to people familiar with the plans.

The events would give podcasters a place at the center of the conversation and acknowledge the growing importance of the medium to US politics. Logistics for the brunch and studio space haven’t yet been finalized.