Spotify announced it was adding a “play” count to its podcast app last week. Some in podcasting are really vexed about this. Courtney Elmer says it hurts independent podcasters; Jim Salveson says there are good but also bad things about the plan; others have pulled their shows off Spotify in a fit of pique; the discomfort has even made it to national US news; and some have chosen to post great screeds about it on any social media they can get their hands on. Including me, here. A few thou...
