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Stan Alcorn

Stan Alcorn is an investigative reporter and radio journalist based in Bogotá, Colombia. His work has appeared in Mother Jones, Marketplace, and Planet Money.

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Tech Giants 8 August 2024

How Spotify started — and killed — Latin America’s podcast boom

In Latin America, “podcast” and “Spotify” became synonymous; now the audio industry is reckoning with the company’s retreat.