Daily Crunch - Spotify adds support for paid podcasts

TechCrunch Newsletter [TechCrunch logo]( [The Daily Crunch logo]( Tuesday, April 27, 2021 • By [Anthony Ha]( Spotify launches paid podcast support, Amazon announces new tablets and we unveil the agenda for TC Sessions: Mobility. This is your Daily Crunch for April 27, 2021. [The big story: Spotify adds support for paid podcasts]( As first announced in [February](, Spotify is [now allowing podcasters to offer subscriber-only content](, published through its Anchor podcasting software. Creators choose from three subscription tiers — $2.99, $4.99 or $7.99 per month. This comes one week after Apple announced support for paid podcast subscriptions. But where Apple said it would take 30% of first-year subscriptions and 15% after that, Spotify says it will pass 100% of revenue on to podcasters for the first two years, only charging a 5% fee starting in 2023. [Read More]( [The big story: Spotify adds support for paid podcasts image] Image Credits: TechCrunch [Shelf life of the skills of an IT pro = 3 years]( Sponsored by [ITProTV]( [To protect and grow your company, your IT team needs to always be learning. Give them access to ITProTV – bingeworthy IT learning - so they’ll be upskilled and ready for the next big challenge. Plans start at just $349/seat/year.]( [Read More]( The tech giants [Amazon announces new Fire tablets and kids editions]( — The Fire HD 10 is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, with pricing starting at $150. [Tesla wants to make every home a distributed power plant]( — CEO Elon Musk said he wants to turn every home into a distributed power plant that would generate, store and even deliver energy back into the electricity grid, all using the company’s products. [Red Hat CEO looks to maintain double-digit growth in second year at helm]( — Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier runs the centerpiece of IBM’s transformation hopes. [The tech giants image] Image Credits: Amazon Startups, funding and venture capital [Kids-focused fintech Greenlight raises $260M in a16z-led Series D, nearly doubles valuation to $2.3B]( — Since it launched its debit cards for kids in 2017, the company has set up accounts for more than 3 million parents and children. [Kry closes $312M Series D after use of its telehealth tools grows 100% yoy]( — During the pandemic, Kry quickly stepped in to offer a free service for doctors to conduct web-based consultations. [Banana Capital’s debut fund is for internet-first founders]( — You might know him for his viral tweets, but Turner Novak wasn’t always a master meme-maker. [Startups, funding and venture capital image] Image Credits: Yulia Reznikov / Getty Images Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch [Internal rates of return in emerging US tech hubs are starting to overtake Silicon Valley]( — AngelList analyzed IRR for almost 2,500 deals dating back to 2013. [Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Hippo’s Assaf Wand discuss proptech’s biggest opportunities]( — The pair joined us to discuss questions like: How should proptech founders think about competition, strategic investment versus top-tier VC firms and how to build their board? [SaaS subscriptions may be short-serving your customers]( — Adam Riggs argues that software as a service may have become a bit too interchangeable with subscription models. (Extra Crunch is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. [You can sign up here](.) [Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch image] Image Credits: petdcat / Getty Images Everything else [Announcing the Agenda for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021]( — Our guests will include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson, Amy Jones Satrom of Nuro and famed investor Reid Hoffman. [Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion]( — A look at the VC Human Capital Survey from the National Venture Capital Association, Venture Forward and Deloitte. [Everything else image] [Read more stories on TechCrunch.com]( Newest Jobs from Crunchboard - [Full Stack Engineer II at DSPolitical (Washington, D.C., USA)]( - [Fusion Consulting Inc. - Solution Architect & Principal Consultant at Fusion Consulting Inc (Dallas, TX, USA)]( - [Technical Program/Product Managers at D. E. Shaw Research (New York, New York, USA)]( - [Senior Shopify Developer (Remote + Flexible) at Storetasker (Anywhere)]( - [Manager, Application Development and Integration at The Pew Charitable Trusts (Washington, D.C., USA)]( [See more jobs on CrunchBoard]( [Post your tech jobs]( and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( [Flipboard]( [View this email online in your browser]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2021 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. 110 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103