Spotify is losing its audiobooks chief
by Ariel Shapiro from The Verge - All Posts on (#6AWHT)
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify is losing another talk content executive. The Verge has learned that Nir Zicherman, who leads the company's new audiobook vertical, will be leaving the company this year. He will depart as one of the last remaining executives who built Spotify's podcasting business.
Zicherman co-founded podcast creation and distribution tool Anchor with Michael Mignano, who left Spotify last year. Spotify bought Anchor in 2019 for $150 million, at which point Zicherman and Mignano joined the company's product division. Zicherman took charge of the audiobook business in 2022. He will stay on until October 1st to help set up the next audiobook lead, according to Spotify spokesperson Rosa Oh.
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