Spotify launches premium podcast subscriptions to all US creators

Spotify is now rolling out its premium podcast feature to all creators based in the U.S., allowing them to charge up to $150 for a subscription.

Techmeme: TikTok partners with Shopify to launch a pilot program letting merchants add a shopping tab to their profiles and link to products in their posts (Erin Woo/New York Times)

Techmeme: Urbint, which uses AI to detect threats to critical infrastructure, raises $60M Series C led by Energize Ventures, bringing its total raised to $109M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

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Techmeme: Balance, which offers a B2B checkout service for merchants and marketplaces, raises $25M Series A led by Ribbit Capital (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

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Techmeme: NoRedInk, which aims to improve students' writing through a curriculum that pairs adaptive learning with Mad Libs-style prompts, raises $50M Series B (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Spotify launches premium podcast subscriptions to all US creators

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Techmeme: OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely blames banks, including BNY Mellon, Metro Bank, JPMorgan, for its porn ban, but says Mastercard's rules had no bearing on the ban (Patricia Nilsson/Financial Times)

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Techmeme: Profile of Cathie Wood, the CEO of Ark Invest, which manages $85B, whose aggressive bets on Tesla and others have earned her admiration from Reddit traders (Matt Phillips/New York Times)

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