Spotify is lowering its eligibility criteria for podcasters to monetize their videos on the platform, dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days. When the company introduced its partner program to monetize video content last year, creators needed to…
Nominees for the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards have been unveiled, and yes, the queer hockey drama from Canada that became a pop culture sensation scored its first major nomination. Jacob Tierney’s Heated Rivalry starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams netted a nom for outstanding new TV series alongside (recently canceled) Boots, Chad Powers, Clean…
Spotify is making an even bigger play for video podcasting and creators as the company makes it easier to monetize on its platform. The audio giant is broadening the eligibility criteria for the Spotify Partner Program, which gives certain podcast creators payouts based on their engagement, and partnering with independent podcast hosting platforms such as…
The prolific author James Patterson has signed with United Talent Agency for literary representation worldwide, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Patterson, the world’s best-selling author with more than 450 million books sold to date and more than 100 New York Times #1 bestsellers (a Guinness world record), will now be represented by the agency, which…
Michael VoepelJan 7, 2026, 08:30 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Thirteen years have passed since Texas Tech last made the women’s NCAA tournament and had a…
Reuters Cold weather payments have been triggered across 697 postcodes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as temperatures plunged across the UK. Households on certain benefits are entitled to the money when there is a prolonged period of below-zero temperatures. In Scotland, those on low incomes and benefits may receive a separate winter heating payment,…
Warner Bros Discovery has told its shareholders to reject an “inferior” updated bid from Paramount Skydance to buy the company. It is the second time in less than a month the Warner Bros board has urged its shareholders to say no to the Paramount offer, after announcing on 5 December that Netflix was buying the…
Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways The desktop Office suite has not been rebranded to Microsoft 365 Copilot. The web-based version was renamed Microsoft 365 in 2022. Microsoft still has a bad reputation for naming and renaming its products. Microsoft has a bad reputation when it comes to…
Tatsuji Sugimoto, who stepped down last month as governor of Fukui prefecture in central Japan over sexual harassment, had sent some 1,000 harassing texts to staff, an investigative report by lawyers said on Wednesday. Among the messages were those in which Sugimoto sought sexual relationships with multiple female staff and commented on their physical appearance….
Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images Learner drivers could have to wait six months before booking a practical test The UK government has launched the first major road safety strategy in over a decade, aimed at lowering the number of people who are killed or seriously injured on the roads. The changes only apply to England…
