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Report: Former CBS News president joins Spotify to help expand news offering

Spotify Technology SA tapped David Rhodes as a consultant to help the company in its push into news and podcast programming, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

Rhodes, who stepped down as president of CBS News Inc. in January, is reportedly expected to help the Swedish audio streaming platform sign up news organizations to partner with for podcasts.

In June, Spotify launched a personalized playlist of music and news updates from outlets including The Wall Street Journal, NPR and Public Radio International. The company also partnered with El Tiempo to offer a Spanish-language morning news podcast.

Spotify also recently hired Amy Hudson, who previously worked on sports partnerships at Facebook Inc., to grow its sports offering.

CBS News is the news division of CBS Corp.