Spotify's Android Commission Rate, X Cancels MRC Audit, Adblocker Usage Rising & More

Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees by Adi Robertson and Sean HollisterBrand safety concerns mount as X (formerly Twitter) pulls out of MRC audit by Krystal ScanlonNewsGuard’s Whitelist Of Ukrainian Publishers Aims To Combat Wartime Misinformation by Anthony VargasRoku And Unity Want To Prove CTV Is A Performance Channel by Alyssa BoyleWorking From Home Spurs Ad Block Rates to Rise by Trishla Ostwal…as for the rest of the news: SiriusXM Media SVP and Head of Ad Innovation Lizzie Widhelm is on the latest Digiday Podcast, and PodPod has signed Spotify as a headline partner for their Podcast Advertising Summit, set to take place in London on January 25th.