Owen
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Owen
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I support this @patmcfaddenmp Happy to commit a cross-functional team from Cleo and my own time, fully funded by us. I would approach @demishassabis, @NStoronsky, @TSMonzo, @alexgkendall for additional teams (1 FT squad ≈ 1 day CSR for 250+ employee companies). The UK could certainly use the support right now. gov.uk/government/new…



It’s been one year since we launched Audiobooks for Spotify Premium users and it’s been really cool to watch the excitement from both listeners and authors grow. A few things to share: 💰 We’ve already paid hundreds of millions to publishers, and are excited about the all the new opportunities now available to authors. 📚 Our catalog has doubled to 300,000 titles. We know that our listeners are loving bestsellers, but they are also very excited to be discovering backlist titles too. 👂 Over 58% of audiobook listeners are 18-34 years old. 🌍 We’ve just expanded into non-English markets for the first time, including France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. (This is brand new, so check it out if you live in one of these markets!) There’s still more to come as we’re continuously testing new features and ideas. Can’t wait to share more with you soon.



Natalie Elphicke, who has just been welcomed to the Labour Party by Sir Keir Starmer, cruelly and publicly tormented the victims of her sex offender ex-husband Charlie. She claimed ***after his conviction*** that he had merely been punished for being "attractive and attracted" to women. She also pressured a judge in an improper attempt to influence his trial. And she was gifted his seat behind-closed-doors and has never apologised. There are other things I cannot report. But here you can read our investigation into the appalling protection racket of which she was part - as Elphicke sued the Sunday Times for reporting the truth: that he was accused of rape and sexual offences. thetimes.co.uk/article/charli…

Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is set to unveil a weakened package of workers’ rights in the coming weeks in its latest softening of radical policies ahead of the upcoming general election, the Financial Times has learnt ft.com/content/fe1608…














