Spotify wants to replace your reading list with narrated magazine articles

• Spotify is expanding beyond music and podcasts with narrated magazine articles inside the app.
• More than 650 spoken stories from publishers like WIRED, The Atlantic, and Rolling Stone are now available through Spotify Audiobooks.
• Narrated articles live in Spotify’s audiobook section and are capped at under two hours each.

Spotify wants to become more than the app you open for playlists and podcasts. Now, it’s coming for magazine reading time too.

The company has begun rolling out narrated long-form articles within the platform, adding another layer to its growing audiobook push. Beginning today, Spotify Audiobooks users in supported markets can stream more than 650 spoken magazine stories from publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, WIRED, Pitchfork, and Vanity Fair.