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Spotify's CEO got carried away. The latest from PodNews.net, with critically acclaimed,highly addictive CBC podcasts.In hindsight, I probably got a little carried away and over invested relative to the uncertaintywe saw shaping up in the market. So we are shifting to focus on tightening our spendand becoming more efficient.To find release the company's Q4-22 financial update, Daniel Ek there in an earnings callreading a pre-prepared statement. We carry a longer quote from Ek about podcastingin our Extra Podcast, PodNews Extra, which you'll find wherever you found this one.Podcast ad revenue wasn't split out but was up in the mid 30% range year-on-year. Podcastingalso delivered improving profitability. The Spotify audience network, seeing healthy doubledigit growth quarter-on-quarter. Total ad revenue at Spotify was up from $418 million to$48 million quarter-on-quarter with two months that outperformed and one month that underperformed.Edison researchers share of ear and Edison podcast metrics that are to be marketed to advertisingagencies by Nielsen. It's a significant step for the study, which is the only survey to measureall podcast listening across the US. UK podcast company novel has secured a $6.2 millionseries A investment round. The investment will be used to accelerate growth with strategicpartners and to establish the company's own network of originals. Podcast ad buyers haveyet to see a slowdown in their budgets, even while other budgets have been cut accordingto Digide. US radio broadcaster Radio One has launched a podcast network. It's calledthe Urban One Podcast Network and has a website up today. Road has added a version ofthe company's NTH-100 headphones that adds a broadcast grade headset microphone. Mozilla'spocket has announced a number of new partnerships, including with PRX supporting the scienceof happiness. And Los Angeles radio station KPCC is to rebrand to LAist 89.3 to join the brandused by its on-demand and podcast unit LAist studios. In people news, Philana Pattersonis to become the new head of audio at the Wall Street Journal. She joins Alan HarbourJack, who was confirmed as editorial director of audio earlier this month. It's part of anaudio expansion by the Wall Street Journal. And Steve Likteke has joined CNN as the executiveproducer of podcast and audio content. He's worked at NPR Slate and NBC News. And inpodcast news crime, analysts has joined the ad-large podcast portfolio. The show is hostedby world-renowned former new Scotland Yard criminal behavioral analyst Laura Richards,Cathy Suckas, the CEO of ad-large, describes the show as acutely focused, smart, and informative.Songs my ex-ruind is new from Nevermind Media today. A podcast about songs people cannever listen to again because their terrible exes destroyed them forever. It's hostedby music journalists and podcast producers Courtney E. Smith and Melissa Locker.Insider interviews with EB Moss returns for a new season today, kicking off with the formerCEO of NPR, John Mone, known by podcasters as the former CEO of NPR. He's also the creatorof E Entertainment TV and known to art institutions as a generous benefactor. This podcastis sponsored by CBC Podcasts, the new seven-part series Love Jonesa is climbing the internationalcharts. Join host Anna Adjala on a wild journey to find a woman whose images are usedas bait in global catfish schemes. From BBC World Service and CBC Podcasts produced byAntica and Telltale Productions, you can find Love Jonesa wherever you found this podcastor stay here just for today for the trailer. And that's the latest from our newsletterto read all the stories and subscribe or at PodNews.net.So you meet a woman online. You've fought for her. Hard. I love it. I just love it.But it turns out, thousands of other people are in love with her too. Or at least they think they are.Every single conversation starts it off with, how are you my darling? Have you cleaned your teethtoday? Have you had a shower yet? Are you warm enough? Her picture is the bait used in criminalschemes around the world. But she's also a real person. Jonesa Barazir.Jonesa Barazir. Jonesa Barazir.Adult entertainment star. Jonesa Barazir. The face that launched a thousand romance scams.She said, if you really love me, you do what I asked you to do.And then you responded. You used a fake identity, a false story, and stone and photographs.Why should I give you anything at all?One woman's image is being used by criminals to target innocent people looking for love online.I keep thinking so much about you. I miss you so badly.So I was sending like, probably 15 to 25k in the first two three months.Really anyone can fall for this, right? There's no one type of victim.In every catfish, there's the bait. But why her?What is she, modern day hellin' of Troy or something? Is that what it is?Is she just got a face that somehow is more effective than other faces?And where is the real Jonesa?So yeah, my name is Hannah and I'm a journalist. Do you know Jonesa Brazil?My name is Hannah Jalah. Join me for love Jonesa, my wild quest to find her,the unwitting human face of a digital con, a story about sex, love, and survival that spans the globe.Touching down in the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, the United States, and Ghana.Do you ever sometimes feel bad that you're scamming people?Very, very bad. It's because of work, because of money.So I always feel bad for that.An eight-part true crime series from CBC podcasts and the BBC World Service.You win their arts, you win their wallet, and the rest is history.Love Jonesa, starting January 23rd.New episodes drop weekly on CBC listen, BBC sounds, or wherever you get your podcasts.