Spotify goes all-in on exclusive podcasts, Facebook’s new brand-safety tools, Uber launches audio-recording feature

“We see a huge opportunity in front of us. It's going to be a big business.”

This week’s issue of The Hollywood Reporter features an excellent cover profile of Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek and content chief Dawn Ostroff that gives readers an inside look at the company’s plans to transform Spotify into “the world's No. 1 audio platform.”

You knew Spotify were serious players in the podcast game when they signed the Obamas, who had alre…