The end of LinkedIn’s Audio Events
LinkedIn launched Audio Events in 2022. The feature was the business professional-oriented social network’s answer to Twitter’s Spaces feature or the Clubhouse app. Streaming audio-only platforms became quite popular during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Clubhouse, for example, was valued at $1 billion at one point.
However, the audio streaming boom quickly ended as industry trends recalibrated following the end of lockdowns and the release of the COVID-19 vaccines. By 2023, Clubhouse was laying off half of its employees.
LinkedIn’s announcement says that the company is simply “unifying” its Audio Events and LinkedIn Live features. However, LinkedIn Live, the platform’s live streaming feature, requires that users stream via a third-party service.
LinkedIn Live, the platform’s live streaming feature, requires that users utilize a third-party streaming service. With the closure of Audio Events, LinkedIn will also be ending native streaming services on its platform.
