Spotify In The News

Warner Music Group and Spotify strike podcast development deal

Original podcasts to be built around WMG’s artists’ and songwriters’ catalogs

TikTok users watch the app for an average of 89 minutes per day – and there’s 732m of them worldwide

Leaked pitch deck reveals a slew of the Bytedance app's key numbers in 2021

‘Popularity is by far the biggest determinant of success in streaming, just as it has been for every recorded format before it.’

The BPI's Geoff Taylor puts across his point of view on the UK's current streaming inquiry

Spotify is officially a hardware maker now, as Car Thing arrives in the US

Music streaming company's voice controlled smart device gets limited US release

Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 9% to $2bn last year, thanks to streaming’s lockdown boom

Streaming surges ahead in Germany, as CD continues to slide

Another $1bn washes into the music business, as CTM partners with US fund to buy publishing and master rights

Partnership has already acquired over 1,000 songs from TEN Music Group, including hits by Rihanna and Shakira

Tencent-owned music streaming service JOOX inks licensing deal with Merlin

Agreement licenses Merlin content via JOOX’s ad-supported and premium tiers, as well as its karaoke feature

Spotify opens personalized ‘On Repeat’ playlist to brand sponsorship

Playlist opens for sponsorship across 30 markets in North America, Europe, Latin America, and APAC