News Spotify’s market cap value soars by nearly $4bn in wake of landmark Joe Rogan podcast deal Deal with comedian sent company's stock price soaring over next 24 hours
News Spotify countersues indie label, whose founder remains defiant: ‘I look forward to our day in court.’ Jake P. Noch responds to countersuit as fallout over alleged fraudulent streams escalates
Analysis Spotify’s $100m+ Joe Rogan deal redefines its podcast strategy. Songwriters and record labels should be watching closely. Why Spotify's big money buys might concern music's most powerful rightsholders
News Spotify inks multi-year exclusive deal for The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, including audio and video 'We're very excited to begin this new chapter of the JRE and I hope you're there when we cross over.'
News Spotify adds 12 new original podcasts in India and inks content partnerships with Radio City, Big FM, and Aawaz.com Content from Radio City, Big FM, and Aawaz.com exclusively available on streaming platform
News Spotify invites record labels into Spotify For Artists, shutters Spotify Analytics Spotify Analytics users will be brought into Spotify for Artists over the coming months
News Bang goes the ARPU: Spotify now giving away 3 months of Premium for free – around the world Offer available to Individual, Family or Spotify With Kids in all markets except Japan
News Spotify inks licensing deal with India’s oldest label, Saregama Deal will see 100,000 songs added to Spotify's catalog in the market
News Spotify hires former HBO exec Eve Konstan as General Counsel Horacio Gutierrez: "[Eve's] extensive experience in the media industry and her proven leadership skills will be a great asset to the company!"
News Spotify is testing in-app video podcasts (report) Global test has been carried out with YouTube stars Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar
News Loss-making Spotify will continue to put growth ahead of profit for ‘next few years’ Daniel Ek: "Eventually we will get to more of a point of maturity where we'll focus more on profit over growth, but for the next few years it's going to be predominantly growth for us."
News Spotify sued by Canadian audio firm VoxTonePro for alleged theft of ad-tech trade secrets "This is a case about a big business stealing from a small business."
Analysis News Daniel Ek says Spotify’s subscription growth is increasing. But that’s not true in monetary terms. It all depends on whether you're counting heads, or you're counting money
News Despite COVID-19, Spotify’s Premium subscriber base grew by 6m in Q1 2020, up to 130m Total monthly active users (MAUs), meanwhile, grew 31% YoY to 286m.
News Netflix added over 5m paying subscribers per month in Q1 2020. Is this a promising sign for Spotify? Could music streaming see a similar COVID-driven subscription bump? We're about to find out.