News Spotify buys not one, but two podcasting companies: Gimlet Media and Anchor Gimlet deal believed to have cost Spotify circa $230m
News Spotify in talks to buy podcasting company Gimlet Media – reports Gimlet creates podcasts such as Startup, Crimetown and The Pitch
News Spotify didn’t launch in India today after all… and still doesn’t have major label approval to do so Spotify's proposed average ad-funded rate in India will sit at less than $0.0005 per-play
News Spotify sued by IP company which claims streamer infringed Yahoo! patents Complaint accuses Spotify of infringing the rights of four patents, all of which were born at Yahoo!
Analysis Seven startups Spotify should (try to) buy to better serve artists Merch, hardware, A&R, crowd-funding and more offered by some impressive young companies
News Create Music Group now shows daily YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music revenues to its artists Company claims "artists have never seen this before from any distributor"
News Spotify fake artists return – but who’s faking plays within user accounts? MBW reveals that plays were being falsely attributed to users as far back as March last year
News Spotify is adding a feature to block specific artists – report Users will be able to block artists from showing up in radio stations, Daily Mixes or Discover Weekly playlists
News Ariana Grande smashes Spotify 24-hour record with nearly 15m plays of 7 Rings Track attracts over 4 million more plays than prior record-holder
News Spotify is making voice-controlled hardware for the car – and could launch in India on January 31 Company working with tech firm Flex to create product, says FT
News Scottish investment firm Baillie Gifford owns nearly 10% of Spotify – a stake worth over $2bn The company had acquired 9.7% of Spotify's common stock by December 31
News Personalization startup Canopy hires Spotify Discover Weekly creator Matt Ogle and NYT journalist Bassey Etim Canopy uses on-device machine learning for content discovery
News Netflix just raised its prices for the third time since Spotify launched in the USA Netflix's premium tier is $4 per month more expensive than it was in 2015
News Spotify could launch in India by the end of the month – report The company 'is rumored to be hosting a launch party' in Mumbai at the end of the month
Analysis News Spotify’s global user base grew faster last year than it did in 2017 Monthly active users jumped 43m in 2018 – but subscriber growth is more complicated