News Spotify rolls out personalized in-app ‘Merch Hub’ based on users’ listening habits With Merch Hub, all artist merchandise is consolidated in one place
Interviews News With the biggest jazz album debut in Spotify history, AWAL says Laufey is bringing ‘jazz to Gen Z’ Laufey's single 'From The Start' is currently the most streamed jazz song in the world
News Spotify is hiring for government affairs experts in multiple markets amid ongoing battle with Apple Streaming giant is bulking up its team of government affairs experts whose job is to liaise with regulators and government officials
Analysis News The Spotify Top 20 is a snapshot of a much bigger story about independents, majors, and artist ownership From Drake to Taylor Swift, KAROL G, and Bad Bunny – different types of 'independent artist' are operating at the top of the modern global business
News Spotify to restrict some features for free-tier users in India to encourage paid subscriptions (report) Spotify is introducing limitations on features available to free-tier users in the market
News Spotify gives Premium subscribers access to 150,000+ audiobooks, and 15 hours free listening per month New offer to launch in the UK and Australia on October 4, with a later rollout in the US
News Ex-Spotify exec Jacob Deshayes named Chief Content Officer at Reactional Music; gaming veteran Kelly Sumner appointed Chairman Reactional claims to be 'the world’s first rule-based music engine, music delivery platform and personalization engine.'
News Spotify has patented a ‘digital mixtape’ generator that compiles users’ voice recordings with songs New patent issued to Spotify describes 'a system for generating and distributing a digital mixtape'.
News Spotify threatens Uruguay exit amid proposed changes to music copyright law Parliament of Uruguay is voting on a budget bill that includes proposals around 'equitable remuneration' for performers
News Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist feature for up to 32 users 'Jam' lets up to 32 users collectively build a playlist in real-time
Analysis News Spotify develops AI-powered voice cloning tool that can translate podcasts into multiple languages The new AI tool can translate podcasts into additional languages, all in the podcaster’s own voice
News Spotify’s rumored ‘Supremium’ tier to offer Lossless music and AI playlist creation at $19.99 per month (report) Leaked code reported by Reddit user offers an insight into SPOT's rumored new tier
Interviews News As Rema crosses 1bn Spotify streams, Mavin Records boss Don Jazzy says there’s ‘no ceiling for what he can go on to achieve’ Mavin Records founder Don Jazzy on his predictions for Afrobeats and for Rema following his new streaming milestone...
News Music tech company SonoSuite joins Spotify, YouTube, others in ‘Friends of IMPALA’ program Trade body's 'Friends' initiative is designed to facilitate collaboration between companies and the independent music sector
News Head of trade body representing UK songwriters switches to run US trade body representing Spotify, Amazon, and Pandora (who not so long ago were fighting to cut songwriters’ pay) Davies is filling in the role left by Garrett Levin, who stepped down as DiMA’s top executive after relocating to Geneva, Switzerland