Analysis News After going public via SPAC deal, Spotify rival Deezer repositions brand ‘to attract Gen Z’ Company launches marketing campaign to attract younger users to its streaming service
Analysis News Spotify has spent $1.2bn+ on companies to scale its non-music business over the past 3 years A round-up on acquisitions made by Spotify over the past three years
News As live music bounces back after lockdown, Spotify dips a toe into concert ticket business Spotify tests concert ticket sales direct to fans
News Spotify’s online studio Soundtrap launches live collaboration, auto-save tools Soundtrap will showcase the new tools in a Spotify for Artists Masterclass video to be released Wednesday
News Spotify to roll out separate ‘Shuffle’ and ‘Play’ buttons for paying users Feature is expected to be available in the coming weeks through updates on iOS and Android mobile devices
News India-based telco Airtel poised to buy loss-making Spotify challenger Gaana Discussions between the parties have reportedly been going on for a few months
News Spotify quietly discontinues ‘Car Thing’ device shortly after US launch Device was unveiled by the streaming giant in April 2021
News Once again, Spotify avoids Netflix’s woes: Music streamer added 6m net subscribers in Q2 SPOT is now projecting that its total global user base will hit 450 million people by the close of September
Analysis News Netflix lost 970,000 subscribers in Q2. How will Spotify fare? ARM, Netflix's equivalent of ARPU, was up 7% at constant currency YoY
News Tencent Music launches ‘TME Business Intelligence for Artists’. It sounds a lot like Spotify for Artists. TME says new platform marks a "deepening" of what it calls its "dual engine content-and-platform strategy"
News Spotify buys popular music trivia game Heardle Spotify says that Heardle is 'more than a trivia game', and that it's 'also a tool for musical discovery'
News Ex-Spotify Head of Music Business Development Karibi Dagogo-Jack named Head of Music Partnerships at Roblox Exec's appointment forms part of a wider expansion of Roblox's global partnerships team
News Deezer goes public: Spotify rival makes stock market debut on Euronext Paris Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira rings opening bell
News Songwriters, rejoice: Spotify appeal FAILS to stop composers getting improved 15.1% streaming royalty rate in the US Bottom line: The streaming services are going to have to fork over a pile of cash to publishers and songwriters
News After signalling audiobooks push at its Investor Day, Spotify closes acquisition of Findaway SPOT entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company in November.