News 3 things to know about Spotify’s controversial new ‘pay for influence’ tool, Discovery Mode MBW sits down with Spotify to ask about its new tool, which some have accused of bearing the hallmarks of payola
News Spotify is letting record labels influence personalized recommendations… so long as they pay for it in royalties "As we learn from this experiment, we’ll carefully test expanding to other personalized areas of Spotify."
Analysis Spotify is testing price rises and paying labels billions – but, in alarming news for investors, it appears to have a subscriber problem in emerging markets (update) MBW digs into the numbers behind Spotify's newly-announced Q3 results – and discovers a surprising failure in the company's mission to grow everywhere
News Spotify subs grew by 6m in Q3, but Daniel Ek’s company has posted a net loss of over $500m so far this year ARPU down (again) but firm's total revenues jump above $2bn in the quarter
News Is Spotify in for a rough ride from UK politicians? New inquiry from British government to examine business models operated by streaming firms
News New Spotify format allows podcasters to place songs between talk segments in shows Premium listeners will hear full tracks as part of these shows and Free tier users will hear 30-second music previews
News Spotify increases price of Family Plan subscription in Australia Spotify Premium Family price increased for new users in Australia from October 1
News TuneCore partners with Spotify rival Gaana in India Gaana announced in August that it had surpassed 185m monthly active users
Analysis News Spotify has a patent for personality tracking technology – and it’s pretty creepy stuff "Future research could begin to link streaming behavior with brain scanning, genetic, and physiological data."
News Camille Hearst appointed Head of Spotify for Artists Exec joins from crowdfunding/membership platform Patreon
News Spotify is launching a new global brand to ‘connect with Black audiences’ Spotify also appears to be launching a new "hub" on the platform
News Spotify gets serious about its charts, launching weekly Top 50 lists for Albums and Songs Platform also launches new Debuts charts to track early popularity of tracks and albums
News New Spotify patent reveals company’s 3D Audio ambitions MBW discovers new filing that shows Spotify is building in-house tech that responds to a listener's environment
News Batman Unburied podcast revealed as first project from Spotify’s multi-year deal with DC Entertainment Writer and producer David S. Goyer (Batman Begins) originated the story for the series
Interviews News Daniel Ek: 3 things we learned from the Spotify CEO’s interview today Spotify co-founder faces down questions on the future of his company at Slush Music event