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.
News Spotify now enables fans to pay artists money direct, via Cash App and PayPal.me partnerships Long-awaited 'tipping' feature arrives through association with third-party apps
News Spotify For Artists product lead, Tracy Chan, joins Twitch: ‘I believe there’s a massive opportunity to help artists connect with their fans through live streaming.’ "Tracy is joining our team at a critical moment as we continue to see growing interest from both new and established musical talent joining Twitch."
News Swedish audio tech firm Dirac raises $6m; appoints former Spotify exec Jonathan Forster to Board of Directors Forster to 'help catalyze the company’s expansion into the streaming market'.
News Spotify enables more artists & businesses to run audio ads as self-serve ‘Ad Studio’ moves out of beta and expands into 18 new markets 'Ad Studio marks the start of a new chapter.'
News Ex YouTube Head of Publishing Victoria Campoamor joins Spotify as Senior Director, Content Operations & Services Exec was previously YouTube's Global Head Of Publishing Strategy and Operations