Analysis News Apple is investing in original podcasts – and Spotify investors aren’t happy about it Daniel Ek's company has earmarked between $400m and $500m to spend on acquiring podcast content and tools this year
Analysis News Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations album isn’t a record-breaker – but it just cleared 100m Spotify streams in three days Album generated $500,000 for Sheeran and Atlantic Records on Spotify in its first three days of availability
News Has Spotify given up on its emerging artist program, RISE? As Apple commits to Up Next, we haven't seen a hint of an update to Spotify's rival in nine long months
Analysis Spotify needs to scale its ad business. Can podcasts fix the problem, and if so, how? How does Spotify's ad revenue strategy line up with its podcast initiatives?
News Are you ready for Spotify: The Game Show? Spotify is hiring a reality Formats Lead to develop original game show, dating/romance, self-improvement and competition audio content
News Spotify Lite Android app rolled out in 36 markets across Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa App uses less storage, data, and battery power
News Could Spotify be about to launch in Russia for $2.35 per month? Unverified screenshot indicates that platform is coming soon, and cheaper than Apple Music
News Vodafone-owned Vodacom’s My Muze app takes on Spotify in South Africa with 1m downloads Vodafone subsidiary Vodacom boasts over 40m customers
News Because Music boss Emmanuel De Buretel calls for Spotify and rivals to adopt ‘user-centric’ licensing 'The so-called 'user centric' model, based on a user-based income distribution, would be more virtuous.'
News Spotify hires former VICE Media exec Cameron Farrelly as Global Creative Director "I will be developing campaigns, activation and original IP that the world will obsess about"
News A day after Spotify quits artist distribution, SoundCloud explains how it helps indie acts ‘build careers on their own terms’ Blog post was followed by an Instagram Q&A to "answer creator’s questions about distribution".
News Spotify decides it doesn’t want to be a distributor after all "The best way for us to serve artists and labels is to focus our resources on developing tools in areas where Spotify can uniquely benefit them."
News Spotify Global Head of Advertising Brian Benedik to exit company Brian Benedik will step down in September after six years with the music streaming service
News Spotify’s online podcast and music studio Soundtrap launches new free tier Company was acquired by Spotify in 2017
Analysis Blog Should Spotify pay songwriters and publishers the same amount as it pays artists and record labels? How much money can streaming services expect to pay in future – and why Atlas Music Publishing's CEO is thinking differently...