Soundcloud

Platform's premium tier is now available in 15 countries

Exec was previously SoundCloud's Head of Global Sales and Partnerships

A new exclusive artist spotlight will be released every two weeks over the two-month long campaign

Artist uploaded his first music to the platform eight years ago

SC101 kicks off with a 9-part ‘how-to’ short video series with live events to come later this year

Blog post was followed by an Instagram Q&A to "answer creator’s questions about distribution".

He joins SoundCloud with over a decade of experience at Napster

He joined SoundCloud in 2017

He was previously a Chief Product Officer at Samsung

SoundCloud Go+ and SoundCloud’s free, ad-supported tier are now available in 14 countries

'DJs at any level can utilize these artist-curated mixes to jump right into mixing sets using SoundCloud and TRAKTOR DJ 2.'

Integration follows launches with Pioneer DJ, Serato, Virtual DJ and DEX 3.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed

Former [PIAS] exec will work with Lisa Ellis, SoundClouds Global Head of Music, Artist Relations and Label Services

Company to roll out additional integrations later this year