Spotify

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Spotify hit 96m paying subscribers in 2018 – and just posted its first ever operating profit

Firm predicts that subscriber count will reach approximately 122m by end of 2019

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Spotify buys not one, but two podcasting companies: Gimlet Media and Anchor

Gimlet deal believed to have cost Spotify circa $230m

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Spotify didn’t launch in India today after all… and still doesn’t have major label approval to do so

Spotify's proposed average ad-funded rate in India will sit at less than $0.0005 per-play

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Spotify sued by IP company which claims streamer infringed Yahoo! patents

Complaint accuses Spotify of infringing the rights of four patents, all of which were born at Yahoo!

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Seven startups Spotify should (try to) buy to better serve artists

Merch, hardware, A&R, crowd-funding and more offered by some impressive young companies

Music Business Jobs

Spotify – Senior Manager, Original Content Licensing (US)

You have a minimum of five 5-7 years of legal, business affairs or content licensing experience

Job type: Licensing/Rights

Location: Los Angeles, United States

Application deadline: February 28, 2019

Music Business Jobs

Spotify – Senior Policy Manager, Trust & Safety (US)

We are seeking an outstanding Senior Policy Manager to join our growing Trust & Safety team. As a Senior Policy Manager, you will play a key role in how we define, enforce, and communicate our stance on policy issues (e.g. hate content) across ads, podcasts, music, and all other forms of user-generated content. What you’ll do … Continued

Job type: Operations

Location: New York, United States

Application deadline: March 1, 2019

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