Spotify Partner Program, launched a year ago is widening its participation requirements, intending to bring in more podcasters. Three new criteria now define who can get in. Continue Reading
Here’s the pitch: “Spotlighting the people, connections, and stories behind your music.” Spotify is enhancing one of its artist features, and introducing a new one. Continue Reading
Spotify has developed a new array of subscription offers. Rather than the traditional in-or-out model, Spotify is testing a system of three Premium offerings: Light, Standard, and Platinum. Each one provides ad-free listening, with different limitations and benefits. Click for details. Continue Reading
— A most ambitious ranker / University of St. Andrews
— Core strength / MIDiA Research
— Taylor Swift fails miserably to beat first-day streaming record / Spotify
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TDirect Injection Podroll
Tops CoHost
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Whether intentionally timed to coincide with International Podcast Day or not, today’s news from Spotify is that CEO Daniel Ek will step aside. He will be replaced by two urrent execs, in a dual leadership arrangement — they also get loaded into the Board of Directors. Click for the details. Continue Reading
Three-way partnership Twit TV
Surreality Joe Copeman
Getting out of the way 25th Hour Group (Neil Schore)
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“Music has always been shaped by technology,” Spotify observes in a recent update of its work to control AI music submissions. The pace of generative AI music creation and submission has motivated the company to detail its recent efforts to keep the service’s music authorship honest and human. Spotify details three primary initiatives to control the use, and limit the misuse, of AI-generated audio. Continue Reading
Post-acquisition Promotion Audioboom
Acquiring Daylight Qcode
New Chapter Lindsay Adams
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Billion with a “B” The Weeknd
Ongoing Partnership iHeartMedia
A the Core Sounds Profitable
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Spotify unleashed its Q2 earnings this morning. (Transcript HERE.) Investors reacted to the cautious tone expressed by CEO Daniel Ek, pulling the stock price sharply downward. Within that framework of reaction, Spotify did report increased revenue and surging subscribers. Click for details, graphics and linkage. Continue Reading
Closed for Sharpening – JAR Audio
Books vs. Music – Spotify
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