RAIN News
Menu Close
  • About
  • Podcast Business Lunch
  • Metrics & Research
  • Thought Leaders
  • RAIN Summits
    • RAIN 2021: Global Business Summit
    • RAIN 2021: Global Audio Evolution
    • RAIN Podcast Business Summit 2021
    • RAIN Digital Britain 2020
  • Podcasting

Spotify

Spotify brings Stations app to U.S.

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Spotify has launched a new standalone app in the United States. Stations is a lean-back listening experience with minimal user inputs. It made its first appearance on Android mobile devices in Australia in January 2018. Continue Reading →

News Spotify

Spotify is exploring a Social Listening shared queue feature

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Spotify has another new feature idea being tested by some of its employees. The tool is called Social Listening, and its a way for a group of people to share control of their playback. Continue Reading →

News Spotify

Spotify hires new managing director for Australia and New Zealand

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Spotify has hired Karen Lawson for its operations in Australia and New Zealand. She joins the streaming service as the managing director for those two markets and will report to Global Head of Markets Cecilia Qvist. Continue Reading →

News Spotify

Spotify publishing exec Adam Parness to exit

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Adam Parness is departing Spotify. He joined the streaming service in 2017 for a post as global head of publishing, and has played a key role in building up the visibility of songwriters and producers within Spotify’s ecosystem. Continue Reading →

News Spotify

Spotify shares podcast stats and advertising examples

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Spotify released a blog post with some statistics about its redoubled efforts in podcasting. The company said that its monthly audience of podcast listeners grew 175% internationally over the past year. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Spotify

Spotify did make in-car hardware, but it’s not for the general audience

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Anna Washenko

About this time last year, the industry speculation pointed to Spotify working on its own hardware for use in cars. Now, the company has released some insights on that project. The most notable news is that while Spotify has created an in-auto device, it’s not for consumer use. Continue Reading →

Connected Car Spotify

Spotify pushes further into podcast creation with Soundtrap for Storytellers program

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Spotify introduced a new tool called Soundtrap for Storytellers that will further solidify its new reputation in podcasting. The new cloud-based tools are the result of Spotify’s acquisition of Soundtrap in late 2017. Continue Reading →

News, Podcasting Spotify

Triton Webcast Metrics January: Spotify out; new regional Ranker; new Sales Network measurement added

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Brad Hill

With the launch of the Webcast Metrics Top-20 Ranker, Triton Digital we see three important changes: Spotify has dropped out of the Ranker; A new regional ranker is introduced; a new Sales Network statistic appears. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research iHeartRadio, Pandora, Spotify, Triton Digital, Triton Digital Top 20 Ranker

Spotify: Dramatically revolutionize podcast advertising (earnings follow-up)

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Brad Hill

Spotify’s recent quarterly investor call was entirely a Q&A affair. Accordingly, the call provided a rich record of responses from CEO Daniel Ek and CFO Barry McCarthy about podcasting. Continue Reading →

Podcasting Spotify

Spotify: 100M subscribers, 217M total monthly users, emphasis on podcasting (earnings call)

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Brad Hill

Round numbers might be arbitrary, but that doesn’t stop this from being a milestone day for Spotify: Spotify now has 100-million subscribers. Combined with the free-listening ad-supported part of Spotify, total monthly active users (MAUs) sits at 217-million. Continue Reading →

News Daniel Ek, Spotify

Spotify India rollout stumbles with Saregama licensing

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Brad Hill

Spotify’s launch in India’s listening market has proceeded with good news this year, but has reportedly hit a stumbling point in its negotiation with Saregama, India’s oldest record label.  Continue Reading →

Copyrights & Legal Saragema, Spotify

Spotify users buy more cars; Oracle helping to build that market

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Brad Hill

Spotify and software company Oracle are partering to segment spotify’s listening audience in a particular way, and present that targeting to automotive marketers.The key metric initiating this venture is 26% — that’s the rate above average at which Spotify listeners buy cars. Continue Reading →

Advertising & Monetization, Tech Oracle, Spotify

Post navigation

Older Articles
Newer Articles
SUBSCRIBE

ABOUT

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise on RAIN News
  • Privacy Policy

Subscribe to the RAIN newsletter!

© 2026 RAIN News. All rights reserved.
Hiero by aThemes
Enjoy great online radio at AccuRadio!