Quick Hits: Sony and Spotify
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. First, Sony would consider its own streaming service one day. Second, Spotify celebrates its 10th birthday. Continue Reading
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Spotify’s head of Latin music leaves for Warner Music Group
Rocío Guerrero is departing her role as head of Latin music at Spotify. She joined the streaming service in 2011 and played a critical role in building the cultural cache of the platform’s Viva Latino and Baila Reggaeton playlists. Continue Reading
Acast partnering with Spotify for podcast distribution
Acast announced that it is collaborating with Spotify to create a distribution channel for its podcasts. The deal includes integrations within the Acast Create content management system. Continue Reading
Spotify’s co-founders planning to sell off another round of shares
Spotify’s two co-founders may be planning another sale of their shares in the streaming service. Swedish publication Di Digital cited SEC filings from the start of the month that pointed to another sale from both Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. Continue Reading
Spotify fails in effort to throw out Bluewater mechanical licensing lawsuit
Spotify is facing down another legal case, with a lawsuit filed in July 2017 moving forward in courts. Bluewater Music Services Corporation filed claims of copyright infringement by the streaming platform, listing nearly 2,400 songs where it said Spotify had not acquired the proper licenses. Continue Reading
Google Maps gets musical with multiple streaming integrations
Google Maps has long been the gold standard for navigation, and the platform’s latest update includes a musical angle. The maps service added integrations with Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music. Continue Reading
Spotify opens its podcast section to all podcasters with Spotify for Podcasts
Spotify has launched a beta test for a new dedicated portal for podcasts. Spotify for Podcasters lets any users distribute their shows to the streaming service by submitting their RSS feeds. The dashboard also offers daily statistics and analytics about a show’s complete catalog or individual episodes in addition to back-end management. Continue Reading
Spotify dabbles in DNA, struggles to authenticate family memberships
Spotify has had a series of developments over the past few days. That’s not unusual for the streaming service, which has been aggressively seeking more subscribers and revenue sources after going public. But many of the updates from the last week are circling around the concepts of family and community. Continue Reading
Show Shouts: iHeart and HowStuffWorks, USA Today’s augmented reality, Spotify’s covers
Show Shouts highlights noteworthy new and upcoming podcasts from across the vast and fast-growing category. Today’s updates are the first new project from iHeartRadio and HowStuffWorks, an experiment with augmented reality from USA Today, and cover songs with Spotify. Continue Reading
Deezer and Spotify report triple-digit growth in podcast listening
Research is showing lots of growth in the podcast space, and now some individual platforms are corroborating those trends. Both Spotify and Deezer released internal data about their rates of podcast consumption, and both services are finding successes with that audio format. Continue Reading
Spotify to offer education, live podcast show at BBC Music event
Spotify will be participating in the second annual live event from BBC Music Introducing. The audio streaming service has teamed with the BBC branch to present a series of live podcasts and masterclasses at the event, scheduled for November 8-10 in London. Continue Reading
Spotify now trialing direct music uploads for independent artists
Spotify is best testing a new process that will allow independent artists to upload their music directly to the streaming platform. The feature is being offered to a small group of performers through the Spotify For Artists management dashboard. Continue Reading