The Triton Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker has seen Spotify’s listening metric streak upward since the music service joined the Ranker in January, 2015. Three years later, in January of this year, Spotify overtook Pandora for the first time. Continue Reading
Spotify has acquired mechanical licensing company Loudr, a move that could bring more expertise and technology into the streaming company to tackle that thorny topic. Loudr offers services to help content creators, aggregators, and music services to identify and pay mechanical royalties to publishers. Continue Reading
Spotify and Hulu are expanding their bundle deal. A joint subscription for the streaming audio and streaming video services was first announced in September. At that time, it was only available to college undergraduates. Now, the two companies have expanded the option to all customers. Continue Reading
Spotify is back in the rumor mill, this time with questions about its free listening tier. Bloomberg reported that the streaming service is considering changes to improve the mobile experience. Possible changes include quicker access to playlists and more listener control over what songs they hear on select playlists. Continue Reading
Spotify recently made waves in the financial sector with its unique direct listing, but the company’s next move is expected to be firmly back in the tech space. Spotify is hosting an event on April 24 to share its latest development. According to the early reports and speculation, that development may be a piece of dedicated hardware for streaming Spotify via voice control in a car. Continue Reading
Spotify has been trading on the New York Stock Exchange for two full days, meaning we’re starting to see the streaming service’s shares near a potential equilibrium after the hotly-anticipated direct listing. The business debuted on April 3 at about $165 per share for a valuation of about $30 billion. Today’s trading opened at about $150 per share and, as of publish time, it has hovered near that price since. Continue Reading
Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify, has often been quoted taking the long view of the streaming music industry, and the destiny of his company. Today is a milestone in Spotify’s business history, as SPOT begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Memorializing the moment, Ek posted a letter on his company’s internal blog. “We are only in the second inning,” he said. Continue Reading
Spotify has been making strides into the podcasting space, and its latest new creation comes in collaboration with Genius. The lyrics-focused company, previously named Rap Genius, is working with Spotify on a podcast called Déjà Vu. Continue Reading
Spotify has shared a financial outlook for 2018, and the projection includes some very large numbers for the streaming service. In the first quarter of 2018, the company said it expects to see between 168 million and 171 million monthly active users. Continue Reading
8tracks has announced a new integration with Spotify. In the latest version of the 8tracks iOS app, listeners’ favorited tracks can be automatically saved to a dedicated Spotify playlist. With this “8tracks Discoveries” playlist, people can revisit their finds on-demand. Continue Reading
Songwriters and composers in the UK are making a push for music publishers to include them in their recent licensing negotiations. Ahead of Spotify’s direct listening date, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors is calling on publishers to commit to sharing proceeds from their sales of stock in the streaming music company. Continue Reading
Spotify has hired Tom Connaughton as its head of artist and label marketing for the UK. Connaughton previously worked at Vevo, most recently as the video company’s senior vice president of creative content and programming. Continue Reading