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Spotify Billions Club to Hit 500 Songs—Does Apple Music Have One?

Ashley King

September 21, 2023

Photo Credit: Ditto Music Ditto Music predicts that Spotify will have 500 songs reach the billion stream milestone before Apple Music welcomes its first. Is that accurate? Global music distribution and label... Read More...

Russell Brand Content Is Getting Deactivated on Spotify, Too

Ashley King

September 19, 2023

Photo Credit: Digital Music News Following some serious sexual assault allegations, comedian and actor Russell Brand is seeing his content demonetized across the internet. YouTube made a statement—but Spotify... Read More...

Spotify continues fight against Apple's monopoly with the App Store

Spotify Continues Its Fight Against Apple’s App Store Monopoly — ‘The Future of the Internet Economy Depends on It’

Ashley King

September 18, 2023

Photo Credit: Trac Vu Spotify says 'the future of the internet economy depends on' limiting Apple's App Store dominance. In its continued stand against Apple and its monopolistic practices in its App Store, ... Read More...

Spotify Introduces Songwriter Promo Cards

Ashley King

September 14, 2023

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify introduces Songwriter Promo Cards, a promotional tool to enable songwriters to highlight their songs and get discovered by new listeners and potential collaborators alike. Spoti... Read More...

MTV’s VMAs Still Drive Healthy Streaming Spikes for Artists—A Peek at the Data

Ashley King

September 14, 2023

Photo Credit: MTV YouTube The 2023 MTV VMAs may not command the viewership of years past—but the impact on music streaming is still noticeable. Let's take a peek at Spotify data to see it. Viewership for thi... Read More...

Spotify Paid-Promotion Frenzy Continues With ‘Showcase’ — Pay-Per-Click Banner Ads Plastered Directly on the App’s Homepage

Dylan Smith

September 12, 2023

Showcase is set to place music adverts front and center on Spotify's homepage. Photo Credit: Spotify Another day, another step on Spotify's journey towards $100 billion in annual revenue: The service has offi... Read More...

Spotify Launches ‘Daylist’ Artificial Intelligence Playlist Following Encouraging AI DJ Reception

Dylan Smith

September 12, 2023

Spotify has officially launched an AI playlist called Daylist in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Photo Credit: Spotify About one month after expanding its artificial intellige... Read More...

Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ Becomes the First Song by an African Artist to Reach 1 Billion Spotify Streams

Ashley King

September 12, 2023

Photo Credit: Spotify Rema's 'Calm Down' becomes the first song led by an African artist to join Spotify's Billions Club. Spotify announces that Nigerian star Rema's song "Calm Down" featuring Selena Gomez h... Read More...

Spotify CEO Says ’30-Second’ Trick for Scamming Royalties Doesn’t Work

Ashley King

September 11, 2023

Photo Credit: Imtiyaz Ali Spotify CEO Daniel Ek denies a Wall Street analyst's claims that Spotify's royalty system can be gamed. Here's the latest. Financial analysts at JP Morgan estimated someone could ma... Read More...

Are 10% of Spotify Streams Really ‘Fake’? — New Report Prompts Fresh Industry Conjecture

Ashley King

September 11, 2023

Photo Credit: Magnus Hoij / CC by 2.0 Are 10% of Spotify streams really 'fake'? The latest report from the Financial Times prompts more industry conjecture in a time of AI uncertainty. On the heels of Swedis... Read More...

Spotify Reportedly Set To Bring 20 Hours of Free Monthly Audiobook Access to Premium Accounts

Dylan Smith

September 11, 2023

Spotify is reportedly preparing to enable paid users to access 20 hours' worth of of audiobooks per month at no additional charge. Photo Credit: Distingué CiDDiQi Three months back, reports indicated that Spo... Read More...

Spotify CFO comments on company's failing podcast strategy

Spotify CFO Addresses the Podcasting Elephant In the Room — “Okay, How Can We Structure Deals Differently?”

Ashley King

September 7, 2023

Photo Credit: ConvertKit Spotify spent more than $1 billion building a podcast empire that quickly crumbled around it. Now, Spotify's CFO says the company is structuring content deals differently. Kim Kardas... Read More...