Search Results for: "spotify"

Spotify Is Officially Selling Concert Tickets On-Platform: ‘Your Destination For Live Events’

August 10, 2022

Photo Credit: Benjamin Sharpe In late June, Spotify unveiled a revamped “Live Events Feed” – and touted its perceived role in helping fans to “find the perfect show.” Now, the streaming giant is officially se... Read More...

Spotify Discontinues ‘Car Thing’ — But Continues Selling It

Ashley King

August 4, 2022

Spotify bows out of the hardware game by discontinuing its 'Car Thing' -- but continues selling it to buyers who aren't in the know. The music streaming giant launched its Car Thing earlier this year -- an e... Read More...

How to Add Family Members to a Spotify Family Account

Ashley King

August 4, 2022

Photo Credit: Omid Armin Did you know you can now have up to six total users under one Spotify family plan? Here's how to add family members to your Spotify account. Since changing how its subscriptions were... Read More...

What Happened to Spotify’s Car Thing? Spotify Exits Hardware

Ashley King

August 3, 2022

Photo Credit: Spotify What happened to Spotify's Car Thing? The music streaming giant appears to exit car hardware experiment. If you didn't jump at the chance to buy a Spotify Car Thing for $89.99, they're ... Read More...

Spotify Launches Individual Shuffle & Play Buttons as Premium Feature

Ashley King

August 2, 2022

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify is launching individual shuffle and play buttons for its Premium users. Spotify says the new separate buttons are intended to improve the listening experience. "This new change ... Read More...

Spotify’s ‘RapCaviar’ Playlist is Getting a Video Podcast in August

Ashley King

July 31, 2022

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify's popular RapCaviar playlist is launching a video podcast on August 4, hosted by Brandon "Jinx" Jenkins. Perhaps the most influential curated rap playlist in the world, Spotify'... Read More...

All That Remains Frontman Calls Spotify a ‘Destructive Force’ In the Industry — “A Lot of Artists Can’t Just Put Out Music Every Couple of Days”

Ashley King

July 31, 2022

Photo Credit: Stefan Brending / CC by 3.0 All That Remains vocalist Phil Labonte is the latest to highlight Spotify's bottom-scraping royalty rates — and the unrealistic demands it puts on artists. Labonte a... Read More...

What Recession? Spotify Spent Over $320 Million to Purchase Sonantic, Findaway, Podsights, and Chartable

Dylan Smith

July 29, 2022

Spotify has revealed the price tags associated with some of its latest acquisitions – including podcast-advertising firms Podsights and Chartable, AI-voice startup Sonantic, and audiobook service Findaway – i... Read More...

More ‘Running Up That Hill Stats — Spotify Plays Approach 500MM, Streams Up 9,000% Since ‘Stranger Things’

Ashley King

July 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Kate Bush Spotify reveals more "Running Up That Hill" stats -- Kate Bush streams jumped 9,000% since Stranger Things, with help from TikTok. Since its prominent feature in the fourth season of ... Read More...

ByteDance Files U.S. Trademark Application For ‘TikTok Music’ — Is Another Spotify Competitor On the Way?

Dylan Smith

July 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Eyestetix Studio TikTok parent company ByteDance has filed a U.S. trademark application for “TikTok Music” – prompting speculation that the Beijing-headquartered business could debut a stateside... Read More...

Ed Sheeran Becomes the First Artist to Reach 100 Million Spotify Followers

Ashley King

July 27, 2022

Photo Credit: Ed Sheeran's Twitter Ed Sheeran becomes the first artist to reach 100 million followers on Spotify and celebrates with a fun video clip. Spotify sent Ed Sheeran a t-shirt to celebrate the miles... Read More...

Spotify Stock Surges As Monthly Active Users Crack 433 Million, Ad Revenue Jumps By 30%

Dylan Smith

July 27, 2022

Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) is surging after the company added six million paid accounts and about four million ad-supported users during Q2 2022, when revenue from the latter hiked by nearly 30 percent quarte... Read More...

Fitness Apps Are Using Indie Music to Revolutionize Workouts — With Additional Growth and Licensing Opportunities Forthcoming

Sync Licensing Is Evolving — Now There’s a Comprehensive Analysis of the Music Industry’s Most Exciting Segment

How Sync Licensing Helped Musicians Thrive When Live Music Was Paused

Kate Bush Thanks Stranger Things Fans for Giving ‘Running Up That Hill’ a New Lease on Life

Here’s How Apple Has Dominated Sync Licensing for Two Decades Running

The Methodology Behind Great Sync: A Breakdown for Brands, Content Creators and Supervisors

Developing Trends in the Music Sync Space — A Worldwide Conversation With Leading Female Music Supervisors

Quadraphonic Sound Died In the 1970s. So Why Is Somebody Bringing It Back?

Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music Are Only Getting Bigger — Which Is Great News for Niche Streaming Platforms

Meet the Artist Who Is Literally Saving His Fans’ Lives — Our Latest Podcast

How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn’t)

Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career — Our Latest Podcast

‘Bone Conduction’ Headphones Don’t Go Over Your Ears — But Still Transmit Sound to Your Inner Cochlea

Now That the Music Modernization Act Has Passed, Who’s Gonna Run the Damn Thing?

Spotify Is Officially Selling Concert Tickets On-Platform: ‘Your Destination For Live Events’

Spotify Discontinues ‘Car Thing’ — But Continues Selling It

How to Add Family Members to a Spotify Family Account

What Happened to Spotify’s Car Thing? Spotify Exits Hardware

Spotify Launches Individual Shuffle & Play Buttons as Premium Feature

Spotify’s ‘RapCaviar’ Playlist is Getting a Video Podcast in August

All That Remains Frontman Calls Spotify a ‘Destructive Force’ In the Industry — “A Lot of Artists Can’t Just Put Out Music Every Couple of Days”

What Recession? Spotify Spent Over $320 Million to Purchase Sonantic, Findaway, Podsights, and Chartable

More ‘Running Up That Hill Stats — Spotify Plays Approach 500MM, Streams Up 9,000% Since ‘Stranger Things’

Ed Sheeran Becomes the First Artist to Reach 100 Million Spotify Followers

Spotify Stock Surges As Monthly Active Users Crack 433 Million, Ad Revenue Jumps By 30%