June 2021

Spotify creates an all year round ‘Wrapped’ experience

04/06/2021

Spotify creates an all year round ‘Wrapped’ experience containing shareable personalised playlists in an in-app feature it has branded Only You. Only You features Your Audio Birth Chart: It’s a musical meeting of cosmic proportions. Your Sun sign details the artist you listened to most over the last six months. Your Moon sign demonstrates an artist you listen to that best shows your emotional or vulnerable side. Your Rising sign brings it all together with an artist you’ve recently connected with. […]

Streamers celebrate Pride Month 2021

03/06/2021

Streamers celebrate Pride Month 2021 with dedicated channels devoted to LGBTQIA+ artists and creators from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify and YouTube Music. Events of all kinds will be held during June in many countries including the UK and US to remember and celebrate when the Stonewall Riots took place back in 1969. This is a round up of the offerings from the mainstream streaming services. Amazon Music launches Pride History On the 29th […]

Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic

02/06/2021

Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic according to the Infinite Dial 2021 Canada from Edison Research and Triton Digital. The research carried out in February 2021 surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1001 people aged 18 and older. It found that 27% of Canadians 12+ own a smart speaker, up one percentage point from 2020, and smart speaker households in Canada now own an average of 1.8 of the devices, up from 1.7 in 2020. […]