Spotify goes into partnership with the Obama's podcasting production company
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Spotify partners with the Obama’s podcasting company

Spotify partners with the Obama’s podcasting company – Higher Ground – to produce podcasts exclusively for the platform. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama formed Higher Ground in 2018 with an initial partnership with Netflix, to produce powerful stories to entertain, inform and inspire, and to lift up new, diverse voices in the entertainment industry. Under the Higher Ground partnership, President and Mrs. Obama will develop, produce, and lend their voices to select podcasts on […]

Spotify Stations - Android screenshots
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Spotify launches Stations radio app in US

Spotify launches Stations radio app in US after trialling the Pandora like app in Australia during 2018. The app which is available in both iOS and Android versions is a simpler version of the Spotify app which aims to give easier access to playlists. In a Google Play announcement, the streamer states: “Easily create stations for all the music you love, all for free. With the world’s music at your fingertips, finding the right thing […]

Spotify takes Car Thing for a test drive
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Spotify takes Car Thing for a test drive

Spotify takes Car Thing for a test drive to learn more about people’s in car listening habits and preferences. In a blog posting they have announced the trial of a voice-controlled music and podcast device called ‘Car Thing’. The trial which is limited at the moment to the US is for a small group of invited Spotify Premium users with the promise that “We might do similar voice-specific tests in the future, so don’t be […]

Spotify - Soundtrap for Storytellers
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Spotify launches Soundtrap for Storytellers

Spotify launches Soundtrap for Storytellers a cloud-based one-stop shop for podcast creation designed to make podcast production easy. Soundtrap for Storytellers is a comprehensive podcast creation tool that offers recording, remote multi-track interviewing with video chat, smart editing of audio as a text document, full audio production, direct-to-Spotify publishing of the podcast, and transcript publishing to optimize SEO all in one service. In a blog posting Spotify describes how it gathered together the hosts of […]

Spotify Q1 2019 Results
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Spotify reaches 100 million Premium subscribers

Spotify reaches 100 million Premium subscribers according to the streamer’s 2019 Quarter 1 results published on the 29th April 2019 and available in full here. In addition to its 32% year on year growth in Premium subscribers it recorded a growth of 26% in monthly active users (MAUs) during the year to 217 million users. Results for the quarter outperformed expectations with its Family Plan, Google Home Mini and Spotify Premium + Hulu promotions driving […]

CIRP – Spotify premium membership increases
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Spotify increases US Premium subscribers by 3 million

Spotify increases US Premium subscribers by 3 million in the first quarter of 2019 according to investment research company Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, LLC (CIRP). As at 31st March 2019, CIRP estimates that in the US, 37% of Spotify users have a Spotify Premium subscription. “We’ve now tracked Spotify for a full year, and the user base continues to grow steadily in the US” said Josh Lowitz, Partner and Co-Founder of CIRP. “In the most […]

Spotify Premium Duo
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Spotify trials couples subscription

Spotify trials couples subscription in five countries (Ireland, Poland, Denmark, Chile and Colombia). Branded Spotify Premium Duo, two people can combine two separate Spotify Premium accounts for €12.49 (Ireland pricing) all in a single bill. Given Spotify’s pricing structure of €/$/£9.99 for a Premium subscription and €/$/£14.99 for a Family Plan, the likely price in the rest of Europe, the US and UK could be €/$/£ 12.49 if the trial is extended to the rest […]