Spotify for Artists Upload Beta to close with the streamer relying on its distribution partners to enable independent artists to upload their music to Spotify. In a blog posting, Spotify announced that the beta which started a year ago will be closing and that from the end of the month they will not be accepting any new uploads. All the participating artists have been informed of the closure and they are being encouraged to ‘lean […]
Spotify updates ‘Your Library’ with a refreshed look that makes it easier to switch between Music and Podcasts. The new version of Your Library puts Music and Podcasts on new tabs needing only a tap or a swipe to toggle between the two sections. Your Library – new Podcast features The new design allows you to manage your podcasts in three distinct sections: Episodes, Downloads, and Shows. Episodes The Episodes tab allows you to quickly […]
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 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 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 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 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 […]
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