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Study of Spotify’s inner workings

28/02/2019

Spotify Teardown is a study of Spotify’s inner workings and provides an academic investigation into streaming music. The research was carried out by 5 Swedish academics to show the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into the streamed experience. Published by MIT Press on the 19th March 2019, the team of five researchers borrowed the notion of ‘teardown from reverse-engineering processes and disassembled Spotify’s product and the way it is […]

Spotify extends lead over Apple Music

25/02/2019

Spotify extends lead over Apple Music with paid subscriptions now reaching 96 million against Apple’s estimated 50 million, according to Statista. When Apple Music was launched in June 2015, industry experts thought that Apple’s enormous installed base of iOS devices together with the company’s legendary flair for marketing and branding would see it come out top in the competition with Spotify. However, Spotify has proved to be the more innovative moving quickly into new markets, […]

Spotify ends 2018 in the black

20/02/2019

Spotify ends 2018 in the black with Q4 2018 outperforming expectations and delivering operating income, net income and free cash flow numbers which were all positive. The number of monthly active users (MAU) grew 29% year on year to 207 million which was above expectations mainly due to improved subscriber retention and strong growth in Latin America and emerging regions. Despite improved performance in every area and strong forecast growth in 2019 the company is […]

Spotify acquires podcasting companies

15/02/2019

Spotify acquires podcasting companies Gimlet Media and Anchor to accelerate its growth in podcasting. Gimlet is an independent producer of podcast content, and Anchor is a market leading tool for podcast creation, publishing, and monetization services. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. With these acquisitions, Spotify is positioned to become both the premier producer of podcasts and the leading platform for podcast creators. Gimlet will bring to Spotify its best-in-class podcast studio with dedicated […]

Welsh Language Music Day playlists hosted on Spotify

Welsh Language Music Day gets streaming site

14/02/2019

Welsh Language Music Day gets streaming site with bilingual playlists hosted on Spotify. All kinds of Welsh language music is featured including indie, rock, punk, funk, folk, electronica, hip hop and more. The playlists were sponsored by Carmarthenshire County Council and curated in association with Stiwdio Box to celebrate the event on 8th February 2019. The initiative was launched following a pilot held last year when Welsh music was played at certain times during the […]

Spotify increases US Premium subscribers by 2 million

02/02/2019

Spotify increases US Premium subscribers by 2 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 according to investment research company Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, LLC (CIRP). As at 31st December 2018, CIRP estimates that in the US, 41% of Spotify users have a Spotify Premium subscription. “In our third survey of Spotify users, we see improvement on a range of metrics,” said Josh Lowitz, Partner and Co-Founder of CIRP. “We’ve seen Spotify steadily increase its paying […]

Spotify expands its Indian Music hub

29/01/2019

Spotify expands its Indian Music hub with the addition of the T-Series catalogue consisting of Bollywood and regional movie soundtracks as well as albums from established and emerging artists. With an estimated thirty million people of Indian origin living overseas they are now able to listen to thousands of songs from India’s leading music and film company. These additional songs will be added to Spotify’s existing Desi hub which launched in June 2018. The Desi […]