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Spotify Playlist Strategist Doug Ford Joins Exec Exodus

Spotify has confirmed that Doug Ford, a senior director and head of music culture & editorial, will be exiting the streamer. Ford, who joined Spotify in 2013 as part of its acquisition of music discovery app Tunigo, has been one of Spotify’s top executives in charge of playlisting across genres….

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Spotify Stock Below IPO Day Price, $6.7B Off Peak Valuation

Spotify stock is continuing to struggle, closing Thursday at $148.96 and just below its $198.99 per share peak just three months ago. That leaves the streamer with a $26.31 billion market cap, down $6.7 billion from a $33 billion peak summer valuation. The stock slipped as low as $146.01 in…

A&R ‘Moneyball’ is hotter than ever. But will it actually improve the music business?

After Apple’s acqui-hire of Asaii, what’s next for AI-driven artist discovery?
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Looks Like Spotify’s Crackdown on Family Plan Abusers Is Working

Apparently a lot of people have been using the ‘Family Plan loophole’ to get cut-rate Spotify Premium. So far this year, Spotify has lost a lot of money. In its second quarter 2018 report, the company revealed a steep deficit of $460 million, up 133.1%…

Spotify Playlist Submission Exits Beta, 1 of 6 Scored Official Playlist Placement

In July, Spotify opened the process of submitting music to Official Spotify playlists – 2018’s holy grail of music marketing – to all artists and labels. The submission tool has now exited beta, and the stats from the first few months are impressive. Since July, more than 67,000 artists and…

Spotify UK hires Christie Driver-Snell as Editor for Dance Music

Ex-Rinse exec will report into Austin Daboh, Spotify’s Head of Shows and Editorial in the UK
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Spotify Is Now 10 – How Has It Impacted Music?

Although the Swedish streaming service couldn’t have been introduced to the market at worse time, Spotify has managed to not only endure but grow. Now ten years in, we look at both the good and the bad brought about by the platform’s presence in the music industry. ____________________________ Guest post…