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Daniel Ek: 3 things we learned from the Spotify boss in his latest interview

Exec covers exclusives, scale and Netflix comparisons in wide-ranging interview
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Pandora’s user base is now nearly one quarter of the size of Spotify’s, having lost 1.8m listeners in three months

Service ended Q3 with nearly 6.3m ‘self-pay’ subscribers
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Now More Than 1000 Musicians Are Boycotting Amazon

The number of musicians that have signed a “No Music for ICE” letter pledging a boycott of Amazon-sponsored festivals and other partnerships until the company ends support of human rights violations through contracts with ICE and other related US government agencies has now passed 1000. Deerhoof, Ted Leo, Álex Anwandter,…

New Spotify Kids App Launches In Beta

Spotify has launched in beta a new standalone app for children called Spotify Kids. Exclusive to Premium Family subscribers, the new app is intended for children 3 and older. Currently, the app is only available in Ireland and filters out explicit content, in addition to offering kid-friendly playlists that span…

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These 33 senior Spotify execs have left the company in the last 3 years.

Spotify has gotten pretty good at keeping the ‘churn’ rate of its paying subscribers down. The same can hardly be said about its own senior executive team. On Monday (October 28), Spotify announced its Q3 financial results, while confirming…

Labels Now Able To Pay Spotify To Promote Their Music

UPDATED: Spotify users may already be familiar with ‘Music For You’ notifications which sometimes pop up on the platform and now, in a new test run by Spotify, those notifications are for sale, allowing artists to promote directly to listeners without a need for third-party applications. _______________________________ Guest post by…

How The CASE Act Will Become Small Claims For Copyrights

Recently passed in the House of Representatives and expected to pass in the Senate, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (or CASE) Act, will arm creators with another tool to combat those infringing on their copyright. Here we break down how the law will work. ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby…