After Apple’s Verizon deal, free Spotify subscriptions offered to customers of rival AT&T

AT&T Unlimited & More Premium customers can select a Spotify Premium subscription from one of seven premium entertainment options for free
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Spotify Premium Is Now Free For Select AT&T Customers

Spotify and AT&T now offer select mobile customers a free Spotify Premium account. Starting Tuesday, AT&T Unlimited & More Premium customers can claim the free subscription. Spotify joins Pandora Premium, HBO, Cinemax. Showtime, Starz and VRV as one of 7 options to add on at no cost. Additionally, select AT&T…

4 Mistakes To Not Make In Your Music Career

While the gauntlet of challenges musicians face has become a theme seen over and over again in popular culture and reality, many of these mistakes are as avoidable as they are devastating. Here we look at four common pitfalls artists stumble into and what can be done to prevent them…

Spotify’s Q2 2019 — The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Spotify has released its financial report for the second quarter of 2019 (Q2 2019). First, the good news. For the three months ended June 30th, 2019, the music streaming giant reported 232 million monthly active users (MAU), up 29% over the same period…

Why Music Artists Must Be Verified On Spotify – What To Know

Spotify has done wonders for allowing artists to share their music with the world, and having a Spotify presence right from the beginning can do a lot to help artists reach their intended audience. Unfortunately, many artists neglect getting verified on the platform – something which has a number of…

Playlist Placement Does Not A Marketing Strategy Make

While playlist placement has become the holy grail for many artists and their promoters, this new case study of sorts from Kieron Donaghue, looks at how playlist placement alone is not in and of itself sufficient as a marketing strategy. ________________________ Guest post by Kieron Donaghue of here.org.uk Last Friday…

How To Make Collaborative Playlists On Spotify, Apple Music

One of the best parts of listening to music is getting to share it with your friends, and thanks to the magic of modern playlisting, collaborative playlist creation can is now a reality. Here Randy Zimmerman walks us through how to create group playlists on both Spotify and Apple Music….

Who are the two ‘major labels’ that have signed new deals with Spotify? Clue: not Universal or Warner.

Sony and Merlin both have active deals in place with Daniel Ek’s company, MBW understands
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Spotify Passes 232M Monthly Users, 108M Subscribers

Spotify has passed 232 million monthly active users, up 29% since this time last year, including 108 million paid subscribers, up 31% YoY. The new stats were one of many strong new numbers shared by the streamer in a Q2 earnings report on Wednesday.

Spotify’s paying subscriber base grows to 108m, as total Monthly Active User count hits 232m

Latest figures show growth both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year
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