In this roundup of the past week’s music industry news, we look back in on Amazon rapid growth in the battle for supreme streaming domination, major news outlets’ protesting of Ariana Grande’s photo agreement, Spotify test run of it’s premium duo discount subscription, and more! Amazon Music To Be 2019’s…
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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of this week’s most popular articles on Hypebot covered recent important updates to ‘Spotify for Artists.’ the latest in the PledgeMusic dumpster fire, what the approval of Article 13 means for YouTube’s safe harbor rules, and more. New Update To Spotify For Artists Portal PledgeMusic Update: Millions Owed, Buyer…
Alison Bonny Is Leaving Spotify And I’m Sad
Alison Bonny is leaving Spotify after eight years as Communications Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Bonny joined when Spotify had just a million subscribers and exits as it passes 200 million active users. The respected executive also spearheaded many of the streamer’s international launches. I’m not prone to…
Amazon Music To Be 2019’s Fastest Growing Music Streamer
Amazon Music will be the fastest growing music service in the US this year, according to a new analysis, crossing 35 million monthly listeners in 2019. That trend will continue through 2023. eMarketer predicts a growth rate for Amazon of 17.7% year over year. Earlier this week, eMarketer’s data dive…
To Combat Family Plan Subscriptions, Spotify Starts Testing Premium Duo
Will Premium Duo convince Spotify users to move away from heavily discounted family plans? Probably not, but it’s a start. Spotify Premium for Family hasn’t proven too fruitful for the company. Not for its bottom line, at least. In the company’s Q4 2…
Spotify Tests Premium Duo Discount Subscription For Two
Spotify is testing a new subscription plan called Premium Duo that offers two Premium subscriptions for the discounted price of €12.49 a month/$14.03 USD. The new plan also comes with a new custom playlist dubbed Duo Mix based on both duo member’s listening habits. The Duo Mix from SpotifyCares on…
A Wholistic Perspective On The Article 13 Solution To The Value Gap
Sweeping Article 13 copyright reform passed the European Parliament yesterday, effectively ending Safe Harbor protections for YouTube and shifting the paradigm for all sites based on user generated content. In this detailed article, Jason Peterson looks at the progression of Article 13 through European Parliament and what it means for…
Alison Bonny leaves Spotify after 8 years
Bonny joined Spotify shortly before its US launch in 2011
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Spotify buys true crime podcast company Parcast
Parcast specializes in mystery, crime, science fiction, and history content
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Doubling Down Again on Podcasts, Spotify Acquires Small Studio Parcast
Spotify has dug down deep on podcasts. For months, Spotify has made strategic moves into the booming podcast market. Last October, for example, the streaming music giant unveiled Spotify for Podcasters. The service would allow podcasters to quickly li…