Vi—which was created from the merger of the telecom companies Vodafone India and the Aditya Birla Group conglomerate’s Idea Cellular—has entered into a partnership with Spotify. Through the tie-up, Vi […]
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Justin Bieber continues post-Coachella surge with live album
Immediately after Justin Bieber’s first set at Coachella this year, we saw some mutterings online of the ‘he was playing his old YouTube videos and singing along, that’s that about?’ […]
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Building a More Trusted Platform for Artists and Listeners
In today’s music landscape, it’s more important than ever for artists to build real connections with their listeners. Artists want to represent themselves authentically, deepen their relationships with fans, and […]
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Spotify seeking to grow ad business via AI ad voice-overs and automation
Yesterday, we reported that Snap was looking to juice up its ad offer by adding AI-powered tools, and lo! here’s another ad platform doing a similar thing. Spotify’s VP of […]
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Spotify celebrates new Istanbul office with updated Turkish language music data
We have reported before on Spotify’s complex recent history with the government in Türkiye (TL;DR: censorship ruckus, mooted competition inquiry, threats from Spotify to pull out of the country) but time, and […]
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Role Model is first artist to use Spotify ‘Reserved’ ticketing
Spotify’s next big step into ticketing is rolling out. ‘Reserved’ was announced last month at Spotify’s investor day in New York, and is now live for its premium subscribers in the […]
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Report highlights big-tech platforms’ role in spreading Indian ‘hate music’
US-based non-profit The Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) has published a report titled ‘Profiting from Hate Music: The Role of YouTube, Meta, Spotify and Apple Music in […]
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Watch out, YouTube: Spotify is launching direct full-length video uploads for artists
Spotify is rolling out the ability for artists to upload full-length videos to its service – enhancing its competition with YouTube.
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Spotify report sets out its impact for French-language music
France is one of the countries where Spotify has tangled with policymakers who want it to do more to support local music.
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Music business ended 2025 with 921.6m paid streaming subscribers
By the end of this year, it’s quite possible that there will be more than one billion music subscribers globally.
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Sua Música hails 5m first-week streams for Ronaldinho’s Tu Música label
Here’s a pop-quiz question to store in your memory banks: how many listeners does retired Brazilian football star Ronaldinho have on Spotify? The answer, right now, is 2.4 million. This is […]
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Spotify’s editors to make video cameos in ‘New Music Friday’
Spotify’s flagship playlist is getting more of a human touch, albeit only in the US for now. Its team of editors will now be appearing in videos within ‘New Music […]
