Spotify outage causes service disruption
Netizens were not able to listen to their favorite music after music streaming company Spotify suffered major outages. Subscribers took to Twitter their sentiments and asked what was going on…
Streaming music makes up 80 percent of industry revenues in first half of 2019
The record industry is seeing a major lift as streaming music through services such as Apple Music and Spotify in the United states grew by 26 percent in the first…
Spotify to reportedly test more expensive family plan
Music-streaming service Spotify is reportedly planing to sell a more-expensive version of its family plan in Scandinavia to test whether it can raise prices around the world. In a report…
Spotify releases revamped Your Library for premium users
Spotify is revamping Your Library section for Premium users which is made more personalized for easier music and new podcasts discovery. In a blog post, Spotify announced that it has…
Spotify Premium now includes Hulu without extra cost
Spotify Premium’s new and existing subscribers in the US can now have free subscription to Hulu’s ad-supported plan. According to a report by theverge.com, Hulu lowered the cost of its…
Spotify will allow free users to listen to on-demand tracks
Spotify introduced a new feature that can be enjoyed by free users— an access to the on-demand tracks given that users include a given song to their 15 discovery playlists.…
Spotify is nearly worth $30 billion in Wall Street debut
According to a report by CNN, Spotify did not raise new capital and just simply listed existing shares directly on the stock exchange without relying on underwriters to attract investors,…
Spotify detected over 2 million people using hacked versions of their app to dodge ads
On a recent amended SEC IPO filing, Spotify says they have detected “instances of approximately two million users” using hacked apps to avoid ads on their platform as of December…
Spotify reaches 60 million paid subscribers
Streaming music company Spotify reported that they now have more than 60 million paying members on their platform. In its press release, Spotify reported that aside from having over 60…
Spotify may soon insert ‘sponsored songs’ on user playlists
Spotify is reportedly going to add ‘sponsored songs’ to user’s playlists, in effect allowing labels to pay to put songs into user’s playlists. The ‘sponsored songs’ is being tested by…