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Spotify
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SubscriptionsSpotify Plans Voice-Activated In-Car Music Player
As Spotify seeks to gain independence from Google, Apple and Amazon products, the music...
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SubscriptionsSpotify Paid Subscriptions Jump 40 Pct YoY
Spotify’s paid members now number 87 million — a 40 percent year-over-year (YoY) increase...
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SubscriptionsSpotify, Apple Music, Pandora Boost Smart Speaker Growth
A new study has found that the smart speaker and music streaming markets are...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsSamsung Pair-Up Lifts Spotify’s Stock
Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek announced that the company is teaming up with Samsung...
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HmmmDon’t Count Out Billboards — Amazon, Facebook And Google Haven’t
Billboards are not going gently into that good night. In fact, the old-fashioned form...
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Big DataCan Spotify And Metallica Localize Live Shows With Big Data?
Set lists do much more than determine the songs heard in concert. They also...
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EarningsSpotify Loses $458M In Revenue, Tallies 180M Users
Spotify’s second quarter as a public company shows that it has increased its paid...
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Payments InnovationHas Unbundling Lost Its Cool?
Is unbundling the future? So it would seem. Banking is being unbundled. Open banking,...
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Merchant InnovationThe Sounds Of Summer Gone Subscription
Every summer needs at least one song. In 1960, it was the Brian Hyland...
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InvestmentsGoldman Sachs Employees’ Second Job: Venture Capitalists
The bankers at Goldman Sachs have been moonlighting as venture capitalists, investing in many...
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IPOAdyen Lands $8.36B Valuation Pre-IPO
Dutch payment processing firm Adyen raised 947 million euros ($1.1 billion) for its investors...
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RetailSpotify-Enabled MP3 Player Selling For A Discount
Mighty, the MP3 player that gives people access to Spotify, is selling for a...
