Spotify

The Spotify Layoff Email, Through the Lens of a Staff Member

DANIEL EK (CEO): Team, Over the last two years, we’ve put significant emphasis on building Spotify into a truly great and sustainable business – one designed to achieve our goal of being the world’s leading audio company and one that will consistently drive profitability and growth into the future. While we’ve made worthy strides, as I’ve […]

Spotify Joins Media Firms to Urge EU Action Against Apple's 'Unfair' Practices

Music streaming service Spotify Technology, along with other media firms such as Deezer, urged the European Commission to take action against Apple Inc for anticompetitive and unfair practices, in a joint industry letter on Wednesday. The letter, addressed to the European Union antitrust regulator’s Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, demanded the Commission to act fast for […]

ByteDance Plans Music-streaming Expansion to Take on Spotify - WSJ

China’s ByteDance Ltd is in talks with music labels for expanding its music-streaming service globally to compete with industry leaders such as Spotify Technology SA, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The TikTok parent plans to eventually integrate music streaming within its short-video service and scale it to serve as a major platform for […]

Analysis: Why Spotify's 'Car Thing' Was Destined for the Hardware Graveyard

Spotify Technology SA’s Car Thing player is now a thing of the past. The world’s leading audio streaming service on Wednesday announced it would discontinue the device just five months after it became available to all users in the United States. In doing so, Spotify became the latest software technology company to stumble in an […]

Best Spotify Alternatives in 2022

Without a doubt, Spotify is one of the most widely used music streaming services, an undisputed giant in the media streaming industry. It has established itself over time thanks to the ease of use of its applications and the availability of mobile apps on almost any modern device, including Windows, Mac, Linux, SmartTVs, and more. […]

Spotify Launches in Roblox, Their First Step into the Metaverse

Spotify is developing a virtual presence on Roblox, a popular children’s game site, marking their entry into the Metaverse. The company claims to be the first music-streaming brand to have a presence on Roblox, cementing its position in the Metaverse, among the younger generation of consumers, gamers, and music lovers. The launch of ‘Spotify Island’, […]