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Spotify CFO Paul Vogel leaving the company after mass layoffs
San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify’s chief financial officer (CFO) Paul Vogel is leaving the company after massive layoffs this week and according to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, Vogel didn’t have the…
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Spotify announces to cut 17% of jobs, 3rd round of layoffs this year
New Delhi: Music streaming giant Spotify on Monday announced to eliminate about 17 per cent of its workforce across the company as it looks to become “both productive and efficient”. Spotify founder…
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Spotify reaches 226 mn paid subscribers, returns to profitability
San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify saw its paid subscribers base growing 16 per cent (year-on-year) to reach 226 million in its third quarter (Q3), the company announced on Tuesday. Net additions…
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YouTube Music’s new ‘Samples’ tab to help users find new music
San Francisco: YouTube has introduced a new ‘Samples’ tab for the music streaming service ‘YouTube Music’, which will help users to find new music. This new personalised music discovery feature is currently…
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Spotify back after brief outage
San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify on Friday said that it has fixed the issue that affected its website and application. Spotify tweeted: “Everything’s looking much better now! Get in touch with…
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Spotify back online after brief outage
San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify which suffered a brief outage in the US on Friday night that left thousands of users without access to the platform, is now back online. Several…
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Spotify expands audiobooks to countries beyond US
San Francisco: Leading music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it has expanded its audiobooks in more countries. Audiobooks are now also available in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, the…
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Spotify adds audio enhancement for podcast creators
San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify has added a one-button voice isolation feature in its Anchor app for podcast creators. With the feature called Podcast Audio Enhancement, podcast creators will be able…
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Spotify may soon let you create in-app podcasts with new tools
San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it is testing new tools that will allow users to record, edit and publish podcasts directly from the main app. The company introduced…
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Spotify Stations app to shut down from May 16
San Francisco: Music streaming service Spotify has confirmed that its lightweight listening app Spotify Stations will no longer be available from May 16. The company said that the app and web player…
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Apple Music is second most used music streaming service: Report
San Francisco: Cupertino-based tech giant’s Apple Music accounts for 15 per cent of the global music streaming market, still falling behind streaming giant Spotify, which holds more than 30 per cent, says…