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Spotify to reduce new hiring by 25% amid economic slowdown
San Francisco: Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is reportedly reducing new hiring by at least 25 per cent as tech companies navigate through volatile market conditions globally. According to media reports, Spotify…
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Spotify’s failure to renew security certificate causes massive podcast outage
San Francisco: Due to an outage on podcast hosting platform owned by Spotify, Megaphone, podcast listeners could not access many of their shows for more than eight hours this week. According to…
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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 installing itself to iPhone dock, kicking out apps like Spotify
San Francisco: Several iPhone users found themselves in a fix when the Apple Music iOS app began installing itself directly to the iPhone’s dock when downloaded, instead of the home screen, thus…
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Spotify rolls out video podcasting in select countries
San Francisco: Swedish music streaming service Spotify said it is now allowing creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to upload video podcasts. The company said that visual interactions…
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Spotify testing music discovery feed like TikTok
New Delhi: Music streaming service Spotify is testing a personalised feed on the app’s home screen like Chinese short-video making platform TikTok to help users discover music easily. It is testing a…
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Spotify testing new feature for user-made playlists
San Francisco: Music streaming service Spotify is testing a new feature for listeners to discover music they love with a collection of playlists curated by select Spotify users and influencers. The Featured…
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Spotify reportedly testing new podcast discovery feature
San Francisco: Music streaming service Spotify is reportedly adding vertical scrolling to podcasts on the audio platform similar to a newsfeed or Reels on Instagram. According to a new report from TechCrunch,…
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Epic Games slams Google’s 3rd party app billing system
New Delhi: After Google announced a pilot programme to test third-party billing systems in Android and across its wider ecosystem starting with Spotify, Epic Games has said that it is not satisfied…
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Spotify suspends service in Russia
New Delhi: Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is suspending its services in Russia after Moscow passed a new law earlier this month to crack down on free press and speech. Spotify said…
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Google to begin testing 3rd party billing systems with Spotify
New Delhi: Tech giant Google has announced a pilot programme to test third-party billing systems in Android and across its wider ecosystem. The programme will allow a small number of participating developers…
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Spotify shuts Russia office, removes content from RT, Sputnik
New Delhi: Swedish music streaming giant Spotify has shut down its office in Russia and removed content from state-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik. Spotify joins several tech and media platforms who…
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We’ll take more local creators to global stage: Spotify India head
New Delhi: India has contributed significantly to Spotify’s global growth and the Swedish music streaming giant will double down on educating and taking more local creators to the global stage this year,…
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Spotify paid $200mn for Joe Rogan’s podcast: Report
Los Angeles: Swedish audio streaming platform Spotify reportedly paid $200 million for the exclusive streaming rights to “The Joe Rogan Experience,” double what has been previously reported. According to The New York…
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Spotify losing global music streaming market share: Report
New Delhi: Swedish streaming giant Spotify still leads the global base of music subscribers but its share in the digital service provider (DSP) streaming market has been slowly declining since the past…