Spotify Newsletter #189

Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News

Nov 22, 2023

Hello! It’s a short week, so we’re drumming up an abbreviated - but no less sensational - digest of the finest Spotify news to hit the wires since the last terrific digest was published.

Wishing all of you a harvest of blessings, good health and good times. This time of year allows the perfect setting to reflect on all our blessings. Your support to this newsletter endeavor counts for so much. Thank you. Have a lovely holiday! 😀

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⭐️ Spotify Unveils New Streaming Royalty Policies

As expected, Spotify unveiled its updated streaming payment policies for artists and labels on Tuesday morning, and they are essentially the ones that have been previously reported in recent weeks: efforts to cut down on fraudulent streams; increasing the minimum payable track length for what is called “noise” content (the often-cited “rain falling on a rooftop” recordings); and eliminating payment for songs with less than 1,000 streams.

⭐️ Spotify and Tuned Global reveal latest partnerships in Africa

“We are aware that data costs continue to be a hindrance for people who would like to stream music, that’s why we are actively working at Spotify SSA on partnerships like this one,” said Spotify’s MD for sub-Saharan Africa Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy.

⭐️ Spotify follows through on its threat to quit Uruguay

As parents, industry regulators and anyone whose mouth runs away with them in tense pub situations know, the trouble with making threats is that sometimes you have to go through with them. The latest example is Spotify and its service in Uruguay.