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⭐️ Spotify Generated $4.5 Billion for Indie Artists and Labels in 2023
Streaming has leveled the playing field in many ways since it became the main platform for music around a decade ago, and the fact that independent artists — which Spotify defines as artists signed to a non-major labels or self-releasing — now account for half of that total, for the first time, is evidence.
With some 236 million paying subscribers, Spotify remains by far the world’s largest paid music-streaming service, with the U.S. its biggest territory.
⭐️ Revolutionary fan experience at future Spotify Camp Nou presented at Mobile World Congress
Sergi Ricart, director of the FC Barcelona Commercial Area, explains the design process that went into a ground-breaking venue that will be welcoming visitors 365 days a year.
⭐️ Spotify’s new ‘Song Psychic’ is like a Magic 8-Ball that answers your questions with music
Spotify is rolling out a new feature called Song Psychic that will allow its customers to ask Spotify questions and get answers in the form of music. The addition builds on the success of Spotify’s personalized, year-end review called Wrapped, which offers clever ways of turning Spotify’s music data into insights designed for social sharing.
⭐️ Spotify launches a $9.99/mo standalone audiobooks service for its free users
After adding 15 hours of free audiobooks listening to its subscription plan late last year, Spotify today is introducing a $9.99 per month option that will allow its free users to also access its audiobooks collection. The company announced on Friday its new “Audiobooks Access Tier,” which, similar to the service offered to subscribers, allows customers in the U.S. to stream 15 hours of listening from its catalog of over 200,000 titles.
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