Spotify Newsletter #230
Spotify Newsletter #230
Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News
★ SPOTlight
⭐️ Spotify Tunes Up its Ad Tech
By building its own exchange, Spotify aims to capture more revenue from small and medium-sized businesses to allow existing clients to spend more efficiently, making it more competitive with platforms like Meta and Google, with The Trade Desk operating as its beta demand-side platform partner.
⭐️ Spotify Introduces Custom Playlist Cover Art
Rolling out in beta today on the Spotify mobile app, the feature lets both Free and Premium users personalise their playlist covers with unique images, colours, text effects, and graphic elements.
⭐️ Investors bet on Spotify’s stock price to rise further
Spotify’s shares are trading at a price very close to its 12-month high, with a roughly 150% increase in stock price since this time last year.
⭐️ Now It’s Easier to Stream That Song You Love From Instagram
The new feature allows users to save a track they discover on the social media app to Spotify with just two clicks.
🗣 Podcasts
Spotify adds auto-moderation tool to help podcasters manage comments
Spotify NextGen Spelman College Partnership With Podcast Studio Opening
▶️ Playlists
🎧 Streams
🖌 Design
🧐 Research
🎼 Spotify 4 Artists
💡 Tips & Tricks
How to get the best results from Spotify's AI playlist builder
How I Boost My Spotify Listening Hours to Win Spotify Wrapped
🔥 News
Spotify Expands Audiobooks to France and the Benelux Countries
Vietnam’s same-name listeners join forces on Spotify for the Longest Playlist
🎵 New Adventures
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