Spotify Newsletter #234
Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News
Hello! It’s a short week, so we’re drumming up an abbreviated - but no less sensational - digest of the finest Spotify news.
Maybe we’ll receive a holiday treat very very soon with the release of Spotify Wrapped for 2024.
In the meantime: I wish 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 my newsletter endeavor counts for so much. Thank you. Have a lovely holiday! 😀
★ SPOTlight
⭐️ Spotify Wrapped 2024 release date: When does it come out?
Music streamers are eagerly awaiting the release of Spotify’s annual year-in-review feature. If history is any guide, it could drop at any time now.
⭐️ Spotify is focused on Growth, Video, AI and Superfans
After reporting a strong Q3 2024, Spotify focused on Growth, video, AI and superfans during a call with investors and analysts that followed.
⭐️ Spotify will now save your listening history for up to 90 days
A new tool will list music, podcasts and audiobooks.
⭐️ Spotify drops a bunch of new tools for audiobooks, including a sleep timer
The features also include playlists and visual accompaniments.
⭐️ Q3 streaming trends: Why Spotify’s growth in the Global South matters for the music industry
For much of 2024, music industry discourse centred around Spotify’s content mix.
🗣 Podcasts
▶️ Playlists
🎧 Streams
🖌 Design
🤖 Spot(ai)fy
🎼 Spotify 4 Artists
💡 Tips & Tricks
🔥 News
Spotify, Absolut, IKEA Among the Winners of the 2024–2025 World Branding Awards
Spotify tests a video feature for audiobooks as it ramps up video expansion
🎵 New Adventures
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