Spotify Newsletter #273

Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News

Sep 19, 2025

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⭐️ Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks

Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too. On Monday, the company announced that free users globally will now be able to search and play any song they want or play a song shared by a friend or an artist they follow on social media.

⭐️ Sony Music Group, Spotify Agree to New Multiyear Licensing Deal

"Sony Music Group and Spotify have long been mutually committed to advancing music streaming and growing the marketplace for all," Sony Music Group chairman Rob Stringer said.

⭐️ Spotify’s new campaign highlights its super-personalisation

The best known and most loved features on Spotify, arguably, are its hyper-specific playlists.

⭐️ Spotify foregrounds its human curators in ‘The Drop Weekly’

Spotify’s rivals love to characterise its service as driven more by algorithms than humans, but the company has been pushing back in recent times by shining more of a spotlight on its human editors.

⭐️ Spotify India’s Radar programme is now a monthly live music showcase

Spotify’s global emerging artist programme, Radar, launched in India in 2020, making it one of the first countries to adopt the initiative.

⭐️ Zoo 55 Announces Strategic Content Partnership with Spotify

This collaboration between production company and streaming platform will enable ITV Studios content to be accessible to Spotify users for the first time, representing an ongoing commitment to expanding video offerings on the platform.