Welcome to another edition of the Spotify Newsletter. It’s issue #30, which is a smallish, yet still kinda cool milestone for us. 30 weeks of Spotify news! And there has been a lot! We appreciate you joining us each Friday for a rundown of Spotify news.
Election week madness has certainly owned the headlines, but there was plenty of good news from Spotify World to keep us satisfied.
★In the SPOTlight★
⭐️ Spotify will now allow artists and labels to promote tracks in your recommendations
While the new service is not a paid promotion and requires no upfront budget on artists’ or labels’ part, Spotify says that the artists, labels and rights holders will agree to be paid a “promotional recording royalty rate” for streams where the company provides the service. Streams that come from any other place in the app would not be impacted, however.
⭐️ Spotify is rolling out the ability to stream music from your Apple Watch without an iPhone nearby
Since the app’s launch in 2018, the Apple Watch worked primarily as a remote for Spotify music playing on an iPhone or Spotify Connect-compatible device. But once the new feature is rolled out to you, you’ll be able to stream music from Spotify on your Apple Watch to Bluetooth headphones or speakers when you’re not near your phone.
⭐️ Understanding how Spotify thinks
Though they are very different propositions, Discovery Mode, along with Marquee, have the similar effect of improving profitability but have the consequence of reducing the net amount of income that goes back to rightsholders because they are spending more of their income on marketing.
⭐️ Should Spotify Be Responsible for What Joe Rogan Does?
It’s often been asked of Spotify whether it’s a Netflix or a YouTube, with that inquiry generally being used as a way to think through how they should be held accountable for the content that flows through their pipes.
🗣Podcast Action🗣
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𝄞The Playlist List𝄞
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Tesla releases new software update with Autopilot, Spotify app improvements
3 things to know about Spotify’s controversial new ‘pay for influence’ tool, Discovery Mode
🎧And now … a little music🎧
The 31st episode of ‘New Adventures in Spotify’ kicks off with the Heptones, Lee Rocker, Nathaniel Rateliff and Prefab Sprout. Nice!