Happy Friday! Welcome to another splendid issue of the Spotify Newsletter! It’s another great week of news for the streaming music behemoth.
★In the SPOTlight★
⭐️ Spotify is paying podcasters tens of thousands of dollars to buoy its own sponsorship tool
Anchor promised to find sponsors for small podcasts, but Spotify is footing the bill.
⭐️ Drake Officially Becomes First Artist to Pass 50 Billion Spotify Streams
The feat is impressive but not surprising, considering that his 2018 song “God’s Plan” alone has racked up nearly 1.675 billion streams all by itself, with multiple other songs in the hundred-millions.
⭐️ Spotify’s Car Thing shows up in FCC filings with a new design and bigger screen
This new version of the Car Thing seems like it will function similarly to the 2019 version — it’s a “voice controlled accessory for phone/Spotify App with supporting display and buttons,” according to a description found in the filings.
🗣Podcast Action🗣
Did Spotify Waste $1 Billion on Podcasts?
Can Amazon Take on Spotify With Podcasts?
Ava DuVernay to sign a Spotify-exclusive podcasting deal
Spotify Bets Big on Podcasts as a Path to Profitability
🎧The Playlist List🎧
How Spotify Creates Your Playlist
How Are Official Spotify Playlists Curated?
Spotify users created more than 12k new sea shanty playlists
Barilla's New Spotify Playlists Are Also Timers for Cooking Pasta
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