Welcome to the latest edition of the Spotify Newsletter! There was quite a bit of news swirling around the web this week. Thank you again for subscribing and joining us each Friday!
★In the SPOTlight★
⭐️ Daniel Ek Tops the Tech 28 - Politico’s annual ranking of the 28 power players behind Europe’s tech revolution
The music-streaming boss is trying to shape the EU’s tech policy on two fronts: reining in the Silicon Valley giants, while giving the EU’s startups space to grow.
⭐️ Discover your music taste in colors with ‘Spotify Palette’
People love to share their music tastes online. While Apple Music still has a long way to go with its shareable features, like the Replay playlist, Spotify has given its users a variety of options for them to show what they’re currently listening to.
⭐️ What Spotify Follower Ratio Tells Us About Artist Growth and Fan Engagement
Components' Andrew Thompson explores the relationship between an artist's Spotify followers and their Spotify monthly listeners to determine how instructive Spotify follower ratio can be for monitoring artist growth and fan engagement.
⭐️ Spotify’s Top Lawyer Has Spent Years Making Apple the Bad Guy
Horacio Gutierrez has done more than almost anyone to push the narrative of the iPhone maker as an abusive monopolist.
🗣Podcast Action🗣
Spotify Inks First-Of-Its-Kind Deal With UK Podcast Producer Noiser
The Spotify podcast you should listen to, according to your mood right now
Call Her Daddy’s Alexandra Cooper Made Her Name Talking About Sex. With Her Massive Spotify Deal, She’s Pushing Beyond That
🎧The Playlist List🎧
BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ surpasses one billion streams on Spotify
This Twitter Account Documenting The Weirdest Playlists On Spotify Proves The Platform Is A Hidden Comedy Goldmine
7 of the Top Artists, Genres, and Songs from Several of Spotify’s Newest Markets
🔥Even More Hot News Links🔥
Why Spotify Greenroom Drop-In Audio Chat Holds Potential for Marketers
Spotify Is Suspending Users Caught ‘Improperly Downloading’ Songs
We Built a Free Tool for Creating Spotify Playlist Covers / Artwork
What Will Happen to My Music Library When Spotify Dies?
Spotify Fan Study: What it tells us about MERCH
Coldplay’s New Emoji Song Titles May End Up Being Wrong On Streaming Services
RADAR Artist Nathy Peluso Shares Her Approach to Bending and Blending Genres
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!! 😀