Daniel Ek
Spotify to Cut 17 Percent of Global Workforce
Music streaming giant Spotify is making another round of job cuts, slashing 17 percent of its global workforce as the company continues its strategy to become “both productive and efficient.” In a blog post published Monday, founder and CEO Daniel Ek wrote that the new layoffs would “reduce our total head count by approximately [17 […]
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Spotify Unveils Major Redesign With Vertical Home Feed
The TikTokification of Spotify has begun. The audio giant is refreshing its home page with a vertical feed that is meant to better integrate Spotify’s offerings across music, podcasts, videos and audiobooks. Users will be given video previews of music and podcasts that they can scroll through, with recommendations powered by machine learning, on the […]
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Spotify Chief Criticizes Kanye “Ye” West’s “Awful” Antisemitic Comments, But Music Won’t Be Removed
The growing corporate boycott of Kanye “Ye” West after he made antisemitic remarks in several interviews has increased pressure on music streaming services to pull the rapper-turned-fashion mogul’s albums from their platforms. On Tuesday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek addressed the issue in an interview with Reuters, making clear that Ye’s comments were “awful” but his […]
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Spotify Hits 188M Paying Subs, Exceeding Expectations, and Grows Quarterly Ad Revenue
Music streaming giant Spotify ended the second quarter of 2022 with 188 million premium, or paying, subscribers, up from 182 million as of the end of the first quarter, exceeding its own forecast. The company said the result came in “above our guidance, aided by promotional intake and household plans.” Spotify also said on Wednesday […]
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Spotify to Add Content Advisory to Podcast Episodes That Include COVID-19 Discussions
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Sunday revealed updated platform rules and a new approach to dealing with COVID-19 information, including adding a dedicated content advisory to podcast episodes that contain discussions about the virus. A statement, posted to Spotify’s website, began by noting that the audio service was created “to enable the work of creators […]
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Spotify Hits 172M Paying Subs, Podcasts Help Boost Ad Revenue 75 Percent
Music-streaming giant Spotify grew subscribers and total users, along with advertising revenue, helped by podcasts, in its third quarter. It ended September with 172 million premium, or paid, subscribers, up from 165 million as of the end of the second quarter. The result was in line with the range of 170-174 million that the company had […]
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Netflix Greenlights Spotify Series
Netflix has ordered a new, scripted series from Sweden on the story of music streaming service Spotify.
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Spotify’s Daniel Ek Has a Plan to Harness Hollywood for Podcasts and Create “the World’s No. 1 Audio Platform”
Having helped transform the music industry, with Spotify, Daniel Ek sets his sights (and your ears) on spending hundreds of millions on podcasts and recruiting Jordan Peele, Mark Wahlberg and the Obamas in a race with Apple and Amazon.
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Spotify CEO Compares Apple App Store Rules to Playing Ping-Pong Blindfolded
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said the streaming music giant filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in Europe to avoid a marketplace with a "small group of dominant platforms," comparing Apple's App Store rules for competitors to a ping-pong game in which one side is blindfolded.
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Spotify CEO Issues Apology Over New Privacy Controversy
The music streaming service introduced the following new policy in a Monday blog post: "We may ask for customer permission to collect information from new sources, such as address book, location, and sensor data from the mobile device to improve the customer experience and inform product decisions."
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Spotify CEO Responds to Taylor Swift: Free Music Leads to Big Money
The music-streaming company defends its business model after losing the high-profile artist
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