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YouTube Music releases lyrics sharing feature on Android, iOS: How it works

Reportedly, YouTube Music users can now share up to five lines of lyrics with custom backgrounds directly from the app

Spotify Q2 profit forecast misses estimates as payroll taxes weigh down

It expects monthly active users to rise to 689 million in the second quarter, compared with LSEG-compiled estimates of 684.9 million. Premium subscribers are expected to increase to 273 million

YouTube Music to soon offer Spotify-like lyrics sharing option: Details

New feature allows users to highlight and share song lyrics with custom backgrounds within the platform, visible on YouTube Music app

Soon, Apple Music will let DJs create mixes within the app: Check details

Reportedly, Apple has announced integration of several audio mixing software and hardware platforms such as AlphaTheta, Serato, and Engine DJ into Apple Music

IndiGo offers complimentary Spotify Premium for 4 months on flight bookings

Customers booking domestic or international flights through IndiGo's official website or mobile app can avail a four-month free trial of Spotify Premium Individual Plan

Spotify could finally offer hi-res lossless audio with a new deluxe plan

Reportedly, the new subscription tier of Spotify will offer lossless audio similar to what the company announced in 2021 with Spotify HiFi

Wynk Studio artists' songs surpass 1.7+ billion streams

The 1.7 million streams for these songs establishes how much our customers are enjoying the content while we help the artist, Amit Tripathi said

Spotify tests Apple Music-like lossless audio feature: Know details here

Support for lossless audio enables audio streaming in high resolution. Select other music streaming services, such as Apple Music, Amazon Prime Music, and Tidal, already support lossless audio

Spotify tests AI-generated playlists feature on Android, iOS: Details here

Available in beta for Spotify premium users, the AI-generated playlist feature is currently limited to the UK and Australia

TikTok parent ByteDance to shut down music streaming service Resso in India

ByteDance, best known for its short video app TikTok, launched Resso in India, Indonesia, and Brazil in March 2020

Spotify CFO becomes one of thousands departing the streaming service

Spotify's chief financial officer will step down next year, according to the music streaming service, just days after it announced its third round of layoffs for 2023. In a statement announcing CFO Paul Vogel's departure, CEO Daniel Ek said that the two had come to the conclusion that Spotify is entering a new phase and needs a CFO with a different mix of experiences. Spotify said this week that it would be axing 17 per cent of its global workforce, citing the need to slash costs and become profitable. About 1,500 people will lose their jobs, a spokesperson confirmed. Shortly after the layoffs were announced Monday, Spotify's stock jumped about 8 per cent. On Tuesday, Vogel moved to sell more than USD 9.3 million worth of shares, according to securities filings. Two other senior executives also cashed in over USD 1.6 million in shares, The Guardian reported. The Associated Press reached out to Spotify for further comment on Friday. Vogel will leave Spotify on March 31. Ben Kung,

Spotify to restrict features in free tier to boost subscriptions in India

Spotify would not allow users on free tier to use rewind tracks and reorder track list features, but it would put no restriction on streaming

Airtel Wynk music streaming app gets Dolby Atmos on Android, iOS: Details

Wynk Music said that it would add music catalogue from Yash Raj Films (YRF), Saregama, and Phonographic Digital Limited (PDL) in Dolby Atmos format in eight languages

The shape of non-music streaming mkt: OTT audiences tune in to spoken word

Last year, Indians paid over Rs. 1,000 crore to listen to (audio) books, drama series and political discussions among other things, going by data from London-based research firm Omdia

Spotify to lay off 200 workers in podcast division, about 2% of streamers

The company has resorted to aggressive expansion to supplement its earnings from music streaming with other revenue-generating formats such as podcasts

YouTube rolling out song, album credits to its music streaming service

The feature, where users can instantly see detailed song information, such as who the singer is and who wrote, produced, and composed each track, has long been a part of many other streaming services

Spotify world's 1st music streaming platform to surpass 200 mn paid users

The company last week announced to slash 6 per cent of its workforce, or about 600 staffers, globally, and Ek announced that he was too ambitious in investing ahead of their revenue growth

YouTube Music adds mood filters in 'activity bar' for song choices on web

Google-owned music streaming platform YouTube Music gets mood filters, i.e. "activity bar" with various moods to tune what appears in the Home feed on the web

Music streaming platform Spotify's website, app restored after brief outage

Music streaming platform Spotify on Friday said that it has fixed the issue that affected its website and application

Spotify to start handing over pink slips as soon as this week: Report

In October, Spotify laid off 38 people from its Gimlet Media and Parcast podcast studios