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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

Spotify cleans up its playlists, removes thousands of AI-made songs

Premium subscribers grew 15 per cent (year-on-year) to 210 million with better performance across all regions, led by Europe and Latin America

Sour note: Music labels press pause on reality TV song-and-dance routine

Music labels are now mulling an increase in the fees for dance and music-based reality shows for the use of their songs

Music streaming platform Spotify shuts its live audio application

Music streaming platform Spotify has said that it is shutting down its live-audio app -- "Spotify Live"

Spotify users angry over missing songs from Zee Music as contract ends

Zee Music had over two dozen tracks on Spotify's Daily Top 200 Songs chart for India on March 14

Music platform Spotify launches AI-powered personalised music feature 'DJ'

The new feature will sort the latest music and will look back at some of the users' old favourites, even the songs they haven't listened to for years

YouTube Music now let users create artist-based customise radio stations

Users can choose up to 30 artist when creating a custom station, and can also specify whether they want to hear music just from those artists or from artists that are similar to those they have chosen

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

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

Music-streaming platform Spotify launches 'New Year's Hub' playlist

Some 82,000 New Year's Eve playlists were created between December 25, 2021 and January 31, 2022, and around 40,000 playlists were created on New Year's night itself

Spotify working on HealthKit integration to provide workout playlists

Spotify could choose and suggest specific songs based on the types of exercises logged by users or even their speed

Spotify's Anchor app may be rebranded as 'Spotify Creator Studio'

Last month, Spotify added a one-button voice isolation feature in its Anchor app for podcast creators

Amazon adds free music videos from independent labels to Fire TV in US

Fire TV customers will get personalised recommendations based on their likes and viewing history or they can also create their own mixes

YouTube Music may soon allow users the ability to create custom radio

Google-owned music streaming platform YouTube Music might soon allow users the ability to create a custom radio

Music streaming app Spotify to bid farewell to several of its audio shows

In April, the Swedish audio service had integrated its live audio capabilities from its companion app, Spotify Greenroom, into its main app itself

Spotify adds audio enhancement feature for podcast creators: Details here

Users can simply record in the Anchor mobile app and tap 'Enhance' to significantly reduce background noise for a clearer-sounding episode

Pocket FM announces US foray, crosses $25 mn in annualised revenue run rate

According to Statista, audio OTT market in India is expected to be worth $2.5 billion by 2030

Spotify to allow users to post audio reactions to music playlists

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify is working on a new feature to let users post audio comments or reactions to music playlists

YouTube Music tests allowing users to customize filters for up next queue

As per one user on Reddit, the filter pills vary by song and they only mention it appearing for radio-generated queues

End of an era: Apple discontinues iPod after a more than two decade run

Introduced by Steve Jobs, the iPod was credited with helping to turn Apple from a nearly bankrupt company to an eventual $3 trillion behemoth