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Spotify to slow hiring by 25% amid economic uncertainty, shares rise 7.1%

The world's largest on-demand audio service has been on a hiring spree for years, adding more than 2,000 employees between 2019 and 2021

Spotify expects to reach $100 bn in revenue in 10 years; shares rise 5%

The company said it has committed more than $1 billion on podcasting and expects podcast revenue to increase materially this year from the $215 million it made last year

Spotify India & MnM Talkies bring Gotham City to Andheri (India)

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Massive podcast outage after Spotify fails to renew security certificate

Due to an outage on podcast hosting platform owned by Spotify, Megaphone, podcast listeners could not access many of their shows for more than eight hours this week.

Spotify CEO pumps $50 mn into his music streaming platform, stocks up by 3%

Spotify's stock jumped more than 3 per cent to reach $108.98 per share after the investment announcement came late on Friday

Spotify's podcasting tech chief Michael Mignano quits, to leave in June end

Spotify bought Anchor in 2019 for more than $150 million and brought Mignano in as its podcast tech chief

Obama's production company Higher Ground to end exclusive deal with Spotify

Higher Ground is reportedly negotiating with Amazon's Audible and iHeartMedia, the media reports said late on Wednesday

Spotify adds live audio programmes, rebrands Greenroom app to Spotify Live

Music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it is changing the name of Greenroom to Spotify Live and bringing its live capabilities directly onto the Spotify app

Spotify is testing new podcast discovery feature, says report

Spotify is reportedly adding vertical scrolling to podcasts on the audio platform

Epic Games slams Google's third party app billing system with Spotify

The Google programme, announced earlier this week, will allow a small number of participating developers to offer an additional billing option next to Google Play's billing system

Ukraine crisis: Music streaming giant Spotify suspends service in Russia

Spotify said it had no choice but to leave the Russian market, citing the law that essentially outlaws independent journalism

Ukraine crisis: Spotify says it will suspend service in Russia

The service is expected to end in early April, according to one person with knowledge of the situation

Google to begin testing 3rd party billing systems with Spotify

The programme will allow a small number of participating developers to offer an additional billing option next to Google Play's billing system

Spotify, Discord back online after outages linked to Google Cloud

Spotify and Discord users globally including in India were left without songs and posts after outages linked to Google Cloud disconnected both platforms.

Spotify shuts Russia office, removes content from RT, Sputnik

Swedish music streaming giant Spotify has shut down its office in Russia and removed content from state-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik

Spotify closes its offices in Russia 'indefinitely' over Ukraine invasion

Spotify launched its service in Russia and Ukraine in July 2020.

We'll take more local creators to global stage: Spotify India head

In its fourth quarter (Q4) results for 2021, the company took its paid subscribers to 180 million globally, and India was one of the leading countries in terms of user growth

Spotify paid $200 million for Joe Rogan's podcast, says report

Spotify announced its exclusive deal with the world's top podcaster two years ago, in May 2020, but didn't reveal the value of the contract.

Spotify acquires Podsights and Chartable to advance its podcasting business

Podsights helps marketers gauge the effectiveness of their ads, one area that Spotify said has been a major challenge.

Spotify acquires 2 podcast tech companies Chartable, Podsights

With the acquisition of Podsights, Spotify will be able to help advertisers understand how podcast ads drive actions that matter to their businesses.