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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.

Peloton co-founder steps down after rough ride; ex-Spotify CFO takes charge

Barry McCarthy, who served as CFO at Spotify as well as at Netflix, will take over the CEO position

Neil Young urges Spotify employees to quit while slamming company's CEO

The controversy spiralled from the podcaster's use of his platform to air Covid-19 misinformation, to his earlier, frequent use of a racial slur on his show

Neil Young takes aim at Spotify CEO, big banks over Covid misinformation

Young, in a statement on his website, criticized the music streaming platform's chief executive officer, Daniel Ek, saying he was the main problem, in the wake of criticism of U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan

Spotify to invest $100 mn in content from marginalised creators: CEO

The Swedish music streaming company also reported its fourth quarter (Q4) results for 2021, taking its paid subscribers to 180 million globally.

Spotify CEO condemns Rogan over racial slurs, but won't silence him

Ek's comments come on the heels of Rogan issuing an apology for the second time in a week

Spotify removes an additional 70 episodes of 'Joe Rogan Experience'

The 70 episodes removed Friday were originally recorded between 2009 and 2018 -- before the Covid pandemic

Talking up controversy: Who is Joe Rogan, why does Spotify love him?

An estimated 200 million people download Rogan's podcast each month, making him the most popular podcaster in the US

Joni Mitchell joining Neil Young in protest over Spotify

Neil Young ignited a protest against the streaming service for airing a podcast that featured a figure who has spread misinformation about the coronavirus

Spotify removing Neil Young's music after his Joe Rogan ultimatum

Young had released a letter demanding that Spotify no longer carry his music because he said Rogan spreads misinformation about Covid-19 vacine

Apple Music is second most used music streaming service: Report

Cupertino-based tech giant's Apple Music accounts for 15 per cent of the global music streaming market, still falling behind streaming giant Spotify, which holds more than 30 per cent

Long term goal is to build ecosystem with creators ,listeners: Spotify

Music streaming platform Spotify said its long-term goal in India is to build a robust ecosystem with audio creators, listeners, and partners

Spotify plans to take on TikTok with vertical feed of music videos

Spotify is testing a new feature in its mobile app that basically adds a vertical feed of music videos like TikTok

Adele asks Spotify to remove shuffle button from album '30,' it obliges

"We don't create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason," the singer wrote in a Tweet

Spotify's real-time Lyrics feature now available globally for all users

Spotify rolled out its real-time lyrics feature globally that was first introduced in 26 markets including India in June last year

Google Cloud, Snapchat, Spotify come back online after brief global outage

Multiple social media apps such as Snapchat, Spotify and Alphabet's Google Cloud appeared to be coming back online after a brief global outage on Tuesday.