Spotify News

According to a new report, Spotify is planning on making its free tier a lot less appetizing in the hopes of assuaging major labels and getting more users to pony up and pay for it...

Taylor Swift and Spotify Still Have Some Bad Blood

Vanity Fair has a new interview with Taylor Swift, and the publication previewed it today. Let's just say Taylor Swift is still a little pissed at Spotify, or as she c...

Spotify Will Make You a New Playlist of Deep Cuts Every Monday

When it comes to differentiating itself for the pack, there's only so much a streaming music service can do in terms of content acquisition – they either have a song, or they don't...

Neil Young Says He’s Done with Streaming, Citing Sound Quality

Neil Young says he's pulling his music from streaming services. No, Young's issue isn't money, like...

Prince Yanks His Music from Every Streaming Service Except TIDAL

If you want to stream Purple Rain or the Batman soundtrack this weekend (and you might, I dunno), you're going to have to head to TIDAL. Or Soundcloud, or You...

Google Play Music Now Has a Free, Ad-Supported Radio Tier

To some people Google Play Music, Google's subscription music streaming service, may have gotten lost in a sea of other offerings. But now, just a week before Apple launches its ne...

Spotify Hits 20M Paid Users, Defends Artist Payouts

Spotify has a message for Apple and its new Apple Music venture – you're starting well in the hole. The streaming music company has...

Apple Music May Force Spotify to Cut Family Plan Prices

How will Apple Music fare in an already crowded field of streaming music providers? That's yet to be seen. But it appears that...

Spotify Now Offers Videos, Podcasts, Pace-Tracking Running Playlists, and More

It's ambitious, but Spotify would like to be your all day media hub. The streaming company, with over 60 million users worldwide (about a fourth of them paying subscribers), sa...

Starbucks’ Music Experience Is Now Powered by Baristas with Spotify

Coffee kingpin Starbucks and bane of Jay-Z's existence Spotify have just announced a huge partnership to create a "first-of-its-kind music ecosystem." What that means is that so...

Your Spotify Free Ride May Be Coming to an End, Claims Report

File this under interesting, but unconfirmed, reports. Earlier this month, reports said that Apple was doing its damnedest to...

Is A Spotify Video Service On The Way?

A Spotify video service may soon be a reality if there's any weight to the latest reports making the rounds. The Wall Street Journal is...

Apple Is Working Hard to Kill Spotify’s Free Tier: Report

Apple knows it's going to be an uphill climb when it relaunches its Beats-based music streaming service this summer – and the company may be taking some rather direct measures to c...

Spotify Lets Brands Tailor Ads Based on Your Mood with New Playlist Targeting

Spotify's ad offerings for brands have included audience targeting for some time – based on age, gender, location, platform, and genre preferences. Now, Spotify's turning to playli...

Spotify Launches ‘Tweet the Beat’ Ads, Even for Premium Users

If you pay $10 a month for Spotify premium, one of the major reasons you do that is to avoid ads. But Spotify's new in-app ads, which act more like suggestions for you to tweet out...

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