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Thursday, 6 February, 2020

FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

Trump acquittal, HSBC CEO delay, Spotify podcasts

Donald Trump was acquitted on impeachment charges by the Senate on Wednesday

Wednesday, 5 February, 2020

Spotify to buy The Ringer as it steps up podcast push

Acquisition of sport-focused group comes as streaming giant struggles for profit

Wednesday, 5 February, 2020

Spotify looks beyond music in search of a profit

Contracts with record labels crimp streaming service’s hopes of making money from podcasts

Monday, 28 October, 2019

LexStreaming services

Spotify: in tune Premium

Push into podcasting is the right step for company trying to profit consistently from vast customer base

Monday, 28 October, 2019

Spotify’s chief financial officer announces departure

Architect of direct listing is the latest senior figure to leave music streaming service

Wednesday, 31 July, 2019

Spotify misses a beat as subscriber numbers disappoint

Music streaming company adds 8m paying users in 3 months to end of June

Wednesday, 10 July, 2019

IPOs

Slack and Spotify debuts tempt groups to cut out middlemen

Successful ‘direct listings’ cast doubt over the traditional route of an IPO

Wednesday, 3 July, 2019

Spotify drops plan to pull in independent artists

The company had allowed acts to release music directly on to its service, but not any more

Promoted Content

Thursday, 20 June, 2019

Digital Media

Music industry targets troll farms distorting streaming revenues

Record labels join tech groups to tackle ‘industrial-scale’ deployment of fake users

Friday, 31 May, 2019

Inside BusinessRichard Waters

How the Apple world is quietly changing

Developers and rivals will be feeling nervous as a push into services gathers pace

Sunday, 5 May, 2019

EU tech regulation

Brussels to probe Apple over Spotify fees complaint

EU to launch formal competition inquiry as music streaming battle escalates

Thursday, 2 May, 2019

FT Books Essay

How Spotify’s algorithms are ruining music

Three books on why streaming comes at a cost to the way we create and enjoy music

Monday, 29 April, 2019

Spotify hits 100m paying subscribers as losses narrow

Shares climb on better than expected results

Friday, 29 March, 2019

FT AlphavilleJamie Powell

Spotify's podcast gambit

A few thoughts.

Wednesday, 27 March, 2019

Lex

Spotify/podcasts: listen up Premium

Audience numbers may be rising but podcasts pull in comparatively puny revenues

Tuesday, 26 March, 2019

Spotify to buy podcasting business Parcast for more than $100m

Music streaming group makes third podcasting acquisition in two months

Friday, 22 March, 2019

FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen

Brexit cliff extended, Spotify talks, Levi leaps

EU leaders give Theresa May a short Brexit extension, Spotify enters high-stakes lic…

Friday, 22 March, 2019

Streaming services

Spotify enters licensing talks with music industry

Universal, Sony and Warner control two-thirds of streaming service’s catalogue

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019

News in Focus podcast8 min listen

YouTube Music takes on Spotify in India

YouTube Music, Google’s new music subscription service, has launched in India less t…

Friday, 15 March, 2019

US & Canadian companies

What Apple's Spotify retort doesn't say

Squirrel!

Friday, 15 March, 2019

Technology sector

Apple hits back at Spotify as App Store row intensifies

iPhone maker responds after rival filed European antitrust complaint

Thursday, 14 March, 2019

Streaming services

Spotify boss warns of price rises in Apple dispute

Daniel Ek says music-streaming service could have ‘no other choice’ in face of App Store’s 30% fee

Thursday, 14 March, 2019

Inside BusinessRichard Waters

Treating Big Tech as a monopoly offers the app makers hope

Senator’s call for utility-like regulation is one possibility to keep greedy hands from taking all the pie

Thursday, 14 March, 2019

FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen

Brexit ultimatums, Boeing, Manafort, Spotify

British MPs have to decide on a way forward on Brexit, the US bows to international …

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