Tag: spotify

  • Spotify is acquiring two major podcast tech platforms

    The Verge: Spotify is making more podcast acquisitions. The company announced today it’s acquiring both Chartable and Podsights — two of the most prominent podcast marketing and ad attribution companies. The deal price hasn’t been disclosed, but this marks the first major acquisition the company has made this year in a long line of audio…

  • Apple Music has surpassed Spotify’s US subscriber count

    Digital Music News reported that Apple Music has surpassed Spotify’s US subscriber count. Both Apple Music and Spotify have more than 20 million subscribers in America, with Apple now a hair ahead.  The source requested that we withhold exact subscriber numbers beyond mentioning ’20 million plus,’ to protect confidentiality. The data for 2018 also shows…

  • On Apple Music and Spotify

    There’s been some noise recently between Apple and Spotify, which shouldn’t be surprising, considering they’re currently in the midst of fighting to be the king of music streaming. I just figured I’d toss my two cents in too. While pricing and content is obviously one of the key factors to the outcome of this, I…

  • Spotify music streaming finally available for iOS and Android for free

    The free service isn’t an exact copy of what you get on the desktop, since you’ll only be able to select an artist or playlist and hear a stream of shuffled tracks, instead of actually selecting the tracks that you want. Of course, if you want to have full control of your music, you can…