Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Sets Record With 1B Spotify...
Taylor Swift has broken another record. The singer’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, is now Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single week — after only five days. On Wednesday, it passed 1...
View ArticleSpotify Hikes Prices of Premium Plans Again as Streaming Inflation Continues
Spotify is hiking the prices of its premium plans for the second time in a year, a sign that streaming inflation is still running hot. The music streaming giant said Monday that it is adjusting the...
View ArticleSpotify Renews ‘The Louis Theroux Podcast,’ With Season 3 Launching in...
Season three of Spotify’s The Louis Theroux Podcast will launch this September, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal. The British documentarian, author, journalist — and some would say, a...
View ArticleBillie Eilish Becomes the 3rd and Youngest Artist to Reach 100M Monthly...
Billie Eilish has set another record! The Grammy and Oscar winner has become only the third artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, the audio streamer confirmed to Billboard...
View ArticleSpotify Launches Less Expensive “Basic” Premium Plan, Without Audiobooks
Just weeks after raising the prices for its premium subscription offerings, Spotify is making another change and launching a less expensive tier. The streaming music platform on Friday launched what it...
View ArticleSpotify Beats Expectations for Paid Subscribers After Price Hikes to Hit 246M
Spotify hit 246 million paying subscribers in the second quarter of 2024, up 12 percent year-over-year. The total number of paid subscriber additions, up 7 million, was 1 million above guidance....
View ArticleCreative Studio Versus Partners With Ashley Champ to Launch Sports and...
Creative studio Versus is teaming up with creative director Ashley Champ to launch TUNL, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. TUNL is an interdisciplinary media and e-commerce platform,...
View ArticleSpotify Launching ‘Countdown To,’ Video Interview Series Focused on New...
Spotify is launching a new video interview series that dives into new albums before they are released. Countdown To will feature artists conversing with fellow performers, collaborators, family members...
View ArticleThe New York Times to Launch Podcast Subscriptions on Spotify and Apple...
The New York Times is making a significant change to how its podcast business works on two of the largest third-party podcast platforms: Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The Times will launch podcast...
View ArticleLouis Theroux on Swapping Documentaries for Spotify: “I Find the Podcast...
The beloved British documentarian talks about the latest season of his Spotify podcast and platforming controversial guests: "I made a career of daring to go to places that are definitely out on the...
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