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One Year In: Putting Human Artistry First on Spotify — Spotify

A year ago, we laid out our plans to protect artists and listeners from spam, impersonation, and deception in the age of AI. One core idea drives this work: human artistry comes first.  Here’s what we’ve done, and what’s next. Keeping AI-generated slop and spam out of recommendations AI-generated slop and spam don’t belong in...

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Boo! The Spotify Editors' Guide to Horror Audiobooks — Spotify

What has thrills, chills, and something for every book lover? It’s the wonderfully wicked world of horror audiobooks. With spooky season underway, we asked Spotify’s Katie del Rosario, Associate Director, Audiobooks Editorial, and Lena Yang, Senior Editor, Audiobooks, to walk us through some of the scariest stuff on Spotify. Whether you’re new to the genre...

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Spotify’s Managed Accounts Help More Families Enjoy Listening Together — Spotify

This week, Spotify brought together parents, kids, creators, and friends in New York City for a song-filled afternoon built around music and family. Guests posed on a stoop decked out with musical instruments, flipped through record stacks, and made their own merch at a DIY T-shirt station. Families gathered at picnic tables over pizza and...

TechCrunch

Spotify is giving you the keys to its recommendation algorithm with US launch of 'Taste Profile' | TechCrunch

Spotify is rolling out Taste Profile to Premium users in the U.S., letting listeners see how the streamer understands their tastes and use natural language to reshape their recommendations.

Consequence

Bad Bunny Extends Own Spotify Record With “VeLDÁ,” Now Has Five More Billion-Stream Songs Than Anyone Else

Bad Bunny has extended his Spotify record after “VeLDÁ,” featuring Dei V and Omar Courtz, surpassed 1 billion streams on the platform.

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'They touch everything': Sylvan Esso confronts the Spotify dilemma, again

A year after pulling its music in protest, the duo is back on Spotify. For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, that journey has been frustrating, eye-opening — and full of smaller victories.

Rolling Stone

Spotify Launches Fresh Finds Forward to Support 10,000 New Independent Artists

Spotify launched a new program that will give about 10,000 emerging independent artists each year extra support to make the most of early momentum.

404 Media

I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy

A glaring loophole in digital music distribution makes it very easy to piggyback on the talent of real artists with AI generated music.

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All of Taylor Swift’s Official Music Videos Are Now on Spotify — Spotify

Taylor Swift has long been keenly aware of the power of music videos to help expand the worlds she meticulously builds in her songwriting. Now, for the first time, all 58 of Taylor’s videos are coming to Spotify, giving her fans the opportunity to dive deeper than ever into her catalog. From “Tim McGraw” to...

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The Spotify Partner Program Expands to More Than 35 New Markets — Spotify

The Spotify Partner Program is bigger than ever. This fall, we’re bringing the program to more than 35 new markets, opening the door for eligible creators in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and beyond to earn more from their work. Following the Spotify Partner Program’s success across the U.S., Europe, and Australia, this marks our...

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Introducing Fresh Finds Forward: Spotify's New Program to Champion the Next Generation of Independent Artists — Spotify

Today, Spotify is launching Fresh Finds Forward, a new program that will give approximately 10,000 emerging independent artists each year the resources, community, and support to turn early momentum into long-term growth. Fresh Finds playlists are curated by Spotify’s worldwide team of music editors, who discover and champion independent, unsigned, and early-career artists they believe...

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Spotify House Seoul returns with Diplo, bringing the streaming experience offline

Spotify House Seoul returned to Seongsu-dong on Thursday, with Grammy-winning DJ and producer Diplo leading the opening-day lineup of an event that puts some of

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Apple Music to make AI labels mandatory for music created with artificial intelligence

Apple Music is preparing to make its AI disclosure system mandatory, requiring record labels and distributors to identify music and other content where artificial intelligence has played a material role in its creation. The change builds

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The Art of Specificity: Designing an Experience for Every Atif Aslam Fan — Spotify

No two fans connect with an artist in exactly the same way. Some have been listening since the very beginning, while others may be discovering them through a shared playlist today. Some return to the same songs for comfort, while others are always eager to hear what’s next. It’s that diversity that inspired Spotify’s new...