Founded as a small start-up firm just 14 years ago, Spotify has quickly risen to take the music world by storm. From its humble beginnings, the music streaming service, which boasts a library of 60million songs, now has a staggering 320million monthly active users and is worth an estimated $23billion. The meteoric rise began in … Read more
From ‘All by myself’ to ‘Happy’, songs we decide to listen to often reflect our mood. Now Spotify thinks it can make that decision for us – by listening to our voices. The streaming giant has been granted a patent for a technology that analyses your voice to determine your emotional state, age, gender and … Read more
Spotify adds nine classic audiobooks like Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ and Charles Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’ narrated by celebrities including Hilary Swank and Forest Whitaker Spotify is testing audiobooks and has added nine classics the its library They include Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ and Kate Chopin’s ‘The Awakening’ Each is narrated by a celebrity like Hilary Swank … Read more
Prince Harry has dropped the Queen’s English accent in favour of a more ‘slurring mid-Estuary’ twang in his new podcast with wife Meghan Markle, a British behaviour expert has claimed. The Duke, 36, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, today released their first Spotify podcast, calling on famous friends including Sir Elton John, Brené Brown, Deepak … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new business partner Spotify paid less than £1million in UK taxes last year despite earning £6billion globally, reports claim. The Sussexes recently signed a £30million deal with the streaming service to produce and host their own shows as part of the newly formed Archewell Audio. Their latest venture will begin with a ‘holiday … Read more
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sign exclusive podcast deal with Spotify By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 15:17 GMT, 15 December 2020 | Updated: 15:18 GMT, 15 December 2020 Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have signed an exclusive podcast deal with Spotify. The couple said in a statement: ‘What we love about podcasting is that it … Read more
Spotify launches new daily soap opera podcast to challenge The Archers – still BBC’s most popular audio show after 70 years Spotify could launch a ficional drama to rival the BBC show as early as next year Plans were revealed by content head at podcast production group Gimlet Media The company was bought by streaming … Read more
Joe Biden’s Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken is a ‘smooth-talking guitarist’ who even has two singles on Spotify – Lip Service and Patience Anthony Blinken, 58, is the former deputy secretary of state under the Obama administration and a longtime aide to the President-elect But Blinken is better-known to his 57 monthly Spotify fans … Read more
Credit scores can now be boosted by Netflix or Spotify subscriptions: Experian launches new feature and millions are likely to see instant uptick Experian announced its new ‘boost’ feature for its 8m UK customers today It will use data from people’s bank accounts to help ‘thicken’ their credit file This means payments which didn’t count … Read more
Spotify defends allowing Alex Jones to appear as a guest on Joe Rogan’s podcast, saying it won’t ban conservative voices just because staff and listeners don’t agree with them Horacio Gutierrez, Spotify’s chief legal officer, sent a memo to staff this week He said the platform would not ban people from being guests on podcasts … Read more