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Tinder owner Match Group swipes left on Russia, pledging exit by June 30

Many digital services providers with few staff in Russia, such as Spotify and Netflix, pulled out shortly after Moscow began its military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022

Music streaming platform Spotify shuts its live audio application

Music streaming platform Spotify has said that it is shutting down its live-audio app -- "Spotify Live"

Licensing dispute: Zee Music hits' exit no music to Spotify ears

Though Spotify had 500 million monthly active users globally (as of February 2023), there is no clarity on its India user base

Spotify has spent less than 10% of its $100 million diversity fund

The initiative got off to a slow start hiring staff and has suffered from shifting priorities, according to people familiar with the effort

Spotify users angry over missing songs from Zee Music as contract ends

Zee Music had over two dozen tracks on Spotify's Daily Top 200 Songs chart for India on March 14

Spotify announces launch of new features including 'Discover Mode' in India

Music streaming platform Spotify has announced new features for creators and fans at its "Stream On" event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, including "Discovery Mode"

Apple breached antitrust law in Spotify case, says European Commission

The European Commission updated its anti-trust case against Apple, sending a fresh statement of objections to the tech giant clarifying its concerns over App Store rules for music streaming providers

Music platform Spotify launches AI-powered personalised music feature 'DJ'

The new feature will sort the latest music and will look back at some of the users' old favourites, even the songs they haven't listened to for years

Spotify world's 1st music streaming platform to surpass 200 mn paid users

The company last week announced to slash 6 per cent of its workforce, or about 600 staffers, globally, and Ek announced that he was too ambitious in investing ahead of their revenue growth

Music streaming platform Spotify's website, app restored after brief outage

Music streaming platform Spotify on Friday said that it has fixed the issue that affected its website and application

Spotify lays off 600 employees globally, CEO takes full responsibility

The company had just over 9,800 full time employees as of its last earnings report

Spotify to start handing over pink slips as soon as this week: Report

In October, Spotify laid off 38 people from its Gimlet Media and Parcast podcast studios

Spotify, 7 other firms call on European regulators to crack down on Apple

Audio streaming platform Spotify and 7 other European companies are calling on European Commission to take "swift and decisive action" against Apple over 'anti-competitive' and 'unfair' practices

Google working on cross-device playback system features, says report

Google is currently working on adding support for YouTube Music and Spotify to this cross-device playback system

Music-streaming platform Spotify launches 'New Year's Hub' playlist

Some 82,000 New Year's Eve playlists were created between December 25, 2021 and January 31, 2022, and around 40,000 playlists were created on New Year's night itself

Spotify working on HealthKit integration to provide workout playlists

Spotify could choose and suggest specific songs based on the types of exercises logged by users or even their speed

Spotify's Anchor app may be rebranded as 'Spotify Creator Studio'

Last month, Spotify added a one-button voice isolation feature in its Anchor app for podcast creators

Music streaming app Spotify to bid farewell to several of its audio shows

In April, the Swedish audio service had integrated its live audio capabilities from its companion app, Spotify Greenroom, into its main app itself

Spotify expands audiobooks to more countries beyond US: Details here

Audiobooks shows up with a lock icon on the play button, indicating that users have to purchase it in order to listen

Spotify adds audio enhancement feature for podcast creators: Details here

Users can simply record in the Anchor mobile app and tap 'Enhance' to significantly reduce background noise for a clearer-sounding episode