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Spotify competitor Anghami to become first Arab tech firm to list on Nasdaq

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Anghami has more than 70 million registered users

Spotify to expand to 80 new countries, to support 36 new languages

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it will arrive in over 80 new countries, along with rolling out 36 new languages on its platform.

Spotify will let employees work from anywhere even after Covid-19 pandemic

Spotify has announced it is adopting a 'Work from Anywhere' model, which will allow employees to choose whether they want to be in the office full time, be at home full time

Apple iOS 14.5 to let users set Spotify as default music service

The upcoming Apple iOS update will let users select a third-party default music service like Spotify when they ask to play a song using Siri

Spotify quarterly revenue beats Wall Street estimates on subscriber growth

The music streaming company hit 155 million paid subscribers for its premium service

Apple planning to launch a podcast subscription service: Report

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a new subscription service that would be focused on podcasts

Spotify set to launch streaming service in South Korea in 2021

Global streaming giant Spotify is planning to launch a music streaming service in South Korea, home to the booming K-pop industry, in the first half of 2021

Music platforms remain immune to Covid-19 as investments intensify

Shamrock Capital, a private equity firm, has acquired the Taylor Swift master recordings from Carlyle Group and manager Scooter Braun for $300 million

Music app Spotify rolls out standalone streaming for Apple Watch

Swedish music streaming service Spotify has started rolling out support for standalone streaming through its app for Apple Watch

Swinging with the music: Spotify driving critical changes in the market

In August, about 18 months after its entry in India, a Spotify listener spent an average of 97 minutes on the app, almost ten times more than any other streaming music brand

Small apps unite to take on Apple, Google over unfair trade practices

On Thursday, the smaller companies said they had formed the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that plans to push for changes in the app stores and "protect the app economy"

Spotify's paid subscribers hit 138 mn as music streaming demand rebounds

Analysts on average were expecting the company to have 136.4 million paid subscribers

Spotify brings real-time lyrics support to 26 countries, including India

With this new feature, Spotify will become similar to Prime Music and Apple Music which already offered real-time lyrics in India

Now Indian users can enjoy Spotify with Amazon Alexa on Echo devices

Spotify free is an ad-supported service in India and gives users access to over 50 million songs

Spotify now lets you save unlimited songs, albums, podcasts in user library

The Swedish music streaming service has removed the 10000 songs limit on the user library

The show must go on: Performance artists struggle as gigs go online

Due to the lockdown, artists are turning to online shows but the concept of online concerts are still at a nascent stage making survival difficult for many

Statutory licensing for online streaming: A case of legislative inaction

India possesses no guidelines to regulate the manner in which licences are to be obtained by online streaming services

Spotify's 'year in review': Check your song history for the year and decade

Users can also see their own summary of 2019 and the last decade by heading to the Spotify Wrapped website or through the main app

Singer Arijit Singh most-streamed Indian artist in 2019, says Spotify

Tanishk Bagchi, Dhvani Bhanushali and Asees Kaur occupied the top three positions for India's top breakout artists

Spotify turns the spotlight on storytellers with 3 original podcast series

The platform looks to break away from the popular song-and-dance routine, with original podcasts made for an Indian audience