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Spotify Reportedly Adding Pricey HiFi Audio Tier Later This Year
Is this really happening this time or are subscribers going to have to keep waiting?
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Neil Young Back on Spotify After Joe Rogan Boycott
Two years ago, Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify in response to Joe Rogan’s spreading anti-vaccine misinformation on his podcast, which was prominently featured on the platform. Young is back on Spotify although he’s not too thrilled about it. “My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation…
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Spotify Lays Off 1,500 as Revenues Climb Works
Spotify staff could be listening to a funerary dirge in their own Spotify Wraps. The company announced it was making sweeping staff cuts across the board, reducing global headcount by around 17 per cent. Merry Christmas. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek blamed the layoffs on slowing economic growth and how “capital has become more expensive.” More…
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Apple Music’s Cheap Voice Plan Disappearing Is Another Example of ‘Streamflation’
Apple Music subscribers can no longer sign up for the Voice Plan and existing subscribers’ auto-renew will turn off at the end of the billing period, Apple said in a blog post on Wednesday. Subscribers paid just $11.99 for Apple Music’s Voice Plan which launched in 2021 and allowed users to access their music library…