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Spotify podcast earnings: Moving beyond the investment phase

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Annie Langston

3 May 2023

Spotify’s Q1 2023 earnings revealed its growing userbase — now at 515 million monthly active users (MAUs) — and some key insights into its podcast vertical. First quarter revenue fell short of expectations, although podcast ad revenue, mostly driven by originals and exclusives, grew 20% year-over-year (YoY).

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Embrace, enhance or hinder: What will AI do for you, the creator?

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Kriss Thakrar

3 May 2023

Creator economy

There has been an abundance of coverage and conversation around AI, and it is unlikely to fade away any time soon. There is a question of how AI will change the music industry and broader creator economy.

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CMA blocking Microsoft from acquiring Activision raises more questions than answers

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Karol Severin

27 Apr 2023

UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) just announced that it “ prevented Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the years to come .

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By backpedalling its exclusive strategy, Spotify puts its content to the test

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Annie Langston

26 Apr 2023

Since Spotify began its audio investments in 2019, it has spearheaded the exclusive podcast strategy to attract users to the platform. Now, Spotify is giving some of its Gimlet shows, such as Science Vs.

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The future of entertainment lies in collaborating with audiences themselves

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Hanna Kahlert

26 Apr 2023

After two years of the Covid boom, the tide that buoyed tech and digital entertainment companies has begun to recede. The likes of Meta, Netflix, and even Apple and Alphabet have all seen stock dips, largely due to inflation and market uncertainty.

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Meta’s VR push should focus on the reality of the average consumer

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Ben Woods

25 Apr 2023

virtual reality

The tipping point for virtual reality headsets remains elusive. Last year’s market hype around the metaverse suggested widespread adoption was within reach, only for Sony to reportedly dial down its production plans for the PlayStation VR2.

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Why AI generation might be just what music needs

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Tatiana Cirisano

25 Apr 2023

artificial intelligence

Music streaming

In her hit ‘Saoko’, Rosalía celebrates her multi-dimensionality, singing (translated from Spanish): “I contradict myself, I transform / I’m everything, I transform”. As artists navigate the world of AI-generated music, her words might become a mantra.

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Solving the problems of AI require defining what it is… and these lines are tricky to draw

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Hanna Kahlert

20 Apr 2023

Media and Marketing

Universal Music Group has released a statement asking streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music to stop allowing AI’s to train on their datasets, and to remove AI music (largely in the wake of the viral AI-generated hit ‘Heart On My Sleeve’, made in the style of The Weeknd and Drake).

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Quick take: Can Rovio give Sega wings in mobile and live services?

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Karol Severin

20 Apr 2023

Sega is acquiring Rovio, and from my perspective, this deal makes sense for both sides. We are experiencing another step in the games industry’s wider consolidation journey, as cross-platform (i.e., mobile, pc, console, TV, etc.

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Spotify is radio’s middleman to podcasts – but will this guarantee new listeners?

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Annie Langston

19 Apr 2023

Although radio set the stage for podcasts, its transition into the digital space has been challenging. Now, Spotify is simplifying this process. With its 2021 acquisition of podcast tech company Whooshkaa, Spotify is rolling out its “broadcast-to-podcast” technology, which allows broadcasters to turn their live broadcast into an on-demand podcast — further taking the live out of audio .

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Live streams won’t steal ticket sales, but social just might

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Tatiana Cirisano

18 Apr 2023

music festivals

Frank Ocean’s headlining Coachella set on Sunday night was one of the most-anticipated sets ever, not least because the elusive singer has not performed publicly since 2017, but also because the performance was a holdover from 2020’s cancelled festival.

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Community and influencers are poised to lead a video monetisation revolution

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Ben Woods

18 Apr 2023

Streaming TV and social video services are enduring a bout of uncertainty from high inflation and sluggish economic growth. Traditional monetisation strategies that have underpinned these platforms are now being sorely tested by the economic tumult.

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AI will transform music; the question is how?

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Mark Mulligan

18 Apr 2023

Artifical Intelligence

Every new technology goes through a period of being overhyped before the dust settles, and that technology either fades or builds steadily thereafter. Think 3D printing, VR, NFTs. In my 20+ years as a media and tech analyst, only three technologies have had a level of hype that felt like it was going to live up to expectations: 1) the internet (which was already in full swing by the time I started out – I’m not that old); 2) smartphones / apps; and 3) AI.

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Gig tickets: artist discovery versus consumer satisfaction

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Ashleigh Millar

13 Apr 2023

Media and Marketing

Marketing Strategy

Since the return to normal, superstars and up-and-coming artists alike are creating new ways to adapt to the attention economy – and live performances are no exception. In a world accustomed to on-demand content, where trends and interests are fleeting, and the music market is hugely oversaturated thanks to the growing creator tools economy, creators need to find ways to entice fans to come to their live gigs.

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Why Max is the one to watch in 2023

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Tim Mulligan

13 Apr 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery

Investors attending Warner Bros. Discovery’s Streaming Product Press Event yesterday were reminded of the history underpinning D2C disruptor HBO Max as it was rebranded Max. The narrative for the rebrand was clear: trust us to get this right as we have been doing this successfully for a very long time.

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Netflix’s risk averse strategy is right for the retention age

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Ben Woods

12 Apr 2023

Stranger Things

Netflix is known for its fearless approach to financing new movies and shows. And yet the recent flurry of press coverage suggests the streaming TV service behind Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is now taking a more conservative approach to commissioning.

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As Spotify joins the live audio shutdown, can Amp and Spaces get it right?

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Annie Langston

12 Apr 2023

On the heels of cancelling several live audio shows, Spotify is now entirely shutting down its live audio app Spotify Live . Spotify was one of many major platforms to invest in live audio after Clubhouse kickstarted the craze during the Covid-19 pandemic, and it is not the only company now struggling to resuscitate the format.

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The next AI battleground will be around datasets, not just functionality

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Hanna Kahlert

12 Apr 2023

The conversation about AI has permeated every level of every industry, from architecture to music to politics. What it is, what it can do, and what it should be allowed to do are all hot topics –and yet, the answers are perhaps more simplistic than might be expected from all the hype.

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The music industry obsesses over artist performance statistics – where are label performance statistics?

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Keith Jopling

10 Apr 2023

Streaming Music

One of the watchwords in labels recently has been a focus on the ‘value proposition’ for artists, and it is easy to see why. In the streaming and social age, where independent self-releasing artists can get their music out into the world without a label, why should they sign to one at all? Up until even recently it was clear, for both majors and for indies.

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Music streaming’s looming generational blind spot

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Tatiana Cirisano

6 Apr 2023

Music streaming

Music streaming platforms have clamoured to attract Gen Z, with good reason. The cool, new kids out-stream everyone and are pioneering new ways to engage with music, yet they are spending more time on TikTok than streaming services might like.

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