Blog: Soundbetter

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As Spotify's door closes on Soundtrap, another opens

Tatiana Cirisano

16 Jun 2023

Music streaming

Spotify

SoundCloud

Writing about a new era of music fluidity last month, we noted how streaming services might align more closely with creation, as Spotify has done by acquiring music creation platform Soundtrap. Well, that...

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Did July 1st 2019 mark the end of Spotify’s music creator dream?

Mark Mulligan

8 Oct 2021

creator tools

Spotify

Soundbetter

On July 1st2019, Spotify announced that it was closing its system that allowed artists to upload their music directly to Spotify . The move came in the wake of fierce opposition from record labels who...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) - September 16th 2019

Mark Mulligan

16 Sep 2019

apple bundles

apple device portfolio

apple hardware

Spotify – small step, big step: Spotify has announced that it is ac quiring musician marketplace company Soundbetter. Back in July, Spotify halted its artist direct offering. Some quarters...

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