Spotify says it has paid $100M+ to podcast publishers and creators since January 2025 via a new creator program based on Premium subscribers' video engagement
The audio platform has branched out to video and has given its podcasters a raise as the war for creator talent heats up.
LinkedIn says its premium subscriptions unit hit $1.7B in revenue in 2023; COO Dan Shapero says premium subscribers rose 25% in 2023
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Spotify reports Q2 revenue rose 11% YoY to €3.2B, Premium subscribers grew 17% YoY to 220M, MAUs rose 27% YoY to 551M, and a €112M adjusted operating loss
Spotify Technology SA fell as much as 13% in New York trading after the audio streaming giant reported sales that came …
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to €3B, ad revenue up 17% YoY to €329M, MAUs up 22% YoY to 515M, Premium Subscribers up 15% YoY to 210M, and a €225M loss
Audio streaming giant posted lower-than-expected revenue gains as ad spending cooled Spotify Technology SA reported …
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 21% YoY to €3.04B, MAUs up 20% YoY to 456M vs. 448.6M est., and Premium subs up 13% YoY to 195M; stock drops 4%+ on ad growth miss
Executive Summary The majority of our key metrics surpassed guidance in Q3'22 … Spotify : Spotify Reports Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Todd Spangler / Variety : Spotify Reaches 456 Million Total Monthl...
YouTube Music reached 50M paying subscribers in August, up from 30M paid music and premium subscribers that YouTube had reported in October 2020
Google-owned platforms have grown rapidly to become serious streaming competitor — YouTube's paid music streaming services have amassed 50m subscribers …
Whoop, which makes a fitness tracker and sells a subscription-based health coaching app, raises $200M from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a valuation of $3.6B
Funding enables fitness tracker start-up to challenge tech giants in health monitoring business — Whoop, which makes a fitness tracker … Tweets: @dangraziano , @epaley , @micahjay1 , @scottbelsky , ...
YouTube reports $5B in Q3 ad revenue, up 30% YoY from $3.8B, has more than 30M paid music and premium subscribers; YouTube TV has more than 3M subscribers
Parent company Alphabet reported better-than-expected third quarter ad revenue results — Google parent company Alphabet's third …
Spotify reports 108M paying subscribers in Q2, up 31% YoY, revenue of €1.67B, up 31% YoY, and an operating loss of €3M
Spotify Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times : Spotify misses a beat as subscriber numbers disappoint Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Spotify hits 108M paying users and 232M overall, but its average revenue pe...
Spotify reports Q1 revenue of €1.5B, up 33% YoY, reduces net loss to €142M, says it has 217M MAUs, up 26% YoY, with 100M premium subscribers, up 32% YoY
Spotify John Kennedy / Silicon Republic : This is why Spotify isn't just talking the talk about podcasts Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News : Spotify paid ~$56 million for Parcast Marco Lancaster / Gizchina...