80% of Nordic Consumers Use Streaming Services
The recent Digital Music Survey 2017 conducted by Polaris Nordic Alliance revealed that almost all Nordic consumers stream music, and 40% are premium subscriber...
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Soundcloud Takes On Spotify, Apple Music With Subscription Service
Soundcloud launched on Tuesday in the United States its long-awaited music subscription service, going head-to-head with Spotify and Apple Music. "It’s a big da...
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TBT: Jonathan from Spotify
#ThrowbackThursday to when you couldn't afford a Spotify subscription.
He was Spotify's version of MySpace's Tom - a friend you couldn't afford to get rid of. H...
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Spotify gets into the t-shirt business with new update
Late last night Stockholm-based Spotify updated its desktop client to integrate BandPage, allowing musicians to sell merch right within the Spotify player. It's...
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Spotify moving in the right direction with new API, but not there yet
Since launching in 2008 Spotify has had plenty of chances to blow your mind when it comes to their user interface. They've figured out that hooking up a music ...
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Spotify enter the teenage years with major redesign
We all know that children like bright colours and music, even in the world of startups young companies are generally colourful and like to make lots of noise w...
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Is Spotify finding its identity after $100 Million EchoNest acquisition?
Should Spotify be a full-featured social platform or should it just be and API and library for others to develop off of?
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Finland's Music Kickup offers first Free Music Distribution service for Artists
To publish music on platforms like iTunes, Spotify, and Deezer, artists use one of a number of publishing platforms like CD baby or TuneChord to get their track...
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Spotify Reportedly Pulls in another $250 Million at $4+ Billion Valuation
Swedish music streaming service Spotify has pulled in another $250 million (€185 million) at a whopping $4+ billion valuation, The Wall Street Journal reports. ...
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As Spotify Turns Five, 20% of their Library Remains to be Played
Spotify turned 5 years old last week, and with it they shared some stats about the music streaming platform in a birthday infographic. Most notably, over the la...
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Shootitlive Hits 300 Million Monthly Unique Viewers
Shootitlive is one of those startups that has been quietly doing its thing and getting very impressive traction. In case of Shootitlive, perhaps not so quietly...
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Norway's Soundrop Picks Up €2.5 Million Round
Today Oslo-based Soundrop announces it has picked up a 20 million NOK (€2.5 million) round led by Northzone and Investinor. The company has had a good run so fa...
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Forget Discovery, Spotify Should Focus on Social Curation
Despite how much I love the platform, I've come to terms with the fact that Spotify's social features really aren't that good on a basic level. I was interest...
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Spotify Makes Up For Lack Of Browser Apps With "Discover" Feature
Spotify's browser client seems pretty cool, even though the last time I opened it was to write an article about its launch, which for better or worse I'm alway...
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ShapeUp Club Recruits Spotify & Stardoll Execs
Stockholm-based ShapeUp Club got a little bit of a shakeup yesterday after hiring as CEO Henrik Torstensen, ex-Spotify head of Premium Sales, and Marcus Gners,...
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Acquisition Of Tunigo Hints At Spotify's Future Of Radio
It's been a busy week, but some news just hitting our radar is Spotify's acquisition of Stockholm-based Tunigo. Covering news late really isn't news, but to com...
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Helsinki's Clerkd Music App Plugs You Into The Local Beat
Helsinki has a new music app that's becoming the talk of the town. Started by a group of students from Helsinki, Sydney, and St. Petersburg, Clerkd launched las...
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Spotify Hits Iceland, The Baltics In Today's New Market Push
Today Spotify has expanded into seven new markets, hitting four countries under ArcticStartup's radar: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and everyone's favorite, Icel...
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Accel Closes €367 Million Fund To Build On Existing Investments In The Nordics
Accel Partners yesterday closed a €367 Million fund to focus on Europe and Israel. With Accel London IV, the firm will invest in early-stage and growth stage co...
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Tunigo Serves Up A Music-To-Life Mentality
I've been curious what's happening behind Tunigo since adding it by chance to my Spotify Apps. The app is basically only a playlist directory, and I've been puz...
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