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Spotify profit takes hit from higher payroll taxes, shares drop
Spotify forecast second-quarter profit below market estimates on Tuesday due to employee salary-related taxes, taking the ...
Spotify Subscriber Gains Continue, With Revenue Buoyed by Price Hikes
Spotify continued to add subscribers during the first quarter, which is usually a softer period for the audio streaming giant ...
Spotify Adds More Premium Subs in Q1 Than Expected to Reach 268 Million, but CEO Warns of Near-Term ‘Noise’ Amid Economic Uncertainty
Spotify gained a better-than-expected 5 million paid subscribers for Q1 2025 but its CEO said macroeconomic headwinds could ...
Spotify’s growth spurt continues.
Monthly active users have increased 10 percent year-over-year to 678 million, up from 615 million, while subscribers jumped ...
Spotify Has Paid More Than $100 Million to Podcasters to Take On Competitors
The audio platform has branched out to video and has given its podcasters a raise as the war for creator talent heats up.
Spotify quietly adds new way to completely turn off Smart Shuffle
Spotify is testing a new setting that may allow users to disable Smart Shuffle, which mixes recommendations into shuffled ...
Spotify’s HR chief says remote staff aren’t ‘children’ as company sticks to work-from-anywhere policy
Spotify isn’t planning to follow Amazon and scrap its “work from anywhere” policy, but its HR chief admitted remote work ...
Spotify set to report earnings as Wall Street praises 'defensive' subscription model
Spotify said last quarter that it expects first quarter gross margin to hit 31.5%, a slowdown from the record 32.2% the ...
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Spotify paid $100M to podcasters as creator wars heat up
“The payout is the result of a program introduced in 2025 that opened up new revenue streams to eligible hosts. But it is also an attempt to draw more creators (and their audiences) to Spotify, as the ...