Hello! Happy Friday and welcome to the latest Spotify Newsletter.

In Spotify news that doesn’t really move the needle for me, political advertising is returning to Spotify for the first time since the 2020 US election. Anything ‘political’ leaves me suspicious, and concerned about dark forces at play, but if there’s money to be made I guess Spotify isn’t going to turn away from diving back into the (cess)pool of politics+media.

In far more pleasant news …. Spotify has been listed as ‘essential’ by 75% of respondents in a new Hub survey. That 75% polled ranked Spotify as a "must have" service vs. "nice to have." 

I’m in full agreement with the (very wise) 75%! Spotify is as about ‘essential’ as it gets for me as a music/media consumer. It’s a definite ‘must have’ - that’s for sure! Music streaming is awesome! 😃

Have a nice weekend!

★In the SPOTlight★

🔥 Spotify Beats Netflix in Ranking of 'Must Have' Services in the American Home

The average American home consumes entertainment -- streaming video, music, podcasts, etc. -- from nearly 13 different sources, and among those, music streaming giant Spotify is listed as being "most essential."

🔥 Spotify stopped political ads in 2020. It just quietly brought them back.

The company said it's starting slow and has strengthened its advertiser verification systems since 2020.

🔥 Spotify hopes its ‘Roblox’ Island will “rival” real world events

"Platforms like 'Roblox' offer a look into the future of musical experiences for fans and artists alike"

🗣 Podcast Action 🗣

Music vs podcasts in Spotify: the functionality gap

Spotify removes dozens of ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast episodes, citing ‘technical issue’

Spotify dusts off multicultural mythology with new podcast

Winston Duke Discusses Portraying a Black Batman in Spotify's Batman: Unburied

🎧 The Playlist List 🎧

How to Make Your Spotify Playlists Private

🖌 Design Notes 🖌

Spotify unveils the world's first 'tapestry billboard' to promote Florence + The Machine album

Spotify Makes Its Clickable Ads Feature Available Outside of the US

💰 Spotify Stock 💰

Why It Might Be a Lucrative Time to Buy Spotify Stock

🔥 Even More Hot News Links 🔥

Spotify and Roblox Created an Inventive Metaverse Partnership

Spotify presents ‘The Free Studio’ via its Frequency initiative to amplify Black expression

Tesla now supports multiple logins for Spotify

Downloads vs. streams: What advertisers need to know

📱 Random @Spotify Post 📱

Spotify @Spotify

It's #HarrysHouse and we're all just living in it. Hope that's ok @Harry_Styles !

Spotify Charts @spotifycharts

.@Harry_Styles made the Global Top Songs chart his home with #HarrysHouse 🏠💙 (May 20-22, 2022) #SpotifyCharts https://t.co/CbbMSUuJYf

May 23rd 2022

588 Retweets4,204 Likes

🎵 New Adventures in Spotify 🎵

Born to Sing Van Morrison

Don't Wait Too Long Frank Sinatra

There'll Be No Second Time Sam Cooke

Ship Of Fools Bob Seger

Jesus, Etc. Norah Jones

Be Your Own Girl The Wallflowers

Mean Flower Joe Henry

Easy to Slip Little Feat

** On Thursday the music world said goodbye to the wonderful Yes drummer Alan White, as well as Andy Fletcher, founding member of Depeche Mode. In the nearby TV/film world, the terrific actor Ray Liotta also passed. He was terrific in everything darn thing he was in. They are gone, but never forgotten.

Yesterday and Today Yes

Strangelove - 2006 Remaster Depeche Mode

📧 Get in touch 📧

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😀 Have a Nice Weekend! 😀