Spotify Newsletter #137

Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News

Nov 23

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Hello! Happy holiday if you’re celebrating this week —— and welcome to the Spotify Newsletter - Wednesday edition!!

It’s not too shabby a collection of news links for an abridged version of the Spotify Newsletter.

Is anyone else totally excited about the upcoming Spotify Wrapped? The anticipation is rising, let me tell ya! Year after year Spotify’s deep dive into the music and podcasts that defined our personal year gets more popular, more exciting.

I wonder if there will be any new, design flourishes - an added dash of data pizzazz to highlight all the audio enjoyment of the last year.

No, Neil Young-inspired rants today! Just a quick hello to say enjoy the Spotify news, have a great holiday and a terrific weekend!! 😀

★In the SPOTlight★

🔥 Spotify's hidden music recommender

There's a cool little music recommender built into Spotify that you've probably never used.

🔥 Spotify launches audiobooks to more English-speaking markets outside the U.S.

Spotify is expanding its newly launched audiobooks service outside the U.S., the company announced today. The service will now become available in other English-speaking markets, including the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, allowing users to access Spotify’s catalog of audiobook titles from the streaming app.

🔥 Spotify’s Brad Grealy on the company’s plans to expand ad sales team by 5x in the next seven months

The company’s optimisation plans include the acquisition of new talent, skill sets, expertise, and resources to be able to best serve India’s very fast-growing market.

🔥 Playlists and Music Discovery | Spotify for Artists Masterclass

Various members of the Spotify editorial team talk about where music discovery happens on the platform, finding audiences, developing fanbases, the different types of playlists in the ecosystem, and the all important pitching for playlist consideration.

🔥 The Office of the Future

Just a month before the U.K. first went into lockdown in March 2020, Spotify unveiled its new London headquarters that would house hundreds of freshly hired employees and one of the company’s largest R&D hubs.