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.

🗣 Podcast Action 🗣

Spotify adds one-click audio enhancement for podcast creators

Spelman College Partners with Spotify for Podcast Culture Initiative

🎧 The Playlist List 🎧

10 of the best artist-curated playlists on Spotify

Eminem Reached New Peak of 59 Million Monthly Listeners on Spotify

Tems surpasses 1 billion Spotify streams

💡 Tips & Tricks 💡

Where to Find Your Recently Played Songs, Top Songs, and Other Useful Stats on Spotify

Smarter Playlists For Spotify: How To Get Started & Build Your Playlist

🖌 Design Notes 🖌

Oxeye Finds Bad Spotify Backstage JavaScript Vulnerability

💰 Spotify Stock 💰

Here's Why Spotify Shares Dropped 9% in October

🔥 Extra News 🔥

When is Spotify Wrapped 2022 coming and when does it stop tracking your music?

Invisible Collective’s Nate Edwards Directs Spotify | Frequency Sunday Dinner: Texas Docu-series Episode

Spotify study shows Marquee is 10X more effective than social ads

Boost Your Mood And Productivity With Spotify’s Top Work From Home Songs

Spotify Just Added One of Anime's Best OSTs

🎵 New Adventures 🎵

If You Gotta Go, Go Now Manfred Mann

My Bird Performs - 2001 Remaster XTC

Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? Bruce Springsteen

Pay You Back With Interest The Hollies

Promenade - Remastered 2009 U2

I Love You Like A Ball And Chain - Remastered Version Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart

Long Line Peter Wolf

Strangers The Kinks

📧 Get in touch 📧

If you have a question, idea, request, or simply a desire to chat about Spotify, please email me at jeff.spotifynewsletter@gmail.com.

😀 Have a Nice Weekend! 😀