Hello and happy Friday! As much as I love love love curating my New Adventures playlist (that’s all the way down at the bottom, in case you never make it that far!), I would equally love to spotlight other playlists out there in the universe. And… you’d be helping to support my newsletter publishing endeavors.

Besides my ‘All Things Spotify’ weekly digest, there’s also AI Music Newsletter and Platform & Stream. Ok, there’s also the Steely Dan Newsletter as well. It’s a network, Jerry, a network of music-related newsletters.

If you have a Spotify playlist you’d like spotlighted (here, and Platform as well), let’s talk. Email: jeff.spotifynewsletter@gmail.com

Thanks for reading today! Have a nice weekend!!

★ SPOTlight

⭐️ Spotify will start listing pricing and promo details in iOS app in Europe

The company says, “we will finally be able to offer something as obvious as it is overdue: iPhone consumers in the EU will now see pricing information for Spotify in the app and the fact that they can go to our website to purchase items directly.”

⭐️ Spotify Knows You So Well (And You, and You ... and You, Too!)

It’s official: Spotify knows you’re emo. The platform spotlights some of its 615 million monthly users in a big push that breaks today across OOH and digital in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other key markets.

⭐️ New Spotify Portal for Backstage Eases Platform Engineering

The path to creating Backstage involved respecting Spotify's culture of collaboration and developer autonomy. Its new portal aims to bring that ethos to all Backstage users.

⭐️ How a Spotify TV ad dominated Summer and showed Radio's weakness

Spotify is hoping to accelerate its in-car progress, not only pitching their product, but as importantly, the emotional, relatable way in which it’s used while people are behind the wheel.

🗣 Podcasts

• Meghan Markle & Prince Harry Can't Get Over 'F------ Grifters' Label

• 7 Reasons Why Spotify Is My Preferred App for Podcasts

• Why comments on Spotify podcasts are more about YouTube than community

▶️ Playlists

• My Spotify Daylist and Blend mixes are way better since I started using this little-known feature

• Meet the Newest Stars of Colombian Pop Music

• Arijit Singh tied with Taylor Swift as Spotify’s most-followed artist

🎧 Streams

• Chris Stapleton’s 'Tennessee Whiskey' Reaches One Billion Streams On Spotify

• Lorde and Kimbra top Spotify’s first ever New Zealand Global Impact list

🖌 Design

• Meet The Team - Spotify's shift into video

🧐 Research

• Exploring Local Music’s Place in Global Streaming

• Spotify has added 10 million paying subscribers this year. So has Tencent Music

🎼 Spotify 4 Artists

• Get Music on Spotify Playlists: A Guide for Indie Artists

• Why You Should Have Canvas Videos for All of Your Songs on Spotify (And How We Can Help)

💡 Tips & Tricks

• 5 Little-Known Freebies Included in Spotify Premium

• Be Your Own DJ With These Expert Spotify Hacks

🔥 News

• Spotify Celebrates Cowgirls With Carly Pearce, Carter Faith & Brandi Cyrus

• Mondelēz and Coca-Cola Collaboration Taps QR Codes and Spotify Personalization

• Spotify Promotes Dinesh Kumar S To Marketing Regionalisation Lead Of SAMEA

🎵 New Adventures

Mint Tea Johnny Blue Skies, Sturgill Simpson

I Can't Quit Your Love The Jackson 5

Rock And Bird Cowboy Junkies

Mirror Song Live

Burnin' Sky - Remastered Version Bad Company

As Long as You Follow Fleetwood Mac

History, Now Mavis Staples

Diamond Dogs - 2016 Remaster David Bowie

Thinking of both Greg Kihn and Jack Russell today. Rest in peace to great artists - both a big part of my musical youth, helping craft my love of power pop and good time rock n’ roll.

Sheila The Greg Kihn Band

Love's Made A Fool of You The Greg Kihn Band

Lady Red Light Great White

House Of Broken Love Great White

📧 Get in touch

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

😀 Have a Nice Weekend!