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Spotify Newsletter #243

Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News

Feb 13

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⭐️ Gen Zs Use Spotify to Nurture Connection, Not Stream Songs

For many young people, Spotify has become more than just a music streaming app; it’s a vital companion that mirrors their lives through music, podcasts, and playlists. Especially playlists.

⭐️ Spotify, Black List, JED Team on Mental Health Fiction Author Grants

The company is partnering with The Black List, a platform for filmmakers and writers to showcase projects to industry professionals, and The Jed Foundation (JED), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping prevent suicide for teens and young adults, to launch the Spotify x JED Impact Award.

⭐️ TikTok Curators & Music Discovery: A Big Opportunity for Spotify?

Explore how TikTok music curators have reshaped music discovery and the potential for Spotify to step in for the win if the TikTok ban goes through.

⭐️ Spotify Studios LA Offers Support to Creators and Music Industry Professionals Impacted by the Wildfires

This program is primarily for existing Spotify creator partners and artists in Los Angeles who have been affected by the wildfires. Due to high demand and limited availability, not all requests may be fulfilled, and session slots may be restricted.

If you’re a podcast creator who has lost access to your recording space or equipment due to the fires, please complete this survey so we can determine how best to support you. Music industry professionals impacted by the fires should complete this survey.

⭐️ WMG strikes Spotify, Amazon Music deals and buys Tempo stake

“Our goals are clear: increase our share of the pie, meaning market share; grow the pie itself by increasing the value of music; and become more efficient, providing greater cash flow, both for reinvestment and for shareholder return.”