The big 40! Thanks so much for joining us for another issue of the Spotify Newsletter.

The news just keeps rolling in from the audio giant. Let’s see what’s cookin’ from another week of the best Spotify news.

★In the SPOTlight★

⭐️ Spotify Bets Big on Podcasts as a Path to Profitability

The music-streaming service is staking its future on finding more Joe Rogans.

⭐️ Should Daniel Ek pay artists a ‘bonus’ to say thank you?

Is there a way artists could participate more directly in Spotify’s share price / market cap explosion?

⭐️ Inside the Human Science of Spotify’s New Music Friday Playlist

With 3.6 million subscribers, New Music Friday is hardly Spotify’s most popular playlist (that would be Today’s Top Hits, which tops 27 million). And with 100 new songs or remixes each week sprawled across multiple genres, it doesn’t provide the sort of focused punch of powerful genre-specific playlists like Rap Caviar.

⭐️ 'We've Never Seen Anything Like This': Spotify Reacts to Olivia Rodrigo's Record-Breaking 'Drivers License'

Olivia Rodrigo's official debut single "Drivers License" has taken over the pop world since its debut last Friday (Jan. 8), dominating social media and streaming services with its powerful songwriting, heartfelt performance and real-world dramatic intrigue.

🗣Podcast Action🗣

Pete Evans’ podcast dumped from Spotify

Listen to the latest episode of the Heatcheck podcast on Spotify

𝄞The Playlist List𝄞

Spotify Kids now supports shared playlists, letting parents control the music

James Baldwin's Record Collection Is Now a 478-Track Spotify Playlist

Barilla launches the 'Playlist Timer' on Spotify

🔥Even more hot news links🔥

Cathie Wood Loves Spotify Stock: Should You Buy Too?

Spotify begins beta testing redesigned CarPlay application with queue access and more

Spotify shares Wrapped 2021 tips and tricks, including hiding songs and more

Spotify Stock Price Hits New All-Time High

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