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Spotify aiming for a 'ChatGPT moment' in music and India is central to the plan

Spotify is embracing artificial intelligence to become a personalised audio platform. The company is developing AI playlists, conversational listening, and interactive audio experiences. This move aims to differentiate Spotify in a competitive streaming market. India is highlighted as a key growth market for Spotify's AI ambitions and subscriber base expansion.

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Spotify just turned 20. Here's how founder Daniel Ek built it into a $100 billion music empire by being the ‘least powerful person’ at the company

Ek cofounded the company in Stockholm, Sweden in 2006.

Fortune

OpenAI and Anthropic spark coding revolution as developers abandoned traditional programming

New releases from OpenAI and Anthropic sparked an existential crisis among coders, but many engineers say they stopped coding months ago.

Fortune

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Spotify shares rise after record profits and spike in subscribers

Spotify nearly doubled its year-on-year profits in the final quarter of 2025. The company marked only its second, yet consecutive, profitable year to date consolidating its positive trajectory.

Euronews

Spotify Posts Huge EPS Beat: Shares Are Still Down Big From Highs

Spotify Technology just posted a massive EPS beat, but the market showed shares no love. Despite this and a CEO shakeup, Spotify's outlook is still solid.

MarketBeat

Spotify users boycott streaming platform over ICE recruitment ads

Spotify has been running a series of recruitment ads for ICE and said that the ads referring to “dangerous illegals” do not violate their advertising policy. This has prompted more and more subscribers to (further) boycott the streaming giant.

Euronews

Spotify's top leadership changes hands as Ek exits CEO role

Spotify founder shifts to executive chairman as leadership duo takes over.

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The rise of the bro co-CEO

Three companies—Spotify, Oracle, and Comcast—just named co-CEOs. They are all men, part of a decades-long trend.

Fortune

Spotify Leadership Shake-Up Not So 'Disruptive' As Ek Moves To Executive Chair Role: Analyst

Reshaping its leadership structure for the first time in nearly two decades, Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) said founder and CEO Daniel Ek will transition to executive chairman next year, while co-presidents Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström will assume co-CEO roles on Jan. 1.

Benzinga

Daniel Ek steps down as Spotify CEO: Are artist protests responsible for the leadership shake-up?

Daniel Ek stepping down as CEO of the company he founded comes during much backlash aimed at Spotify, ranging from issues regarding artist payment and Ek’s investments in weapons.

Euronews

Spotify founder Daniel Ek once said he was the ‘least powerful person’ at the company. Here’s how he built it into a $145 billion music empire

Ek, who cofounded the company in 2006, is stepping down as CEO.

Fortune

Spotify founder Daniel Ek steps down as CEO, sending shares lower

Spotify said in a press release that the move “formalises" how Spotify has been operating since 2023, with the new co-CEOs largely leading strategic development and operational execution.

Euronews

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from the Nintendo Switch 2 launch to Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Ultra leaks

Here's the biggest tech news from Nintendo, Samsung, Adobe and more for June 7, 2025.

TechRadar

Spotify admits it made mistakes with your Wrapped 2024 – here's what could change this year

Spotify addressed the negative user feedback to its Wrapped 2024, and it's already thinking about ways to improve this year's music recap.

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Spotify says it got your Wrapped 2024 wrong. But this year it's going to fix it

Hot topics such as Wrapped, possible price increases, a new ‘Pro’ tier and AI music just got aired at their Open House event

MusicRadar

"If creators are using these technologies... we should let people listen to them": Spotify co-president says AI-generated music is welcome on the streaming platform

Gustav Söderström says Spotify will host AI-generated music, but won't generate its own, warning that other streaming services could generate AI music in-house - at the expense of real musicians

TechRadar

Spotify HiFi is never coming, and that's just fine

A Lossless HiFi music tier is something Spotify has promised since 2021, but with all the company's recent changes, it no longer seems relevant.

Los Angeles Times

Spotify charts podcasting future after controversies, challenges and shakeups

LOS ANGELES — Spotify on Wednesday unveiled a series of new podcasts, partnerships and features as part of its effort to dominate in all things audio, despite recent challenges and controversies in the space.

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What Hi-Fi?

Spotify Lossless: release date, price and all the official details on the long-awaited higher-quality streams

Everything you need to know about Spotify's new Lossless better-than-CD quality streaming tier.

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