
Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify fan study • Merch trends • User-centric • Bandsintown, MIDiA Live study • more
Episode 155 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 155 Listen on your favorite podcast platform.. Continue reading

TOP POSTS: Last week’s most read posts on Hypebot
Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from Spotify expanding its analytics features to predatory behavior in the music industry. Continue reading

How to plan a successful Album Release Party
Plan an album release party to get fans even more pumped for new music! Here’s a simple guide on how to get started… by Philip Kinsher of Disc Makers Blog. Continue reading

Spotify study confirms importance of superlisteners + How to reach them
Spotify has published new data insights about how super listeners, aka superfans, drive streams, buy more merch, and help power artists’ careers through long-term fandom and strategies to reach them. . Continue reading

Spotify stock tumbled Tuesday despite strong user growth – NYSE: SPOT
Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] stock fell 14.26%, closing at $140.38 on Tuesday after the company’s Q2 report to investors.\ Spotify reported impressive growth in both paid and ad-supported users. Monthly active. Continue reading

5 solid strategies to legitimately Increase Spotify Streams
Streams are an important marker on any musician’s career these days, and therefore it’s important to get them as high as you can. Here are 5 tips to help you. Continue reading

Spotify users jump 27% to 551M, subscribers up 17% to 220M [NYSE: SPOT]
Spotify’s monthly active users (MAUs) surged 27% to 551 million, up 36 million, and subscribers grew 17% to 220 million, up 10 million. The increase comes as Spotify followed its. Continue reading

Spotify stock falls on weak quarterly report and guidance – NYSE: SPOT
Despite record quarterly user growth to 551 million and Monday’s price increase in 50 countries, investors dove Spotify stock down as much as 6.1% in pre-market trading Tuesday. Here’s an. Continue reading

Spotify confirms price increases in 50 countries
Spotify has confirmed that it has raised prices effective today in 50 markets, including the US, UK, Europe, South America, and Asia, following similar increases by Apple Music and other. Continue reading

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: #MyMerch blues • Capturing value • Music’s MAU addiction • Discmakers • more
Episode 154 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 154 On this week’s show, your hosts,. Continue reading

Spotify to raise U.S Subscription price
Spotify will reportedly follow its major streaming music competitors and raise its U.S. premium subscription price from $9.99 to $10,99. The U.S. price hike is expected to be announced next. Continue reading