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Amazon Music’s 2025 Delivered is now here to compete with Spotify Wrapped

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Amazon Music announced on Tuesday the launch of 2025 Delivered, the platform’s take on Spotify’s popular Wrapped experience. The feature offers users a personalized annual summary of their music listening habits. With 2025 Delivered, users will see a recap of their listening trends, showcasing their top artists, favorite songs, and preferred genres, along with stats […]

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Spotify introduces a Premium Platinum plan with lossless access in five markets

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Spotify is shaking up its premium offering and introducing new tiers called Premium Lite, Premium Standard, and Premium Platinum in five markets, including India, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. Prior to this change, in markets like India, Spotify offered Premium Standard, Duo (for two people), and Family plans for six

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Spotify now lets you see weekly listening stats

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Spotify has rarely given its users much visibility into their listening habits. So far, users either had to link their account to services like Last.fm to track their music, or wait until the end of the year for Spotify to release its personalized year-in-review, Wrapped, to find out what they listened to. The streaming giant

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SoundCloud gets more social by adding a way to see the songs your friends like

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Music streaming app SoundCloud is evolving into a more social platform with the introduction of new community-oriented features. On Thursday, the company announced features like playlists based on the likes of friends or followed artists, an automated list that compiles all the tracks your friends are enjoying, suggested follows, and more. The features aim to

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Spotify’s founder and CEO Daniel Ek is stepping down

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Music streaming giant Spotify said on Tuesday that its founder, Daniel Ek, is stepping down as CEO and will become the company’s executive chairman by the year’s end. The company is replacing Ek with two co-CEOs chosen in house: Gustav Söderström, co-president, and chief product and technology officer; and Alex Norström, co-president and chief business officer.

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Spotify is finally launching support for lossless music streaming

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Spotify is finally launching high-quality, lossless music streaming support for premium account holders after years of waiting. The company first talked about a hi-fi tier in 2021 — which would offer CD-quality audio –but the plan faced multiple delays, partially due to licensing issues. Last year, CEO Daniel Ek said that the company was in

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TikTok is adding features for songwriters to its app

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TikTok is adding new features to its app to let songwriters highlight their works. These features, rolling out in beta, include a “Songwriter” label and a new tab on their profile to show off their musical works. This can help songwriters market themselves better to potential clients. The company said a limited number of publishing

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TikTok lures songwriters with new promotional features

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TikTok is adding new features to its app to let songwriters highlight their works. These features, rolling out in beta, include a “Songwriter” label and a new tab where they can show off their music. The company said a limited number of publishing partners and songwriters have access to the new label and the music

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Spotify updates its AI DJ to let you use voice commands

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In a bid to make its AI DJ feel more interactive, Spotify is updating the feature to let users request music or change the mood of a playlist using voice commands. The company is rolling out this feature, supported only in English, in over 60 markets for its premium subscribers. Until now, you could only

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