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Riot Games has released a collection of free music for streamers and creators to use, called Sessions: Vi. The 37-track album can be streamed from Youtube and Spotify, with similar musical projects in the works, according to Riot Games.

Spotify have announced the launch of a new Greenroom feature, a live audio platform similar to Clubhouse.The news comes after the streaming services acquired the company behind audio app Locker Room back in March.Greenroom will allow users to congregate in ‘rooms’ of up to 1,000 members, with the option to convert the conversations had in the space into podcasts.A new blog post on their website explained: “Since bringing the Locker Room app into the fold, we’ve been working to expand its

Barstool Sports for an exclusive deal with the streaming service starting on July 21.The three-year, podbuster deal is reportedly worth $60 million, according to Variety, and is the largest exclusive Spotify has ever made for a woman-led show.Alex Cooper’s podcast, which made many headlines over former co-host Sofia Franklyn’s dramatic departure last year, will have all past episodes available on its new home along with whatever comes next for the “Daddy Gang.”Cooper, 26, concisely announced the

Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek is reportedly readying a fresh takeover bid of Arsenal, with the new offer thought to be worth £2bn.Ek’s first attempt at buying the Premier League club was knocked back last month by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, who represent the club’s owners Stan and Josh Kroenke.While his initial £1.8bn takeover bid – which received the backing of former Arsenal stars Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp – failed, Ek has retained a keen interest in buying the club he has

BBC reported. “Today’s musicians receive very little income from their performances — most featured artists receive tiny fractions of a US cent per stream and session musicians receive nothing at all,” the letter — which is also signed by Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Jessie Ware, the estate of Joe Strummer, rapper Kano and the rock band Wolf Alice — goes on. A fix to the situation would be simple, they write: “Only two words needs to change” in the 988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act to

Spotify about its Discovery Mode feature, which allows artists to receive additional exposure for specific tracks through the platform’s recommendation algorithms.In exchange for the boost in visibility, artists and their labels agree to receive a “promotional” royalty rate on those streams, believed to be lower than the standard rate.

Spotify has released a new personalised wrapped-like feature called ‘Only You’.The feature, which launched today (June 2) was described by Spotify as being “all about celebrating how you listen.” It creates six new lists which show your music organised according to a number of new categories.‘Your Audio Birth Chart’ creates a playlist around your birthday/horoscope.

Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek’s proposed takeover bid was rejected last week.Ek, who is a lifelong Arsenal fan, confirmed on Saturday (May 15) that his reported £1.8bn offer to buy the Premier League club had been rejected by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, who represent the club’s owners Stan and Josh Kroenke.Ek said in a tweet that his bid included “fan ownership, representation at the board and a golden share for the supporters”, but that it was knocked back by the Kroenkes as, Ek claims,

Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek is reportedly still interested in buying Arsenal after his reported £1.8bn takeover bid was rejected last week.Ek, who is a lifelong Arsenal fan, confirmed on Saturday (May 15) that his offer to buy the Premier League club had been rejected by Arsenal’s current owners Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.“This week, an offer was made to both [Arsenal director] Josh Kroenke and their bankers that included fan ownership, representation at the board and a golden share for the

“The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, the host lamented at how oppressed the once irreverent comedy scene has become as of late. “Can you make a good comedy movie any more, or have they made it so dangerous in terms of being cancelled, that comedy movies are no longer something you can do?” Rogan asked.“You can never be woke enough, that’s the problem,” he proclaimed.

Spotify founder Daniel Ek has revealed that Arsenal FC has rejected his bid to buy the club.Last month, after thousands of angry fans amassed outside the club’s Emirates Stadium amid the fallout from the proposed European Super League, Ek said he would be interested in buying Arsenal if it ever went up for sale.“As a kid growing up, I’ve cheered for @Arsenal as long as I can remember,” he wrote on Twitter at the time.

St. Vincent has shared a new enhanced version of new album ‘Daddy’s Home’, as well as her own newspaper.The extended version of Annie Clark’s new album and the publication of the St.

“Pump It Up.” The musician-turned-main mouthpiece of the “Joe Budden Podcast” is at the center of a social media shade storm after alleged audio of him firing former friends and show co-hosts Rory Farrell and Jamil “Mal” Clay leaked online Wednesday. “From this point forward, you are fired and you’re not welcome back,” Budden, 40, allegedly spat at his ex-podcast partners during a since-deleted episode that fans claim aired this week.

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Spotify’s speech monitoring patent.The streaming company had a patent approved earlier this year for a piece of technology that can monitor and record both users’ speech and background noise to help curate music for Spotify users.Now, the likes of Tom Morello, Laura Jane Grace, DIIV, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis, Downtown Boys, Talib Kweli and many more have signed an open letter calling on Spotify to never use, license or sell the patent.

Spotify founder Daniel Ek has insisted that he’s serious about his bid to buy Arsenal and has the necessary funding for the move.It comes after Ek, who founded the streaming service in 2006 is estimated to be worth £3.4billion, reportedly recruited Arsenal legends Thierry Henry, Patrick Viera and Dennis Bergkamp in a bid to buy the club from beleaguered owner Stan Kroenke.Arsenal and Kroenke were condemned last week for their role in plans to join a newly constructed European Super League, a

Spotify has confirmed that it will increase the price of a number of its subscription options in 12 territories, including the UK and United States.It comes as the streaming service and others like it come under continued pressure from artists around unfair royalty payouts.In the UK, three of Spotify’s four subscription plans – Duo, Family and Student – will see an increase in their monthly price under the new changes, while Spotify Premium will remain priced at £9.99 a month.Premium Student is

statement, is an effort to boost music discovery via the social media app, whether it’s recommendations from friends or verified users and pages.Free users will have access to the function but on shuffle mode and ads from Spotify added.Countries currently with access to this function are Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua,

Spotify are set to increase the price of three of their four monthly subscription services for UK users.As reported by TechRadar and What Hi-Fi?, the streaming service has emailed a large number of its subscribers in the UK about the price hike, which is set to be initially introduced to new users who sign up on or after April 30.In the UK, three of Spotify’s four subscription plans – Duo, Family and Student – will see an increase in their monthly price, while Spotify Premium will remain priced

Spotify founder Daniel Ek has reportedly recruited three of Arsenal’s legendary Invincibles team as he prepares to buy the club from beleaguered owner Stan Kroenke.The new report in The Telegraph comes after Ek, who is estimated to be worth £3.4billion, said on Twitter that he was interested in taking over the north London side.“As a kid growing up, I’ve cheered for Arsenal as long as I can remember,” Ek wrote last week.“If KSE would like to sell Arsenal I’d be happy to throw my hat in the

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has expressed an interest in buying Arsenal FC if it was ever to go up for sale.It comes after thousands of angry fans amassed outside the club’s Emirates Stadium prior to its game against Everton on Friday (April 23) to protest its current owner, American billionaire Stan Kroenke.Arsenal were one of six Premier League clubs that initially agreed to join a newly constructed European Super League, a breakaway competition designed at rivalling the Champions League.

Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek says that he is interested in buying English Premier League club Arsenal if its current owners, Kroenke Sports Enterprises, are willing to sell. Ek tweeted out his intention to "throw my hat into the ring" in a tweet on Friday afternoon, as thousands of Arsenal fans protested against KSE outside the Emirates Stadium before a league game with Everton.

Kanye West has scored a significant milestone after his 2018 album ‘Ye‘ secured over one billion streams on Spotify.The stats come courtesy of Chart Data, which regularly monitors music industry sales and streams trackers to provide a selection of up-to-date data on prolific records.The record arrived in June 2018 and headed up a series of prolific releases which arrived on his own G.O.O.D.

Apple Music has sent a letter to artists and labels saying that it now pays double what Spotify does per stream on average.According to figures from last year, in the US Spotify paid $0.00437 per stream on average while Apple Music paid $0.00735 on average.In the letter, which was sent to labels and publishers and posted on the platform’s artist dashboard, Apple Music said it now pays one cent per stream on average.

Spotify have shared a newly curated ‘Vaccine Songs’ playlist that they hope their listeners will tune into to celebrate getting their coronavirus vaccinations.With the vaccine roll-out continuing at a steady rate in both the UK and US, Spotify say they’ve noticed a new trend among users in regards to the emergence of vaccine-related playlists.“Since January 1, Spotify fans have created more than 7,700 vaccine-related playlists globally,” the streaming service said in a statement about the 50 per

Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama‘s Spotify podcast has been parodied on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live – watch it below.Launched back in February, Renegades: Born In USA hears the pair discuss their lives, music, and enduring love of America — despite all its challenges. It was recorded in one session last year.During the Weekend Update portion of last Saturday’s (April 10) edition of SNL, Michael Che welcomed guests Springsteen (played by Beck Bennett) and former President Obama

according to Digital Music News — including as many as 42 interviews featuring a variety of controversial characters, including former Breitbart news editor Milo Yiannopoulos, Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes and comedian Chris D’Elia, who was accused of “grooming” underage girls and soliciting pornographic images.

Spotify look set to compete with Clubhouse after the streaming giant completed the sale of the popular live audio app Locker Room this week.Launched back in October by Betty Labs, Locker Room has served as a live audio space for sports insiders and fans to log on and discuss games together.Spotify has now acquired Betty Labs and is planning to “evolve and expand Locker Room into an enhanced live audio experience for a wider range of creators and fans,” according to a press release.Spotify say

Girl In Red has released a new, 11-minute documentary via Spotify.

Last week, Spotify launched “Loud & Clear,” a website marketed by the streaming platform as an attempt to pull back the curtain on how it compensates artists. In its mission statement, “Loud & Clear” says it “aims to increase transparency by sharing new data on the global streaming economy and breaking down the royalty system, the players, and the process.” The site’s launch comes as the controversy over streaming royalties continues to build.

Spotify has launched a new website, Loud & Clear, designed to give more transparency into how the streaming platform pays artists.Protests were held outside the service’s offices around the world earlier this week (March 15) demanding ‘Justice At Spotify’.The new site gives data on how Spotify’s streams are determined and compensated. “Artists deserve clarity about the economics of music streaming,” it reads.

Spotify offices worldwide yesterday (March 15) in a fight for greater transparency within the streaming service and a move towards a user-centric payment model.The protests came from The United Musicians and Allied Workers Union (UMAW), who started a new campaign titled ‘Justice at Spotify’ last October, which, among other goals, is demanding that the platform raise its average streaming royalty from $.0038 USD to a penny per stream for all artists.Since the campaign was launched, it has gained

Ian Brown says Spotify has taken down his anti-lockdown song ‘Little Seed Big Tree’ due to censorship.The Stone Roses frontman’s song was shared last September, along with the message: “NO LOCKDOWN NO TESTS NO TRACKS NO MASKS NO VAX.”“SPOTiFY stream the streams and censor artists like they have with my last song TOOK IT DOWN just put it down the memory hole!” Brown tweeted yesterday (March 12), adding: “FREE EXPRESSiON AS REVOLUTiON.”As of the time of writing, the song is still available on

Spotify has launched an enhanced playlist to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Daft Punk’s ‘Discovery’ album.The record was the French dance music duo’s second and was released on March 12, 2001, following their 1997 debut ‘Homework’.The ‘Discovery – Enhanced Playlist’ features never-before-seen original concept art and storyboards taken from Interstella 5555, the animated film that served as a visual companion to the album.Short clips from the movie, which was directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi

Phoebe Bridgers has joined forces with Jackson Browne for a new version of ‘Kyoto’ – you can listen to it below.The collaborative reworking of the track – the original of which appears on Bridgers’ second album ‘Punisher’ – was recorded for the Spotify Singles series, and is accompanied by a cover of the late John Prine‘s ‘Summer’s End’.Throughout this week, the streaming platform will also share new Singles recordings from Chika, D Smoke, Noah Cyrus and Ingrid Andress – who join Bridgers in the

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