SAN FRANCISCO – Spotify on Wednesday launched new instruments for artists and songwriters, with a selected concentrate on video codecs which can be seen as more and more important because the world’s largest audio streaming service struggles to interrupt even.
The Swedish-owned firm additionally unveiled a major revamp to supply a extra interactive interface, together with the choice to listen to music previews and supply extra customized suggestions utilizing synthetic intelligence.
At a live-streamed advertising occasion, Spotify additionally introduced that it surpassed 500 million month-to-month energetic customers, together with 205 million paying subscribers on the finish 2022, with 10 million creators.
“When we founded Spotify, the music industry was in a freefall. So the fundamental question everyone was asking was, is the music industry doomed or could it be reimagined and still be a sustainable career for talented artists around the world?” mentioned Spotify founder Daniel Ek.
“And now, more than 15 years later, we know that answer is yes. More and more artists are finding success through streaming,” mentioned Ek who has handed over on a regular basis tasks at Spotify to co-presidents Alex Norstrom and Gustav Soderstrom.
The platform, launched in 2006, has shortly change into the world’s primary audio streaming service, however has struggled to show the viability of its business mannequin.
In an try and develop past music, Spotify in recent times has invested closely in podcasts, audiobooks and stay audio.
With the revamp, Spotify mentioned it could be simpler for artists to promote merchandise and tickets to live shows and different stay occasions.
They may even be capable of add 30-second movies to their profile and album web page to compete with clips posted on social networks like TikTok or Instagram, which “don’t guarantee that the audience will then go listen to the whole song,” mentioned Sulinna Ong, a Spotify government.
“Streaming has already democratized access to music for listeners. With these new tools, we’re democratizing access to marketing for artists,” she mentioned.
The firm, which mentioned in January that it was slicing nearly six % of its workforce to cut back prices, posted a internet lack of 430 million euros for 2022.
Spotify has recurrently posted annual losses, regardless of robust subscriber progress and having had a head begin on its rivals similar to Apple Music and Amazon Music. — Agence France-Presse
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