Young didn’t inform his label before posting his Jan. Rogan didn’t respond to a request for comment. Its advertising revenue, largely tied to podcasting, was up 40%.Ī representative for Mr. This week, Spotify reported it had 406 million monthly active users, up 18% from the year before. “I don’t think you can define exactly what Spotify is either,” he said. He said it is still debatable whether YouTube and Facebook are tech or media platforms. Ek in the interview resisted being pinned down as a publisher. The shift means, like it or not, the company is confronting some difficult decisions about content that can spark heated reactions from consumers, employees, artists and podcasters. But it is now moving toward being a media company that is responsible for what it distributes. LikeĪnd YouTube, Spotify started as a tech platform agnostic to what it hosted. The spat has been a rude wake-up call for Spotify as it seeks to become the world’s largest audio company. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, left, with Horizon Media CEO Bill Koenigsberg at the Allen & Co.
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