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Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Meanwhile in Canada...

Feeling insecure about the Canadian presence on digital streamers and social media, the Canadian government is days away from passing a law requiring more Canadian content on TikTok, YouTube, Spotify, Netflix and so on...

The idea, said Peter Menzies, a former official at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, is to promote Canadian artists, tell Canadian stories and “defend Canada from being completely swamped by American programming.”

Sad, isn’t it?

Spotify is back after an outageSpotify is back after an outage
Jay Peters
Why are so many tech companies laying people off right now?

Didn’t they just have record-breaking profits?

Elizabeth Lopatto
Jacob Kastrenakes
Jacob Kastrenakes
Spotify’s got some news coming on March 8th.

The company has announced its next “Stream On” event, where it plans to share updates on “creator tools, features, and programming.” The last event, in 2021, was used to lay out Spotify’s business vision in podcasting, music, and other arenas.

As my colleague Chris Welch reminded me, “This is where they announced HiFi!” Here’s hoping it actually arrives this time.

Barbara Krasnoff
Barbara Krasnoff
Can’t find your Spotify Wrapped 2022?

Don’t fret. While it should come up on your mobile app, it’s possible you accidentally dismissed the page on your way to your favorite playlist. No sweat — we tell you how to find it again.

How to find your Spotify WrappedHow to find your Spotify Wrapped
Barbara Krasnoff
The year of 1 trillion streamsThe year of 1 trillion streams
Ariel Shapiro
Jacob Kastrenakes
Jacob Kastrenakes
Spotify’s CEO is glad to have another ally in the fight against Apple.

In a lengthy tweet thread this morning, Daniel Ek criticized Apple’s App Store policies as a “threat to the future of the internet” — and he welcome Elon Musk to the fight.

Spotify has been critical of Apple’s policies for years, but it was only this week that the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX realized he might run into some problems with Apple now that he owns Twitter.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Keep waiting, Tidal subscribers.

A year and a half after Jack Dorsey’s non-Twitter venture bought a significant stake in Tidal, I still don’t understand why it makes sense to combine a financial services company with a music service.

But, while musing about the potential of another mobile OS, Dorsey tells The Verge editor and reviewer Chris Welch, that unspecified changes are “coming soon.”

How soon? Who knows, but probably before Spotify adds lossless HiFi streaming.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Spotify’s expanding its audiobooks to more countries.

After coming to the US in September, Spotify’s audiobook service has finally arrived in other English-speaking countries, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

There are over 300,000 audiobook titles available — but you can’t purchase them from Spotify’s iOS app due to Apple’s App Store restrictions.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Taylor Swift’s new album already set a Spotify streaming record.

“Midnights” now holds the crown for the most streams in a single day. I guess that’s why Spotify crashed for some people overnight.