Spotify is enhancing the audiobook experience for premium users through three new experiments: video clips, author pages, and the ability to add visuals that appear while users listen. These initiatives are part of Spotify's effort to improve its audiobook offering and bring listeners closer to their favorite authors and stories. One notable feature being introduced is the option for authors or publishers to submit a short video—up to 30 seconds long—for their audiobooks. The videos may feature anything fro ...

Spotify stock just set a fresh record high, and it's starting to look a little pricey.Spotify (SPOT -0.86%) is the world's largest music streaming platform. Its stock has been on a tear this year with a 142% gain so far, which crushes the 23% return in the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.39%).Record subscriber numbers, strong revenue growth, and surging profits have been contributing factors to the incredible move in Spotify stock. The company's long-term forecast suggests it still has significant room for growth, which c ...

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Most investors would be wary of attempting to buy a stock near its highs, and much less after a recent run to the upside, thinking that they can get the proverbial rug pulled from under them. However, sometimes the fundamental picture provides enough evidence and justification to let investors buy into a rally without worrying about a top and turn. This could be the case for shares of Spotify Technology NYSE: SPOT, as the stock is up over 8% in a single day after the company reported its latest quarterly ea ...

Able to appease investor sentiment toward its compelling growth narrative, Spotify Technology (SPOT)  shares have rallied more than +15% since reporting Q3 results on Tuesday.Despite missing lofty earnings expectations, there was a lot to like about the music streaming company’s Q3 report. That said, let’s see if investors should chase the rally with SPOT hitting new 52-week highs of $489 a share today.Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Spotify’s Favorable Q3 Results Moving toward a full year of probab ...

Spotify is going after YouTube's video podcast dominance with a new revenue program for creators.It will soon share revenue with creators based on how much their videos are viewed.The company will also no longer insert ads into video podcasts shown to paid subscribers. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview Thanks for signing up! Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a pe ...

文章核心观点 - Spotify宣布将向在其流媒体平台上制作热门视频的播客主持人付费以应对YouTube在视频播客领域的主导地位并激励创作者发布视频播客组件[1] - Spotify借鉴YouTube按节目参与度向创作者付费模式且让高级订阅用户无广告观看视频播客以吸引用户选择其平台观看视频播客[2] - 尽管Spotify是主要播客收听服务之一但YouTube在视频领域仍大幅领先Spotify希望通过提供无中断观看体验吸引用户[3] 相关目录总结 Spotify的举措 - Spotify将从2025年1月2日起在美国英国澳大利亚和加拿大生效新举措包括向播客主持人付费激励发布视频组件让高级订阅用户无广告观看视频播客[5] - Spotify按节目参与度向播客主持人付费借鉴YouTube每年向创作者分享数十亿美元广告收入的模式[2] Spotify的现状 - 自2022年推出视频播客格式以来已有超过2.5亿用户在Spotify平台观看过视频播客[4] - 近三分之二的播客听众表示他们更喜欢有视频组件的播客[4] - Spotify平台上每月发布视频的创作者数量同比增长超过50%且平台上现有超过30万个视频播客节目[4] Spotify的目标 - Spotify希望通过提供无广告中断的优质视频服务以及自身的灵活性和普遍性为观众提供优于其他平台的体验[5] - Spotify希望通过新的盈利模式让创作者有更多时间创作并吸引用户在其平台观看视频播客而非YouTube[5]

公司业绩 - Spotify第三季度业绩反映出过去一年建立的发展势头以及长期战略目标的实现[1] - 月活跃用户增长11%达到6.4亿 订阅用户增长12%达到2.52亿 总收入增长19%达到40亿欧元（42亿美元）[2] 公司策略调整 - 随着宏观环境变化公司做出调整 将精力集中在成本效益上 同时继续业务转型 包括在欧洲扩展有声读物 推出新订阅等级 在平台上增加视频等[3] - 公司注重提升用户参与度 例如为高级用户在97个市场添加音乐视频 与音乐视频互动的用户留存率明显高于未互动用户[3] - 扩展人工智能功能 如在美国和加拿大推出AI播放列表 计划进一步扩展 日列表功能支持14种以上语言[4] - 去年扩展与谷歌云的合作 利用先进的人工智能工具提升用户体验 例如Spotify的AI DJ[5] 公司业务发展 - 公司不断提高用户参与度降低流失率 人工智能是实现这一目标的方式之一[6] - 播客仍然是公司的优先事项 公司继续寻找新方式吸引听众 今年超900万用户参与播客问答和投票[6] - 优化营销工作也是公司的重点 之前未增加营销投入是因为未看到效率 现在看到效率就愿意投入[8]

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has once again teased the company’s long-delayed HiFi or “super premium” tier, a higher-qualify subscription offering the streaming service first announced in 2021 and then failed to roll out. In the company’s third-quarter earnings call with investors on Wednesday, the exec suggested that such a product was still on the way, while touting the company’s near-term advances in other areas, including a coming expansion of its video offerings and other products enhanced by AI. The streame ...

Earnings season continues to roll on in full force, delivering mostly generous upside to stocks that are beating expectations, despite fears that the Trump trade may be overblown. AmidWith combined experience of covering technology companies on Wall Street and working in Silicon Valley, and serving as an outside adviser to several seed-round startups, Gary Alexander has exposure to many of the themes shaping the industry today. He has been a regular contributor on Seeking Alpha since 2017. He has been quote ...