Spotify is growing but can it win the streaming battle in 2021?
6th May 2021
Spotify’s Daniel Ek now has enough money to buy a Premier League football club. Let’s let that sink in for a minute.
Spotify has long resisted or deflected the claims of artists and songwriters who say they should be earning more from streaming, noting it is not yet a consistently profit-making business.
Yet its founder has somehow accumulated enough cash to contemplate acquiring the ultimate billionaire’s plaything. And not just any old football club but Arsenal, one of the short-lived European Super League’s dirty dozen, made up of those willing to squander the game’s heritage in search of even more megabucks. Clubs like that come with the sort of price tag that only the super-rich could countenance.
| 19 April 2021
In a deal aimed at positioning the global audio streaming service as the optimal global audio partner for entertainment brands in the country, Deezer has signed a partnership with Brazilian video streaming provider Globoplay.
The companies say they will work closely to bring users the best entertainment in the country in one convenient package and as part of the deal and that the move is the first step in a broader strategic partnership that will cover marketing, content and technology.
In January 2021 Globoplay expanded its business with the launch of a hub for online audio content. Through partnerships with independent providers like B9, Globoplay has added a number of acclaimed podcasts like Mamilos and Braincast to its portfolio. Projetos Humanos, a Brazilian news podcast presented by journalist Ivan Mizanzuk, is also currently available on the platform. The latest example of the fim;s podcast initiative is À Mão Armada, the first original Gl