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Spotify acquires Dublin-based tech firm Kinzen to detect harmful content

# Tech Company

Spotify acquires Dublin-based tech firm Kinzen to detect harmful content

Oct 5th 2022, 4:16 PM 16,397 Views 3 Comments

The company was set up by Storyful founder Mark Little and ex-Facebook executive Áine Kerr.

# spotify - This year 2022

# Spotify

Spotify suffers unexplained outage as users report being logged out of streaming platform

Mar 8th 2022, 8:32 PM 18,926 Views 15 Comments

The streaming giant has not yet confirmed the cause of the issue.

# Spotify

Spotify CEO tells employees cancelling Joe Rogan ‘not the answer’

Feb 7th 2022, 9:12 AM 16,932 Views 54 Comments

The firm paid Rogan a reported 100 million dollars to exclusively host the podcast.

Podcaster Joe Rogan apologises for racial slur after video surfaces

# Controversy

Podcaster Joe Rogan apologises for racial slur after video surfaces

Feb 6th 2022, 3:59 PM 43,672 Views 93 Comments

Spotify is facing growing discontent from musicians over Rogan’s podcast, for which it reportedly paid more than €87 million.

Spotify boss tells staff that Joe Rogan is vital to company as stock plunges

# Joe Rogan Experience

Spotify boss tells staff that Joe Rogan is vital to company as stock plunges

Feb 3rd 2022, 9:40 PM 44,517 Views 78 Comments

The comments were published today as the firm’s stock went into freefall.

# Spotify

Joe Rogan pledges to ‘balance’ Spotify podcast after Covid misinformation controversy

Updated Jan 31st 2022, 11:25 AM 37,911 Views 84 Comments

It comes after the company’s CEO said a content advisory on podcasts discussing Covid will be rolled out in the coming days.

Poll: Will you boycott Spotify over Covid-19 misinformation?

# Your Say

Poll: Will you boycott Spotify over Covid-19 misinformation?

Jan 30th 2022, 10:14 AM 64,800 Views 31 Comments

Neil Young has accused Spotify of “spreading fake information about vaccines — potentially causing death”.

Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in boycotting Spotify over Covid 'lies'

# Joe Rogan

Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in boycotting Spotify over Covid 'lies'

Jan 29th 2022, 2:19 PM 43,317 Views 124 Comments

“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” the singer said.

Spotify removing Neil Young's music after rocker's Joe Rogan ultimatum

# Hey Hey My My

Spotify removing Neil Young's music after rocker's Joe Rogan ultimatum

Jan 27th 2022, 8:22 AM 61,128 Views 104 Comments

Young has accused the streaming service of “spreading fake information about vaccines” by hosting Rogan’s podcast.

# spotify - Last year 2021

Death of Diego Maradona to be examined in new Spotify podcast series

# The Last Days Of Maradona

From The42

# The Last Days Of Maradona

Death of Diego Maradona to be examined in new Spotify podcast series

Nov 16th 2021, 7:10 PM 4,207 Views 1 Comment

The English language version of the series, which will be released this month, is to be hosted by Thierry Henry.

Arsenal owners '100 percent committed' and not interested in selling club

# Stan Your Ground

From The42

# Stan Your Ground

Arsenal owners '100 percent committed' and not interested in selling club

Apr 27th 2021, 7:31 PM 2,837 Views 3 Comments

Spotify founder Daniel Ek expressed interested in purchasing the Premier League club on Twitter.

Henry, Bergkamp and Vieira join Spotify founder’s bid to buy Arsenal – reports

# Spot Us A Few Quid?

From The42

# Spot Us A Few Quid?

Henry, Bergkamp and Vieira join Spotify founder’s bid to buy Arsenal – reports

Apr 26th 2021, 5:43 PM 10,053 Views 3 Comments

Daniel Ek, 38, has reportedly made inquiries about a takeover and former players Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira are all involved.

# spotify - All time

Spotify to suspend political advertising in 2020

# US Election

Spotify to suspend political advertising in 2020

Dec 27th 2019, 8:04 PM 7,310 Views 7 Comments

The company said it does not have the necessary level of robustness in its systems to responsibly validate and review this content.

Ariana Grande, Drake and Ed Sheeran - what most people listened to on Spotify this decade

# 10 Years In Music

Ariana Grande, Drake and Ed Sheeran - what most people listened to on Spotify this decade

Dec 3rd 2019, 12:19 PM 7,991 Views 18 Comments

Four of the five most streamed artists of this decade were male.

Obamas sign deal to produce podcasts for Spotify

# Higher Ground

Obamas sign deal to produce podcasts for Spotify

Jun 7th 2019, 8:14 AM 13,662 Views 31 Comments

The former US president and first lady have already signed a deal with Netflix to produce films, documentaries and television series.

# One Fab Day

From The Daily Edge

# One Fab Day

If you're obsessed with weddings, you might be interested in the OneFabDay podcast

Mar 5th 2019, 6:22 PM 2,436 Views 0 Comments

All the advice you never knew you needed.

Facebook says it no longer lets companies like Netflix, Spotify read users' private messages

# Data Breach

Facebook says it no longer lets companies like Netflix, Spotify read users' private messages

Dec 20th 2018, 7:30 AM 12,678 Views 27 Comments

Facebook said the partnerships did allow features like “messaging integrations” but nearly all have been shut down over the past few months.

Spotify listens of Abba song Fernando up 52% after Ballybrack FC fake player's death

# Bjorn Again

Spotify listens of Abba song Fernando up 52% after Ballybrack FC fake player's death

Nov 30th 2018, 6:01 PM 24,196 Views 15 Comments

Fernando Lafuente Saiz was falsely reported dead by his club last week.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z put their new album on Spotify after some poor fans forked out for a Tidal subscription

# Everything Is Love

From The Daily Edge

# Everything Is Love

Beyoncé and Jay-Z put their new album on Spotify after some poor fans forked out for a Tidal subscription

Jun 18th 2018, 4:10 PM 4,832 Views 0 Comments

Bey and Jay – playing their fans since forever.

How Well Do You Know the Most-Streamed Artists On Spotify?

# Quiz

From The Daily Edge

# Quiz

How Well Do You Know the Most-Streamed Artists On Spotify?

Jun 16th 2018, 8:00 PM 4,998 Views 0 Comments

This is trickier than Leaving Cert music!

Spotify drops R Kelly from all of its playlists as part of new 'hateful conduct' policy

# Sex Abuse Claims

Spotify drops R Kelly from all of its playlists as part of new 'hateful conduct' policy

May 10th 2018, 9:32 PM 17,811 Views 30 Comments

R Kelly’s music will still be available on the platform but not on playlists curated by Spotify.

Spotify has removed all of R. Kelly's music from its playlists

# Mute R Kelly

From The Daily Edge

# Mute R Kelly

Spotify has removed all of R. Kelly's music from its playlists

May 10th 2018, 4:03 PM 2,950 Views 2 Comments

However, his music will still be available to stream on the platform.

Spotify made its debut on Wall Street and rocketed to a $30bn valuation

# Streaming Cash

Spotify made its debut on Wall Street and rocketed to a $30bn valuation

Apr 3rd 2018, 7:52 PM 15,502 Views 19 Comments

The company debut valuation was more than Twitter and Snapchat.

Spotify hit with €1.3 billion copyright lawsuit from Tom Petty, Neil Young publisher

# Copyright Breach

Spotify hit with €1.3 billion copyright lawsuit from Tom Petty, Neil Young publisher

Jan 3rd 2018, 11:35 AM 21,646 Views 17 Comments

Wixen Music Publishing, Inc claims Spotify failed to seek licenses for significant parts of its 30 million-song catalog.

Spotify is telling people they love a genre called 'Stomp and Holler', but no one knows what the hell it is

# Hey Ho

From The Daily Edge

# Hey Ho

Spotify is telling people they love a genre called 'Stomp and Holler', but no one knows what the hell it is

Dec 6th 2017, 8:00 PM 20,444 Views 1 Comment

Are we ALL out of the loop? Seems so.

Pick A Colour And We'll Give You An Artist To Listen To On Spotify

# Quiz

From The Daily Edge

# Quiz

Pick A Colour And We'll Give You An Artist To Listen To On Spotify

Oct 17th 2017, 9:00 PM 8,912 Views 1 Comment

A lucky dip of tunes, if you will.

# Spotify

From The Daily Edge

# Spotify

Here's why those Spotify playlists have taken over Irish Twitter

Apr 21st 2017, 3:45 PM 6,680 Views 1 Comment

Romance isn’t dead.

Spotify has created a Throwback Thursday playlist for Paddy's Day and it's full of Irish bangers

# 50 Shades Of Green

From The Daily Edge

# 50 Shades Of Green

Spotify has created a Throwback Thursday playlist for Paddy's Day and it's full of Irish bangers

Mar 16th 2017, 1:54 PM 4,876 Views 3 Comments

Finally, the world can hear some proper old school Irish cheese this week.

Two of Soundwave's founders have a new pet project – selling startups old patents

# Money Maker

Two of Soundwave's founders have a new pet project – selling startups old patents

Jan 26th 2017, 6:03 PM 331 Views 0 Comments

Retro Patents is a side project for the Irish men, who sold their company to Spotify last year.

Here are the songs Irish people couldn't stop listening to on Spotify this year

# One More Tune

Here are the songs Irish people couldn't stop listening to on Spotify this year

Dec 13th 2016, 8:20 PM 20,185 Views 31 Comments

Drake, Justin Bieber and Sia all feature.

Here are the tunes Irish people couldn't stop listening to on Spotify this year

# One More Tune

From The Daily Edge

# One More Tune

Here are the tunes Irish people couldn't stop listening to on Spotify this year

Dec 13th 2016, 9:01 AM 4,185 Views 2 Comments

We asked Spotify for Ireland’s most listened to songs, albums and artists for 2016.

Everyone is loving these genius Spotify ads that look back on 2016

# It's The End Of The World

From The Daily Edge

# It's The End Of The World

Everyone is loving these genius Spotify ads that look back on 2016

Dec 4th 2016, 11:55 AM 14,958 Views 1 Comment

Thanks, 2016. It’s been weird.

New rules will allow you to use Netflix or Spotify unrestricted across the EU

# Portability

New rules will allow you to use Netflix or Spotify unrestricted across the EU

Nov 30th 2016, 2:07 PM 20,032 Views 17 Comments

The measures were approved yesterday allowing “cross-border portability” of paid-for online content.

The Brexit Playlist: tunes for a leavetaking

# Rock N Road

The Brexit Playlist: tunes for a leavetaking

Jul 4th 2016, 3:09 PM 1,816 Views 4 Comments

A little driving soundtrack for our friends in the UK.

Spotify really isn't happy with Apple's decision to reject its latest app update

# Gloves Are Off

Spotify really isn't happy with Apple's decision to reject its latest app update

Jul 1st 2016, 9:58 AM 11,833 Views 14 Comments

Spotify has accused Apple of using its App Store rules as a “weapon to harm competitors”.

Here's how to save every new song from Spotify's best feature

# Save For Later

Here's how to save every new song from Spotify's best feature

May 26th 2016, 7:00 PM 18,982 Views 18 Comments

Discover Weekly has more than 40 million people using it every week, and for good reason.

Niall Horan made a playlist for Spotify and rather soundly included loads of Irish music

# COYBIG

From The Daily Edge

# COYBIG

Niall Horan made a playlist for Spotify and rather soundly included loads of Irish music

May 4th 2016, 11:04 AM 7,714 Views 0 Comments

“We always support our own.”

Songs for Night Driving (that won't put you to sleep)

# Rock N Road

Songs for Night Driving (that won't put you to sleep)

Apr 28th 2016, 5:13 PM 681 Views 1 Comment

TheJournal.ie has your playlist sorted.

Crank it up: Your May Bank Holiday Weekend Driving Soundtrack

# Rock N Road

Crank it up: Your May Bank Holiday Weekend Driving Soundtrack

Apr 21st 2016, 3:21 PM 587 Views 0 Comments

TheJournal.ie has your playlist sorted.

Spotify has made a special St Patrick's Day playlist full of Irish bangers

# Tunes

From The Daily Edge

# Tunes

Spotify has made a special St Patrick's Day playlist full of Irish bangers

Mar 17th 2016, 10:06 AM 6,428 Views 4 Comments

There’s three B*Witched songs on there.

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