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October 5, 2023: Spotify '''revamps artists profile page into Music, Concerts, and Merch.''' The Music tap features artist's albums and tracks as well as Clips. Clips are 30-second short-form videos that enable artists to tell their stories. Spotify said Clips is still in beta and only few artists have access to it. Artists can add fundraising links to the Music tab, enabling them to crowdsource funds from their fans. Additionally, artists can use the music tap to showcase their top tracks as well as important things such as upcoming events. Music tap also features an artist's bio, which is less than 1,500 words. The Events tap enable fans to purchase tickets to a forthcoming event or tap "interested" to receive updates on new events. Spotify said their test on Events resulted in a 70% increase in engagement with concerts and drove purchase of concert tickets by 15%. These tickets are purchased from Spotify's third party partners such as AXS, DICE, NoCap, Ticketek, etc. Meanwhile, Merch enable fans to browse and purchase up to 12 artist's available merch linked from Shopify. The most recently listed merches will appear first, enabling artists to continue building a relationship with their fans. Spotify said it saw a 22% increase in users merch purchasing merch through artist's profile<ref>https://artists.spotify.com/blog/making-the-most-of-your-artist-profile-on-spotify</ref>. | |||
October 3, 2023: Spotify said '''Premium subscribers will now have access to more than 150,000 audiobooks.''' As a start, Premium Individual, Family and Duo accounts will have 15 hours of audiobooks listening time per month. The feature will be rolled out today in the U.K. and Australia. U.S premium users will have access to it before the end of the year. Users who deplete their 15 hours listening time before the month ends can purchase additional 10 hours to finish their series. Spotify added that Premium users can also download the audiobooks for offline listening. The audiobooks will include 70% of the New Yorks Time best seller<ref>https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-10-03/audiobooks-included-in-spotify-premium/</ref>. The Wall Street Journal had reported last month that Spotify was testing this feature and that it could offer up to 20 hours of free audiobooks per month<ref>https://www.investmentwiki.org/wiki/Spotify#Spotify_Audiobooks</ref>. | October 3, 2023: Spotify said '''Premium subscribers will now have access to more than 150,000 audiobooks.''' As a start, Premium Individual, Family and Duo accounts will have 15 hours of audiobooks listening time per month. The feature will be rolled out today in the U.K. and Australia. U.S premium users will have access to it before the end of the year. Users who deplete their 15 hours listening time before the month ends can purchase additional 10 hours to finish their series. Spotify added that Premium users can also download the audiobooks for offline listening. The audiobooks will include 70% of the New Yorks Time best seller<ref>https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-10-03/audiobooks-included-in-spotify-premium/</ref>. The Wall Street Journal had reported last month that Spotify was testing this feature and that it could offer up to 20 hours of free audiobooks per month<ref>https://www.investmentwiki.org/wiki/Spotify#Spotify_Audiobooks</ref>. | ||