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• Spotify Is Beta-Testing A Feature That Allows Indie Creators To Upload Their Own Music
• Netflix Is Testing A New Payment Method That Will Cut Apple Out Of The Process

  According to streaming giant Netflix, it’s “testing the iTunes payment method” on iOS devices -- but what that actually means is that it’s testing how to cut iTunes out of its payment process, according to a report from TechCrunch. In action, the new payment system looks like this...

  
• Spotify Is Testing A Free Version Of Its Service Where Users Can Skip Ads

  One of the prime features of music streaming service Spotify’s paid premium membership is zero ads, but soon, users may not have to pay to get the ads to go away. A Spotify spokesperson tells Tubefilter that Spotify has rolled out a test version of its service allowing free, ad-supported accounts to skip ads.

  
• Drake Becomes First Musician To Hit 50 Billion Global Streams Across All Platforms

  For rapper Drake, 2018 has been a significant year in the streaming space. Most recently, his new album Scorpion became the first album ever to be streamed 1 billion times in just one week, and broke number-of-streams-in-a-day records for Apple Music and Spotify.

  
• Spotify Debuts ‘Archie’ Motion Comic Amid Pivot To Audio-Visual Content
• Spotify Nabs Former Conde Nast Exec Dawn Ostroff To Serve As Chief Content Officer
• Insights: Why Can’t Anyone Figure Out How To Make A Social Music App?
• Spotify Exec Jabs YouTube Amid Launch Of Redesigned App With More Free Features
• Hulu And Spotify Offer Joint Streaming Service For $12.99/Month
• Spotify’s Global Hip Hop Head Tuma Basa Departs Company For YouTube (Report)
• Spotify’s Spotlight Section Will Blend Podcasts, Images, Videos To Create New Media Offering
• Insights: The Sound of Money—Spotify To Go Public As Audio, Voice, And Music Grab Users’ Ears