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• Spotify has a new use for “verified” check marks: They can identify human creators
• Spotify is selling physical books (and syncing them up with your audiobook library)

  Through a partnership with Bookshop.org, Spotify will start selling physical books and matching them up with its audiobook library.

  
• Spotify has music videos now (for Premium subscribers)

  For the first time, Spotify Premium users in the U.S. and Canada can watch music videos on the platform known for audio streaming.

  
• Netflix wants its own video podcast library, so it’s partnering with Spotify

  Video podcasts in categories like sports and true crime will show up on Netflix thanks to a deal with Spotify.

  
• Spotify is sliding into DMs
• Spotify’s podcast “plays” are a new metric for a booming industry
• Spotify’s payouts to creators and podcasters reached $100 million in Q1 2025 alone
• One month in, Spotify’s Partner Program is paying off and raising video consumption by 20%
• Spotify opens its doors to assist creators impacted by L.A. wildfires
• Spotify wants to beat YouTube at video podcasts. So it’s giving out its own gold and silver creator plaques.
• Podcasters influenced the 2024 election, so Spotify is setting up shop in D.C.
• Spotify says its platform is the place for established video creators to tap a new audience