Unlock friendship: Spotify's 'request to jam' and listening activity are here for users Spotify's Messages gets a new year patch, as it prepares two key features for music-lovers on Android. Android Central · Jan 8
I ditched Spotify three months ago — here's what I switched to and why I ditched Spotify a few months back and switched to Qobuz. Why did I stay? Well it has more to do with curation than audio quality. Tom’s Guide · Jan 3
Chip Wilson Nominates On Running's Ex‑CEO To Lululemon Board — What It Means For The Brand's Future Chip Wilson launches a founder-led proxy fight at Lululemon, nominating three directors to restore creative leadership as shares tumble. International Business Times UK · Dec 30, 2025
Spotify Faces Unprecedented Piracy Claim as Activist Group Says It 'Backed Up' Millions of Tracks Anna's Archive, a website claiming they are 'the largest open library in human history,' stole 86 million music files from Spotify's music catalogue. International Business Times UK · Dec 24, 2025
Spotify Data Scraping Explained: Why It's Not A Hack Spotify confirms it was not hacked after reports of a large data scrape. Here's what was accessed, what wasn't, and what it means for users. International Business Times UK · Dec 23, 2025
Anna's Archive backed up 99% of Spotify listens in the name of 'preservation' — but is it really just piracy? Anna's Archive, billed as the largest truly-open library in human history, now includes roughly 300TB of Spotify tracks and metadata. Android Central · Dec 22, 2025
Pirate archivist group scrapes Spotify's 300TB library, posts free torrents for downloading 86,000,000 tracks — investigation underway as music and metadata hit torrent sites In the name of music preservation, pirate group Anna's Archive has scraped 300 TB of data from Spotify's library, representing around 37% of all songs but 99.9% of all listens. It's essentially everything on Spotify packaged into torrents to be distributed illegally, analogous to how the group has made books… Tom’s Hardware · Dec 22, 2025
Media Matters Acted Too Late in Moving in U.S. Court to Block X's Irish Lawsuit The lawsuit stems from Media Matters' claim that X's "content moderation policies permitted the placement of 'pro-Nazi' content next to advertisements for major brands." Reason · Dec 22, 2025
TL;DR: Why Reddit is the New Growth Stock to Beat Reddit has had a banner year in 2025, with highlights including significant improvement to revenue and a widening user base. Will it continue in the new year? MarketBeat · Dec 19, 2025
Down with Spotify! These 6 independent music streaming services want a better experience for musicians and listeners alike These music services think the streaming model is broken – and want to fix it What Hi-Fi? · Dec 17, 2025
Jared Kushner's firm backs out of Paramount's Warner Bros. bid The newsThe Warner Bros. board is expected to announce that it plans to reject Paramount's $30-a-share all-cash offer for the company. Axios · Dec 16, 2025
Dana Walden Doesn't Appreciate Being 'Pit' Against Colleagues As Race To See Who Replaces Bob Iger Heats Up The battle for the next Disney CEO is nearly over, and one candidate seems quite happy about that. Cinemablend · Dec 16, 2025
Spotify was down — Live updates as the outage ends Everyone's favorite music streaming service seemed to have issues, leaving internet goers around the world with nothing to listen to. Tom’s Guide · Dec 15, 2025
Spotify's recent outage leaves users locked out — but now it's back up and running Spotify users faced disruptions this morning, as widespread login issues and playlist disappearances left many in musical limbo, prompting the platform to acknowledge the outages publicly. Android Central · Dec 15, 2025
Fortune · Dec 13, 2025 It's a sequel, it's a remake, it's a reboot: Lawyers grow wistful for old corporate rumbles as Paramount, Netflix fight for Warner Will Paramount or Netflix win the fight for Warner? Hollywood's takeover drama is in some ways a flashback to the 1980s, in other ways quintessentially 2025.
Android Central · Dec 12, 2025 Spotify’s ‘Prompted Playlists’ lets you take more control of its algorithm Spotify announced "Prompted Playlists," a feature in beta that places the user in control of its musical algorithm.
Tom’s Guide · Dec 10, 2025 How to find music videos in Spotify — as long as your account supports them Music videos are currently rolling out to Spotify Premium subscribers in the US and Canada.
T3 · Dec 10, 2025 Spotify continues to evolve – starts to rollout music videos to a select few It's taking a leaf from the YouTube Music book.
Tom’s Guide · Dec 9, 2025 This Disney Plus and Hulu plan just disappeared — and your subscription could be affected Some subscribers are discovering that their Disney Plus and Hulu plan is disappearing. Here's what you need to know.
International Business Times UK · Dec 9, 2025 Media Giants Clash: Paramount Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount's $108.4bn hostile, all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery ignites a head-to-head showdown with Netflix's signed, narrower deal.
Cinemablend · Dec 8, 2025 Even After Netflix Landed Dibs, Paramount's Bosses Are Making A New Move To Try And Buy Warner Bros. Paramount hasn't given up on taking over Warner Bros. just yet.
T3 · Dec 8, 2025 I finally switched from Spotify – my chosen alternative isn't what you'd think Is there a better value offering in the modern music streaming arena?
Tom’s Guide · Dec 6, 2025 I just discovered YouTube's version of Spotify Wrapped — here's how to find yours Learn how to find and access your YouTube Recap 2025, which shows your entire year of watch history and viewing personality.
Player One · Dec 6, 2025 Discord Wrapped in 2025? How to Get Your First-Ever Checkpoint Recap See your 2025 Discord stats with Checkpoint, including top servers, messages, and a unique avatar card to showcase your year in review.
International Business Times UK · Dec 5, 2025 Record-Breaking Spotify Wrapped 2025 Sees 200M Engage and 500M Shares in a Day Spotify Wrapped hits record numbers with 200M engaged users and 500M shares in 24 hours, marking the biggest launch in the feature's history.