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In an expansion of its existing audiobooks efforts, Spotify on Thursday announced the launch of a new publishing program for authors that allows them to submit short-form stories they'd like to see turned into audiobooks. When Spotify selects a story for audiobook publishing, it will handle the production and distribution of the work to other major audiobook retailers, the company says.

Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) shares gained more than 5% after the music streaming service revealed it paid a record $10 billion in royalties to artists in 2024. Per the Swedish company's annual Loud & Clear report, payouts to independent artists and labels represented about half of the company's total royalties for another year at $5 billion.

The music-streaming giant has long been the target of criticism from artists about paltry payments, but said it doled out record royalties last year.

Nearly 1,500 artists generated over $1 million in royalties from Spotify in 2024, the company said in its annual Loud and Clear Report. Spotify said more than 80% of the artists in that pool didn't have a song reach the app's Global Daily Top 50 Chart.

Spotify said on Wednesday it paid $10 billion in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to the music industry in a single year.

Spotify on Tuesday released its annual Loud & Clear report, detailing information about the music streaming service's royalty payments. While Spotify revealed earlier this year that it paid out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024, the new report offers more in-depth numbers about its payments in an effort to dispel reports that the company doesn't reward artists properly for their work.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spotify has just unveiled this year's Loud & Clear report, a transparent look at how the streaming economy continues to support artists and fuel the music industry's explosive growth. Loud & Clear is an annual initiative to demystify how artists earn money through streaming, clarify royalty distribution, and highlight the growing and evolving global music landscape. T...

Spotify has acknowledged an issue that's causing some of its paid Premium subscribers to encounter ads when trying to play music. In an X post published on Thursday by Spotify's customer service account, the company said it's looking into the problem and linked to its Community website where the issue has been documented by users over the past four weeks.