Findaway, an audiobooks retailer under Spotify's ownership, has announced that it will waive its 20 percent royalty cut on titles sold via its DIY Voices platform as long as the transactions take place on Spotify. According to a blog post from the company on Monday, Findaway aims to "transfer cost-saving benefits" stemming from its incorporation with the music streaming giant. … [Read more...] about Spotify is waiving distribution fees in its bid to lure in more indie authors
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Spotify is Working to Stop to Copyright Threat From AI Music
Spotify is one of the leading global platforms in music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more. But the recent launch of AI music in the voice of popular artists is welcoming controversy. The platform has confirmed working with labels to stop copyright threats from AI music. It will ensure that AI music flourishes while not harming its reputed artists. The Growth of Spotify The … [Read more...] about Spotify is Working to Stop to Copyright Threat From AI Music
Audiobook Narrators and Authors Fear Apple Using Their Voices to Train AI
Spotify’s audiobook narrators and authors became angry after learning of a clause in the agreement between authors and Findaway Voices – a leading audiobook distributor. Findaway Voices allowed Apple to use audiobook files for training machine learning (ML) models. Some authors and narrators say they were unaware of the clause. Many believe they signed off on the ML clause … [Read more...] about Audiobook Narrators and Authors Fear Apple Using Their Voices to Train AI
How human voice artists inadvertently contributed to Apple and Spotify developing AI synthetic voice
The rapid advancement in the field of artificial intelligence has made it possible for computer-generated synthetic voices to accurately mimic the human voice, the same can also lead to human voice actors losing their job to such synthetic voices in the future. Ironically, while that's enough to make the voice artists feel insecure, they might have also contributed to the … [Read more...] about How human voice artists inadvertently contributed to Apple and Spotify developing AI synthetic voice
Google allows Spotify to bill users directly
Google has announced it will be allowing Spotify and Bumble to use their own payment system to bill customers for subscriptions from right within their Android apps CNBC reported. This forms part of Google's new User Choice Billing feature that is aimed at providing users with more payment options when it comes to making in-app purchases. This also makes for a significant … [Read more...] about Google allows Spotify to bill users directly
Spotify waging media war against Apple
Spotify clearly is irked at Apple for not allowing it to sell audiobooks via the Spotify iOS app hosted on the Apple App Store. The media streaming company isn't liking the idea of paying Apple the 30 percent cut it takes from every sale made via an app hosted on the Apple App Store. So, while Spotify has been forced to remove the option of in-app purchase of audiobooks via the … [Read more...] about Spotify waging media war against Apple
Here is how you buy audiobooks on Spotify
It has been just about a week since Spotify launched its first audiobook service. The streaming major said it would initially offer its audiobook services in the US before branching out to other regions in the world. Also, its audiobook division is going to function differently from the usual streaming service it provides for music or podcasts. Subscribers will have to buy the … [Read more...] about Here is how you buy audiobooks on Spotify
Spotify begins audiobook streaming, but only in the US
Spotify is at it finally. The streaming giant has announced the launch of its audiobook service though it is going to be available only in the US as of now. The company said they are starting with 300,000 audiobooks at the moment which members can buy and listen to via any device that supports the Spotify app. Interestingly, the company isn't allowing in-app purchases of … [Read more...] about Spotify begins audiobook streaming, but only in the US
Spotify to start audiobook service soon
Spotify Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel said they are in the process of launching their audiobook business soon. However, as The Hollywood Reporter stated, it is going to be a trial and test phase initially before the company commits full-time to audiobooks. "It's going to come out reasonably soon, but I would say don't expect that to be the last change or improvement we … [Read more...] about Spotify to start audiobook service soon
Spotify’s Purchase of Findaway cost them $123 million
Spotify had spent €117 million - around $123 million USD - for acquiring Findaway, an audiobook platform that has a copious amount of titles from major publishers and also an online system that pairs authors with engineers to create their own audiobooks. Spotify has been betting big on audiobooks even though it had started off as a music streaming service provider. It had also … [Read more...] about Spotify’s Purchase of Findaway cost them $123 million