Spotify’s growth continues.
Monthly active users have increased 10 percent year-over-year to 678 million, up from 615 million, while subscribers jumped by 12 percent to 268 million. CEO Daniel Ek says “the short term may bring some noise” amid wider economic concerns, but that the platform’s freemium model will reassure customers to stick with Spotify “even when things feel more uncertain.” [Media: https://twitter.com/SpotifyNews/status/191715…
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