Spotify Executive Explains How Spotify ACTUALLY Works feat. Sam Duboff

About this episode

An interview with Sam Duboff discussing Spotify's royalty system and its approach to AI music.

In this interview I talk with Sam Duboff, the Global Head of Marketing & Policy at Spotify, about how Spotify royalties work, why they imposed a 1,000 stream monetization threshold, how they're handling AI music and much more. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 👥 Fan Growth Machine Course 🎬 YouTube Growth Machine Course 🧑‍💻 Consultations 📰Join the FREE Music Marketing Monday newsletter ⌨️ Chat in the community (FREE)

People in this episode

Host: Genera Studios

Guest: Sam Duboff

Topics covered

• Spotify royalties
• music monetization
• AI music
• music marketing
• interview

Keywords

• Spotify
• royalties
• monetization threshold
• AI music
• music marketing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spotify, Genera Studios

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