Spotify

Morning Update: Spotify gets nostalgic; why brands need Snapchat; Nintendo UK up for grabs; a year in start-up hell; 4A’s on pay gap

Spotify makes two new appointments to its sales team

Vodafone commits to new course for 2016, reveals partnerships to win customers’ trust 3

Q&A: Spotify’s global creative director Alex Bodman talks social ideas and Justin Bieber 4

Music streaming players Spotify and Pandora look to turn media buying conversations from radio to audio with new audience data 7

JB Hi-Fi to shutter its music streaming service 6

M&C Saatchi win top prize at B&T Awards for second year as Carat takes media agency gong 10

Morning Update: South Park takes on ad blocking; Spotify to give 6 months parental leave; Subway’s Jared jailed for 15 years

Andrea Ingham reappears as Spotify sales boss 1

Telstra starts Apple Music push after quietly ditching its music streaming service Mog 1

Morning Update: Facebook rolls out live streaming; Spotify strategy chief exits; Brands celebrate #NationalUnderwearDay 2

Podcast: Rdio CEO talks about a ‘rennaisance’ for record labels with new stations service

Morning Update: Virgin Media’s Ally McNab heads to Litchfield Penitentiary, AnalogFolk opens in Hong Kong

Vodafone kicks off new marketing push with first work from Cummins and Partners 1

Morning update: Pizza Hut goes after selfies; Spotify expands; New crowdfunded newspaper

Vevo boss claims music video streaming services are better placed to pay artists well

Spotify’s global business head talks piracy, getting better with data and who will survive in the Australian market

Spotify launches a playlist targeting for brands