Spotify is experiencing issues, which appear to be causing some users to be unable to use the music streaming platform. At just after 2:15 p.m. ET, we saw huge spikes in Down Detector reports for Spotify. While the music streamer hasn't commented on the outage yet, we can't help but wonder if the ongoing issues with Google Cloud could be connected.

A widespread outage Thursday afternoon affected multiple online services, including Google, Spotify, Discord, and more. Reports of service disruptions have flooded outage tracker DownDetector, with users experiencing login failures,

Joe Rogan recalled past controversy over his COVID-19 remarks, including calls to Spotify from former presidents and protests by musician Neil Young.

Starting today, users can display the Spotify tracks they’re currently listening to in real time. Is grid reordering next?

Spotify has a new CHRO: Anna Lundström. Joining the music and podcasting giant in 2016, Lundström has held a variety of roles at the company, and previously served as the VP of HR. She also played a crucial role masterminding the company’s remote work strategy, otherwise known as “ work from anywhere .”

Billboard Japan caught up with Hadley, Spotify's Global Head of Music Partnerships & Audience, during his visit to Japan for the inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN.

Streaming brings many opportunities to artists and songwriters, but it also brings some new stresses. DSPs thus have responsibilities.

A malfunction in Google Cloud's identity and access management systems caused a significant outage on June 12, disrupting various products and third-party services. The outage affected platforms like Google Search,