Spotify Needs to Profit From a Music Revolution; Fitbit to Remove Pandora, Deezer From Older Devices

#1625 | Your Daily Dose of Music Streaming News

A big thanks to everyone who checked out the debut issue of Platform & Stream on Substack — issue #1624 to be exact! We’re still finding our way around the new digs but hopefully we’ll add some new features to go along with the usual (awesome) round-up of links. 😃

⭐️ Spotify Needs to Profit From a Music Revolution

More disruption beckons as streaming growth slows and platforms struggle to make money.

⭐️ Fitbit to end music streaming services Deezer, Pandora from older devices

Google-owned wearable brand Fitbit will reportedly remove music streaming services Pandora and Deezer from the Fitbit Sense, Versa 3 and other older devices in March this year.

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