Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury and Spotify announce partnership
08 May 2018 - 4:01PM
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
08 May 2018
8 May 2018
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING Plc
("Bloomsbury")
Bloomsbury and Spotify announce audio storytelling
partnership
- 33 1/3 audio stories to be available exclusively on Spotify -
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc today announces an important content
partnership with Spotify, the world's largest music streaming
service. Spotify will offer titles from Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series
in a variety of formats exclusively through their streaming
service.
Once described as "one of the coolest publishing imprints on the
planet", 33 1/3 is a series of short books about popular music,
focusing on a single album per book, with over 130 titles
published. Occupying a unique place in the world of music writing,
33 1/3 has inspired a cult following through its singular coverage
of artists ranging from Björk to J Dilla to Merle Haggard. This
partnership with Spotify is a natural fit between the books and the
music they cover, and will help bring the series to a new, wider
audience of listeners.
Nigel Newton, Chief Executive of Bloomsbury, said: "This is an
exciting opportunity for our authors to reach a whole new audience.
For 15 years the series has produced an amazing range of personal,
experimental, and innovative music writing. I'm delighted that our
partnership with Spotify will break new ground for the 33 1/3
series. It is one of a number of partnerships which Bloomsbury is
successfully seeking out with the world's most ground-breaking
companies to expand our digital offering."
Courtney Holt, Vice President and Head of Spotify Studios and
Video, added: "As a die-hard music fan, I discovered the 33 1/3
series many years ago. When I first joined Spotify to think about
spoken word and audio content, I knew this would be a perfect
partner for Spotify. We look forward to bringing this amazing
series to our global music-loving audience."
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For further information, please contact:
+44 (0) 20 7631
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 5630
Nigel Newton, Chief Executive
Wendy Pallot, Group Finance
Director
+44 (0) 203 727
FTI Consulting 1000
Charles Palmer / Dwight Burden SCBloomsbury@fticonsulting.com
/ Emma Hall / Leah Dudley
Notes to Editors
About Bloomsbury: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is a global
independent publisher across trade, specialist, professional,
school and higher education markets. Its Academic division has
grown rapidly since its inception in 2008, and specialises in the
arts, humanities and social sciences. It leads the field in
innovative publishing, with a fast growing portfolio of digital
resources. Output of titles and services is c.1200 per year and the
division includes the imprints Bloomsbury Academic, The Arden
Shakespeare, Methuen Drama, T & T Clark, Bloomsbury Visual Arts
and Fairchild Books. Bloomsbury is the largest academic Visual Arts
publisher globally and Europe's leading Performing Arts
publisher.
About Spotify: Spotify transformed music listening forever when
we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of
human creativity by giving a million creative artists the
opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the
opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by these creators. Everything
we do is driven by our love for music.
Discover, manage, and share over 35 million tracks for free, or
upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including
offline mode, improved sound quality, Spotify Connect and ad-free
listening.
Today, we are the world's largest global music streaming
subscription service with a community of over 170 million users,
including over 75 million Spotify Premium subscribers, across 65
markets. For more information, images, or to contact the press
team, please head over to our press page at
http://press.spotify.com/.
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