Performance Marketing

Even Spotify Is Surprised by the Huge Success of Its Discover Weekly Playlists

A 'musical addiction' that has the company rethinking everything

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By Marty Swant

August 28, 2016

Spotify's secret sauce of algorithmic playlists didn't happen by accident. But its rapid growth—and rabid fan reaction—kind of did.

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Marty Swant

Marty Swant is a former technology staff writer for Adweek.

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