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Spotify Soars to Record Amid #2020Wrapped Buzz

(Bloomberg) --Spotify Technology SA climbed as much as 16% Wednesday to an intraday record after the Joe Rogan podcast became exclusive to its platform, and it generated buzz with a feature that lists users’ top music of 2020.
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Shares climb as much as 16% to hit a record

By Katrina Lewis
Dec 2, 2020, 7:49 PM - Updated on Dec 2, 2020, 9:20 PM
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“The Joe Rogan Experience” is now being marketed as an only-on-Spotify podcast, giving the company a new way to lure listeners. The show holds the top spot for the most popular podcast of the year, Spotify said on Tuesday. The company said in May that the podcast would become exclusively available on the platform later this year.

Spotify was the top Twitter trend in the U.S. as of 1:30 p.m. New York time on Wednesday.

Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Amine Bensaid also said upbeat vaccine news is a net positive for Spotify, as it points to the return of commuting.

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