The online streaming service and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the expansion together, after a Mayor-approved Spotify playlist played in the background. June 27, 2013 11:50 AM PDT NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg with Spotify executives Ken Parks and Jeff Levick as they announce the company's hiring plans. (Credit: Joan E. Solsman/CNET) NEW YORK -- Spotify plans to add about 130 jobs, largely engineers, to its workforce here by the end of next year and move to a new headquarters several times the size in September, the streaming music company and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a press conference Wednesday. Ken Parks, Spotify's head of content, said he sat alone in the company's New York office after he took the keys three years ago. From 20 workers in New York when the office opened launched, the company will grow to 200 in the city. The company has a total U.S. workforce of about 250. To celebrate the occasion, the Mayor's office opened a Spotify account and created a playlist of New York-related songs, which played before and after the conference. The new jobs would touch on all the company's initiatives, including social, mobile, radio, and music discovery, according to Jeff Levick, Spotify's head of sales marketing and international growth. He added that the new location would have area for its artist partners. Related stories The 404 1,289: Where Alex Winter gets us Downloaded (podcast) Get a one-year Sony Music Unlimited subscription for $59.99 Why buy music when you can stream it? Yes, iTunes Radio could crush Pandora. But that's just for starters The 404 1,281: Where we take our dosh to the bank (podcast) Spotify has been growing rapidly. In March, Spotify said it signed another 1 million subscribers since December, bringing the total to 6 million. That made it the biggest digital music service behind online radio company Pandora -- the Internet's fastest growing one. With an Internet radio service in 28 countries, it's quickly adding territories as well as subscribers. But technology giants are throwing more of their weight behind streaming music. Google rolled out a Spotify-like subscription service in May that's part of Google Play. It's also working on a music service connected to YouTube. Apple this month unveiled iTunes Radio, its long-awaited free, streaming radio service.
The online streaming service and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the expansion together, after a Mayor-approved Spotify playlist played in the background.
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg with Spotify executives Ken Parks and Jeff Levick as they announce the company's hiring plans.
(Credit: Joan E. Solsman/CNET)
NEW YORK -- Spotify plans to add about 130 jobs, largely engineers, to its workforce here by the end of next year and move to a new headquarters several times the size in September, the streaming music company and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a press conference Wednesday.
Ken Parks, Spotify's head of content, said he sat alone in the company's New York office after he took the keys three years ago. From 20 workers in New York when the office opened launched, the company will grow to 200 in the city. The company has a total U.S. workforce of about 250.
To celebrate the occasion, the Mayor's office opened a Spotify account and created a playlist of New York-related songs, which played before and after the conference.
The new jobs would touch on all the company's initiatives, including social, mobile, radio, and music discovery, according to Jeff Levick, Spotify's head of sales marketing and international growth. He added that the new location would have area for its artist partners.
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- Get a one-year Sony Music Unlimited subscription for $59.99
- Why buy music when you can stream it?
- Yes, iTunes Radio could crush Pandora. But that's just for starters
- The 404 1,281: Where we take our dosh to the bank (podcast)
Spotify has been growing rapidly. In March, Spotify said it signed another 1 million subscribers since December, bringing the total to 6 million. That made it the biggest digital music service behind online radio company Pandora -- the Internet's fastest growing one.
With an Internet radio service in 28 countries, it's quickly adding territories as well as subscribers.
But technology giants are throwing more of their weight behind streaming music. Google rolled out a Spotify-like subscription service in May that's part of Google Play. It's also working on a music service connected to YouTube. Apple this month unveiled iTunes Radio, its long-awaited free, streaming radio service.
