Alex Wilhelm

Spotify users can have access to lyrics, but it might just cost them. The music streamer has paywalled its lyrics feature in an attempt to entice more users to migrate to the paid tier. What does this tell us about Spotify’s place in the music streaming wars?

photo of TechCrunch Minute: Spotify’s move to paywall lyrics is putting pressure on free users image Spotify’s slow movement to put lyrics behind its paid service wall in its music service are about as popular as you would expect. Precise details of the update are evolving but what we can say at this point is that it seems that Spotify has a new feature up its sleeve to try and get […] © 2024 TechCrunch.…

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News that Jack Dorsey is out at Bluesky caused a stir this weekend. After all, Dorsey is a former Twitter co-founder and CEO, so his investment of time into the rival social network carried weight.

Startup accelerators can’t escape the venture downturn. Two prime examples are Techstars and Newchip which have both experienced internal turmoil, leadership mishandlings, and financial troubles. But what about the startups in their current cohorts?

photo of TechCrunch Minute: Newchip, Techstars, and what happens when startup accelerators fail image Building a startup is hard. Building a company that helps startup is similarly difficult. That’s the takeaway from TechCrunch reporting on Techstars and Newchip. In the case of Newchip, the accelerator appeared to promise a bit more than it could deliver. Mix in a culture that appeared to be turbulent at…

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Audible is making it easy for authors to generate AI-narrated audiobooks. While authors are bullish on the tool, customers, critics, and professional narrators have concerns. Is quantity over quality the way to win the audiobook game?

photo of TechCrunch Minute: When did iPads get as expensive as MacBooks? image Apple’s iPad event had a lot to like. New iPads with new chips and new sizes, a new Apple Pencil, and even some software updates. If you are a big fan of Apple hardware, well, it was probably a good day. Now you can get an updated and thinner iPad Pro, if that’s your jam. But […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All…

He succeeds Daniel Craig, who is now the Jac-Cen-Del School Resource Officer.