Knight first believes to be a routine therapeutic case rapidly unfolds into a story that threatens the boundaries of reality. Eliza Knight (Julianne Moore), a New York psychiatrist, begins treating a patient registered only as Case 63 (Isaac) - who claims to be a time traveler from the year 2062. 'The strength in Ad-Supported Revenue was led by our Direct and Podcast sales channels, with the latter benefiting from a triple-digit Y/Y gain at existing Spotify studios (The Ringer, Parcast, Spotify Studios, and Gimlet) along with contributions from the Megaphone acquisition, the exclusive licensing of the Joe Rogan Experience, and Higher Ground,' Spotify said in its report.Things get supernaturally weird in Spotify’s scripted original podcast drama “Case 63,” starring Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac, set to debut later this month.Īll 10 episodes of “Case 63” will drop on Oct. The company's ad-supported revenue benefitted from strong demand and favorable comparisons from 2020's lows. Spotify expects 377 million to 382 million total MAUs and to hit 170 million to 174 million paid subscribers in its third quarter. That's within the company's guidance range. Spotify's premium, or paid, subscribers grew 20% year over year to hit 165 million in the quarter. We would have expected some of these markets to open a little faster.' I'm a little disappointed we didn't realize it would affect us in Q2 as well. 'We knew that going into the year we'd be impacted by the pull-forward.

'Because Spotify is a global business MAUs are one of the hardest things to forecast,' Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told CNBC's Julia Boorstin.

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