Sep 14, 2021 / 06:20PM GMT
Jessica Jean Reif Ehrlich - BofA Securities, Research Division - MD in Equity Research
Good afternoon, and welcome back everybody. I am Jessica Reif Ehrlich, senior media and entertainment analyst at BofA Securities. And I'm thrilled to have Spotify with us today, Paul Vogel, CFO, who is joining us. So Paul, welcome. Thank you.
Paul Aaron Vogel - Spotify Technology S.A. - CFO
Thanks for having me.
Questions and Answers:
Jessica Jean Reif Ehrlich - BofA Securities, Research Division - MD in Equity ResearchThat's great. So what a year it's been for Spotify? I mean you just -- you've grown the core business -- the core music business solidly. You've invested in podcasts. You've raised subscription prices across select markets, it's about products, but some of the major ones. You've also launched into 85 markets. You've rolled out new creative tools.
I'm probably leading out 10 things, but it's been a pretty busy year for you guys in the midst of a pandemic. And that all kind of started when you became