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Acquired · Spotify · Sources

Sources

Every citation in the Spotify case file, deduped and grouped by provenance. The shape of the evidence base tells you how to read the case — heavy on transcript means show-anchored; heavy on filings means audited; heavy on external press means corroborated.

7 sources2 load-bearing2 categories

Show transcript (6)

Quotes and chapter references from Acquired itself. The primary source for what the hosts argued.

  1. [02]

    Acquired Spotify Direct Listing episode

    2 refs · 2 surfaces
  2. [03]

    Acquired Spotify Direct Listing

    2 refs
  3. [04]

    Acquired Daniel Ek interview

    2 refs
  4. [05]

    Spotify 2024 disclosures + Acquired episode

    1 ref
  5. [06]

    Acquired Spotify episodes

    1 ref

Other (1)

Anything not classified above — press releases, blog posts, internal company materials.

  1. [01]

    Spotify Q3 2024 earnings

    1 ref

Composition

Show transcript6 (86%)
Other1 (14%)

Load-bearing

Sources cited across two or more surfaces (numbers, events, strategies). If any of these turn out to be wrong, multiple claims in the file move with them.

  • Acquired Spotify Direct Listing, ch. The margin problem

    number · event · strategy · 5 refs

  • Acquired Spotify Direct Listing episode

    number · event · 2 refs