Spotify Brings Songkick 100,000 New Users In Three Months

Spotifying The Music Industry: Daniel Ek with Songkick's Ian Hogarth and others.

What's the best way to gain 100,000 new fans? A sold-out show at MetLife Stadium, perhaps—quite a coup for any musical act, and pretty much impossible for a website.

But concert-finding service Songkick managed to find another way: developing an app for Spotify. The U.K.-based startup was part of the first wave to land on its Swedish counterpart's new platform, which made its debut late last year. Songkick today ...